Current Affairs (2005) -
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| Oct 25, 2005 |
Twelve-Year-Old At Local School With Marijuana A 12-year old young person was arrested Monday afternoon, Oct. 24, after the youth showed up at a centrally located elementary school with drugs on them. {This is news? 12 year olds have been showing up at school with cannabis for over 30 years, and thousands always will, so this is news?] |
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| Oct 26, 2005 |
RCMP Families Map Out Role On Election Trail Eight family members of the murdered officers were in Ottawa on Tuesday to meet with Prime Minister Paul Martin and MPs from other parties. They want the government to scrap plans to decriminalize marijuana and to impose tougher sentences on cannabis grow-operators and other convicted criminals. [What would our gun laws or drunk driving laws look like if we let victims of these crimes set the agenda for legislation? And to think this was never about pot, but stolen car parts, it looks like any excuse will do to further one's own agenda] |
| Oct 26, 2005 |
MP Report By Jay Hill, M.P. Bill C-248 would impose mandatory sentences of one year or more for the first offence and two years or more for a subsequent offense for those convicted of drug trafficking within 500 metres of an elementary or high school. However, the federal Liberal Government said it doesn't like my legislation. Why? The Liberals also oppose Bill C-248 because, according to Mr. Thibault, it doesn't address drug trafficking in skate parks, arenas and other areas children frequent. [Duh, the government may have it's own agenda, but if this bill passed, we would be one step closer to the USA style drug policy, and Canadians don't want that] |
| Oct 27, 2005 |
This Bud's For All Of Us Bud Inc., by Ian Mulgrew ( Random House Canada, 304 pages, $35 ) After a week in Vancouver I realized that Mulgrew's new book will open the eyes of quite a few people when it comes out next month. Prohibition has failed. The police and courts are overwhelmed. The cultivators are laughing all the way to an offshore account. The only hope is that Uncle Paul and some of his colleagues will come to the glaringly obvious conclusion that Ian Mulgrew spells out again and again. Legalize it. |
| Oct 27, 2005 |
Our Neighbor To The North Stalling On Reform Vancouver's reputation as the Amsterdam of North America rests as much on good intention as actual practice. John P. Walters, the U.S. government drug czar, unintentionally helped the British Columbia city gain its reputation when he made a visit there in November 2002, as Canada was moving toward de facto, if not full legal decriminalization of marijuana. Walters threatened to slow cross-boarder traffic, through increased inspection of cars and trucks, in order to keep Canadian marijuana, particularly the highly coveted "B.C. bud," out of the U.S. The traffic jams, he warned, would harm tourism and trade. |
| Oct 27, 2005 |
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U Of S Pot Study Stirs Int'l Media Saskatchewan - This past week, a U of S research team garnered international attention after publishing a study suggesting that marijuana related substances might reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. ..The researchers see this as evidence that the drug gave the rats more motivation or will to live; this of course indicating that they were in fact less depressed. [Millions of people self-medicate with cannabis, alcohol, chocolate, you name it, so telling us which substances we may or may not use, sometimes works on children, but hardly ever for adults but we continue the charade anyway] |
| Oct 27, 2005 |
Smoking A J May Brighten The Day Supporters of marijuana may finally have an excuse to smoke weed every day. A recent study in the Journal Of Clinical Investigation suggests that smoking pot can make the brain grow...Many drugs -- heroin, cocaine, and the more common alcohol and nicotine -- inhibit the growth of these new cells. It was thought that marijuana did the same thing, but this new research suggests otherwise. [In the peak oil world, the benefits of cannabis and hemp will be too crucial to keep prohibited.] |
| Oct 28, 2005 |
The Evolving Politics of Pot Just about every time The Banner runs a story about a local police busting a marijuana grow operation, we receive a letter to the editor or two from people championing the other side of the story and urging our reporters to do the same. [ The power of <a href="http://mapinc.org" target="_blank">MAP</a> ] |
| Oct 28, 2005 |
Teens Turn To Toking Before Driving: Study A new study finds teens are more likely to drive after smoking marijuana than after drinking, according to a recent study of 6,000 Atlantic Canadians in Grades 10 and 12. ...Drivers who smoked marijuana were four times more likely to be involved in a crash than those who had not. The study's results are considered accurate within 1.6 percentage points, 99 times out of 100. [Considering the number of driving & pot studies that conclude it is <a href="/medical/#meddrivingstudies">safer to drive on pot than alcohol</a>, perhaps the message isn't getting lost... though no impairment is the ideal we should strive for] |
| Oct 28, 2005 |
Arming Parents With Facts On Drugs Keeping kids safe from drug abuse is a balancing act in need of adjustment, says RCMP Cpl. Scott Rintoul, the keynote speaker at a Drug Information Night for Parents Nov. 1 in Langford. [A cop teaching drug education is like a doctor teaching the finer points of the law. Why should we listen? Our own experiences of growing up with drugs all around us has equipped us with our own set of "tools" based on personal knowledge, not someone's job security. Parents would be wiser to <a href="http://leap.cc/events/" target="_blank">attend an event that features a cop worth listening too from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)</a>. ] |
