Current Affairs (2005) -
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| Sep 7, 2005 |
Could Hemp Sustain The Cariboo? Jack Witty's dream is to see the South Cariboo bloom from a plant that's rich with potential yet rife with misunderstanding. [Hopefully we will be seeing and hearing a lot more about hemp production in Canada] |
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| Sep 8, 2005 |
Judge Scolds Officer For Lying In Court A metro man who admitted in court to being involved in criminal activity will not be prosecuted on a slew of drug and weapons charges because a Halifax Regional Police officer lied on the stand and officers unlawfully searched the man's home. [Every once in awhile, justice prevails still] |
| Sep 8, 2005 |
Chong Says He Was Targeted For His Hippie Persona Edmonton-born Tommy Chong rose to fame in the 1970s as one half of the dope-smoking comedy duo Cheech and Chong. In 2003, Chong was charged in the United States with conspiring to sell drug paraphernalia and sentenced to prison, what he now calls an assault on his civil liberties. [The powers-that-be have been trying to systematically rid the world of counter-culture types since the 60's... it is just getting more fierce now. ] |
| Sep 8, 2005 |
Court Upholds 'Pot Grow Op' Home Seizure "What makes this case stand apart from the rest of the dwelling restraints and forfeitures in B.C. is that all previous forfeitures have been by way of consent," said Langley RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Diane Blain. This is the first case in B.C. to be contested since the amendments under Bill C-24 in 2001. |
| Sep 9, 2005 |
Why European Politicians Are Having Second Thoughts on Pot A handful of British, Dutch, Swedish and New Zealand scientists established connections between adolescent use of marijuana and the development of psychosis and schizophrenia; their studies were cited by both Clarke and Hoogervorst. [Reefer madness is still alive and well] |
| Sep 9, 2005 |
Crohn's Relief Brought Pot Activist To Cause She was suffering with agonizing symptoms and side effects when an old friend recommended marijuana to ease her afflictions. She said it worked and she hasn't used prescription drugs or had surgery since 1996. |
| Sep 9, 2005 |
Da Kine Doors Open On Sunday, Business Licence Or Not: Despite his troubles in obtaining a business licence from the City of Abbotsford, marijuana activist Tim Felger says he'll open his downtown Da Kine store on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. |
| Sep 11, 2005 |
Pot Activist Rallies Support Vancouver -- Marc Emery took a quick hit from a joint as his fans smoked and screamed for his freedomin front of the U.S. consulate.... Today, 40 cities around the world, from Warsaw, Moscow, Russia, London, Paris, Madrid, Italy, they are rallying at Canadian consulates around the world. In Melbourne, Australia, and Sydney, Canadian embassies are being picketed!" |
| Sep 11, 2005 |
Mountie Wants Parents Punished For Raising Children In Grow-ops B.C.'s top "grow-op cop" said the courts should hand out longer jail sentences to parents who raise their kids in marijuana drug houses. [Good idea - bust up more families and have more kids grow up in foster care, then we can have more repurcussions from the war on pot] |
| Sep 14, 2005 |
Pot Coming To Pharmacies OTTAWA -- Health Canada's long-delayed plan to sell government-certified marijuana in drugstores appears to be back on track for early next year. [This has already been discussed enough, that seeing is believing] |
| Sep 14, 2005 |
Spokesperson Denied Agent Status Two Pasqua First Nation men charged in connection with a large marijuana grow operation found on the reserve in August were told Tuesday that their spokesperson, who was seeking to represent them legally in court, would not be given agent status. |
| Sep 15, 2005 |
CN NS:
Duo Praise Hemp's Value ...To that end, he and Anne have a staggering ambition. Along with their supporters, they want nothing less than to bring a $25-million bio-refinery to Nova Scotia. It would use steam to turn hemp and other plant material into non-polluting fuel alternatives like ethanol and biodegradable substances with all the flexibility of plastic. [More signs of the growing hemp industry!] |
| Sep 15, 2005 |
PUB LTE: Canada's Prisons Don't Compare To Club Med As owner and operator of the Manitoba Compassion Club I went to jail for six months for producing and distributing cannabis to the ill. Let me assure Ms. Sims jail is not exactly Club Med. Jail dehumanizes people. |
| Sep 16, 2005 |
CN NT:
Pot Party Candidate Charged With Trafficking "It's Really A Badge Of Honour For Us Rather Than A Stigma" Nunavut's Marijuana Party candidate appeared in court this week to face long-standing charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. |
| Sep 16, 2005 |
'Green Tide' Of Asian Grow-Ops Moving East FREDERICTON ( CP ) - Police in New Brunswick say the seizure of more than 40,000 marijuana plants in the past few days is proof that Asian crime lords are moving their operations east. [Actually, it is just proof that prohibition will continue to fuel pot production for profit - it seems to make cops and criminals happy, but no one else seems to like it] |
| Sep 17, 2005 |
Pot Use Puts Parents On The Spot A CAS worker had showed up unannounced at their East Mountain home saying she was investigating Baby Christian's welfare based on this written report filed by Sutthery on Aug. 30: "I, officer Sutthery, had a conversation with the owner of the pot cafe in which Chris Goodwin admitted to using marijuana every day. Goodwin also said his wife uses every day." With those two sentences, an investigation and a political firestorm were launched. [Parents are allowed to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes in front of their children, but as usual, all perspective is lost when it comes to cannabis] |
| Sep 18, 2005 |
CN ON:
Police Crack Grow Op Worth $21 Million West Grey Police uncovered a marijuana grow operation worth $21.2 million on a farm in the former Bentinck Township Sunday morning. About 9,000 plants ranging from four to six feet high were seized. A truck filled with approximately 1,250 pounds of marijuana bud in black plastic garbage bags ready for transportation was also seized. |
| Sep 19, 2005 |
Police Losing Battle Over Pot, Says Prof Police are losing the war against pot and it's time to make it legal and regulate the cultivation and use of it, says Eugene Oscapella, an Ottawa University criminology teacher who co-founded the Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy. |
| Sep 19, 2005 |
CN MB:
Dauphin Lays Claim As Hemp Capital With 80 per cent of the continent's narcotic-free hemp grown here, and one of the world's largest hemp fibre plants slated for construction next year, Dauphin is laying claim as Canada's hemp capital. |
| Sep 19, 2005 |
CN SN:
Pot Laws Protested At Weekend Event A couple of hundred people protested Canada's pot laws by hanging out in a downtown Saskatoon park Saturday afternoon....Saskatoon's event was one of more than 40 protests around the globe. Many of the events overseas were staged at Canadian embassies or consulates. |