| Oct 28, 2005 |
Rolling Stone Article Irks Local Leaders In his article entitled "<a href=http://www.mapinc.org/newstcl/v05/n1587/a02.html">The Tale of Kid Cannabis</a>", Rolling Stone contributing editor Mark Binelli writes: "Rumour had it that the town of Nelson had become a sort of hippie Shangri-La, a place where if you took more than ten minutes to find someone to sell you a dime bag, there was a good chance you were already high." Binelli described Baker Street's Holy Smoke Culture Shop, with its outdoor portrait of reggae legend Peter Tosh " large enough to rival Soviet-era portraits of Lenin," as "a second City Hall." [ Many enterprising kids realize they can make far more money selling pot than be expoited at McJobs. Eventually the pot sellers buy the business and hire the pot buyers to work for them... it's all spelled it in <a href'="http://www.narconews.com/narcodollars1.html" target="_blank">Narco-Dollars for Beginners</a> A MUST READ ] |
| Oct 31, 2005 |
Civic Election Gone To Pot The alleged pot supplier to the Da Kine Smoke and Beverage Shop on Commercial Drive, which sold marijuana over the counter, is one of 36 candidates battling for 10 seats on city council in the November civic election. [The headline gets an F for being so typically cliche. Give us a break.] |
| Nov 1, 2005 |
Toking Diplomacy If you were the guy everyone called the prince of pot and the U.S. drug czar came to town rattling his saber, you'd probably have the sense to stay out of his way. At the very least, you wouldn't go out of your way to antagonize him, let alone pay $500 for the privilege. |
| Nov 1, 2005 |
Pass the Weed, Dad Parents Are Smoking Dope With Their Kids. What Are They Thinking? [Probably the same thing that parents who allow their kids to drink a little wine with dinner or special occasions is - how to responsibly use the substances they will encounter in life. The hypocrasy surrounding pot politics is another sympton of our mainstream alcohol culture. Besides, prohbition has been around so long, many parents smoked with their parents, (even grandparents), so critical mass keeps building. ] |
| Nov 1, 2005 |
The Cannabis Connoisseur Where wine is concerned, there is much to know...Legions of drinkers pore over the subject as if fact-gathering itself were the addiction. And so it is with another of the world's most popular intoxicants: marijuana. The average pot smoker may not know or care what type of weed is in the dime bag, so long as it gets him lit. But others can't stop obsessing over every detail of the subject from, say, how to produce kick-ass bubble hash from plant debris ( don't throw away those sticks! ) to questions about the Linnaean nomenclature of the subspecies cannabis indica. [The Supreme Court sold out a huge culture of Canadians from every class, race, location to uphold the status quo... then sleep every night...] |
| Nov 1, 2005 |
Concerned Students Tackle Marijuana Issues For Every High, There Is A Low. Think About It. This tag line will be used in upcoming public service announcements by a group of local students who are concerned about marijuana use among their peers, [Having Health Canada provide information about cannabis is the same as the police information - they draw on the same souces for their propaganda and scare-mongering. <p class="bold"><b>Not only will a far larger percentage of teens drive than experiement with drugs or herbs, but all of them will lose far more friends to car crashes, yet how much education do they receive about defensive driving?</b> |
| Nov 1, 2005 |
Felger In Street Scuffle Tim Felger is running in Abbotsford for council and for mayor in Mission. His call to legalize marijuana and for harm reduction are emblazoned on his windows. Randall Severson admits he kicked the counter in Felger's office. "That was a bad move on my part. I was frustrated. The signs and the messages really bother me. He promotes violence and hatred and sexual immorality," said Severson. [Seems he uses the same leap in logic that the cops/government do...] |
| Nov 1, 2005 |
Randall Severson admits he kicked the counter in Felger's office. A surprise police sweep at Cardinal Carter secondary school in Leamington resulted in one student being caught with drug paraphernalia and trace amounts of cannabis. [Consider the time, cost, resources, and more importantly the right to terrorize hundreds of students to send a "message", especially since no drugs were found. Kids are getting the message all right, but not the one intended... the message they get is they have no rights, no privacy and adults are authoritation #%*^@'s ] |
| Nov 2, 2005 |
Mountie Charged With Assault After Lillooet Home Raided [ A Lillooet Mountie has been charged with four counts of assault with a weapon.It is alleged a police officer used excessive force by Tasering a 19-year-old woman in her back as she lay on the ground face down during a drug raid Feb. 5. The woman's dog was also allegedly Tasered during the raid. Police said they found trace amounts of cocaine on a scale, plus four ecstasy pills in a coat and a bag of marijuana in the woman's home. [ DO YOU AGREE WITH THE WAY YOUR MONEY PAYS THE SALARY OF PEOPLE HIRED TO "SERVE AND PROTECT" US? WHO PROTECTS US FROM THEM? ] |
| Nov 2, 2005 |
Pregnant Pot Smoking Promoted Some people might be shocked at the idea of pregnant women smoking marijuana to deal with the nausea that comes with pregnancy. The survey shows that 92 per cent of respondents considered marijuana to be either "extremely effective" or "effective" as a therapy for nausea and vomiting ( or morning sickness ). |