Current Affairs (2005) -
Seized Children (469 items)
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| May 26, 2005 |
CN BC:
Grow-Rip Scares Retirees "My wife was first out because I was still putting on my clothes and she came back hollering to call 9-1-1, because there's a couple guys kicking in the door to the house next door," said the husband. "And they're yelling back saying not to bother because, 'We're police, we're busting a grow-op.' [Is it cops? Is it thugs? It is too difficult to tell the difference between cops and robbers these days when it comes to the war on nature] |
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| May 26, 2005 |
Marijuana For Mutts Cannabis oil helps arthritic dog dig again |
| May 26, 2005 |
CN QU:
US Worried About Drugs From Quebec RCMP Officer Cites Trafficking Concerns. Criticizes Force's Closing Of 9 Detachments In Province, Shifting Resources From Border Area |
| May 27, 2005 |
CN ON:
Survey Tells All About Our Kids In addition, one in four students have also tried marijuana. |
| May 27, 2005 |
CN BC:
Marijuana Party Candidate Claims Company Fired Him The Marijuana party's Shuswap candidate believes he lost his job because of his election attempt. "It's all fun and games until somebody loses a job," |
| May 27, 2005 |
CN BC:
Hippie Capital Tunes In The Counter-Culture '60s Come Alive In A New Vancouver Museum Display ... The coffee table contains the essentials of the day: a hookah pipe and a stash basket. |
| May 29, 2005 |
Pardon Me? Canadians Are A Larcenous Lot But There Is A Way To Wipe Your Slate Clean Again Few would ever think of Canada as a country of criminals. But at last count, in fact, three million of us were. Which also means most of us know someone with a criminal record, or that if we were to walk into a roomful of Canadians, one in 10 of them would be known, intimately, by the law. |
| May 29, 2005 |
CN ON:
Averse To Pot Laws, Poet Objects In Rhyme A poetic pot activist rhymed out his reasons for battling Canada's marijuana laws at a rally yesterday ... "There's a little poem I've got, that makes a case for pot. Though a poet I am not, I've given this much thought. Is there hard data? A lot. What's pot's greatest danger? Getting caught," |
| May 31, 2005 |
CN AB:
Krieger To Appeal Conviction Controversial marijuana crusader Grant Krieger has won the right to appeal a trafficking conviction to the Supreme Court of Canada. Krieger, who suffers from multiple sclerosis and uses marijuana to ease his symptoms, is waiting to learn when his case will be heard and expects it will be sometime next year. |
| Jun 1, 2005 |
CN ARTIC:
Police dismantle drug pipeline to the North ARTIC: Dozens of suspects appeared in court today in connection with the massive dismantling of a criminal ring that trafficked marijuana from Montreal to the Far North. ... Gordon McGregor, the president of the police chief's association of aboriginal communities, said the drug ring has created enormous social problems in the communities affected. "We see high rates of suicide, we see a lot more violence, and we see more lot more situations where weapons are involved," McGregor told reported today. [The northern communities should file a class action suit stating prohibition opens them to greater societal harm, and they need protection against such an unjust law. If there is problems of that magnitude associated with cannabis, than without a supply of non-toxic, less harmful herb , their communities are more susceptible to greater harm and violence from <a href="http://www.mapinc.org/newstcl/v00/n1718/a04.html"> gasoline sniffing</a>, alcohol, and eventually crystal meth, which is easier to smuggle. |
| Jun 2, 2005 |
NB:
Pregnant Woman Gets A Year For Selling Pot A New Brunswick judge has sentenced a pregnant woman to a year in prison, even though she will have to give birth while in jail in August, and also has three other children at home. [Another blow to reason, logic, justice, enlightenment and humanity in general. <a href="http://lynnwood.ca/" target="_blank">FREE LYNN WOOD</a> - donations toward her legal costs can be made through <a href="http://mumm.ca/donation.htm" target="_blank">MUMM</a>, Please help.] |
| Jun 5, 2005 |
CN ON:
York Police Target Stores Selling Drug Accessories "Just because certain crimes aren't seen as a threat to public safety, does that mean we should stop enforcing it?" [Through perseverance and diligence, will they ever be able to stomp out cannabis culture?] |
| Jun 8, 2005 |
Drug Free Zones Pitched For Schools Penalties for possession of illegal drugs in or around secondary schools may double next year with the implementation of Drug Free Zones in 100 Mile. [This idea has no merit anywhere it's been tried, but that never stops a bad idea from spreading further] |
| Jun 9, 2005 |
CN BC:
Editorial: Vancouver Mayor Backs Legal Pot Federal government needs to take a hard look at the best way to manage marijuana A City of Vancouver report, with the backing of Mayor Larry Campbell, is calling for the legalization of marijuana -- not just "decriminalization" as proposed by legislation stalled in Parliament. [Larry Campbell is on the Board of Advisors of <a href="http://leap.cc/who/" target="_blank">Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)</a>] |
| Jun 9, 2005 |
Pricks Nix Doobs for Sicks his case was an appeal by the always delightful Bush administration of another case involving two sick California women who puffed the MJ; at issue was whether the prosecution of weed smokers under the federal Controlled Substances Act ( when some individual state laws allow medical marijuana ) was, in fact, constitutional. Apparently it is, so take that, sick people! That'll show you, you sick bastards! Looks like being sick isn't so fun after all now, eh? |
| Jun 9, 2005 |
CN BC:
Rival Councillors Agree On Legalizing Pot VANCOUVER - They Say It's Better Than Letting Organized Crime And Dealers Benefit They agree it's better to legalize marijuana than to keep shovelling money into the pockets of organized crime or to let drug dealers monitor the sale and price. [One way or another the neo-cons will get their people running the show in Vancouver so the progress made to date in this bubble of rationality and reason can be stopped before it spreads elsewhere] |
| Jun 10, 2005 |
CN QU:
Pot Industry Was An Open Secret Everyone knew or knew of the 11 local farmers arrested on Wednesday during a massive marijuana bust involving three police forces in two countries. In every depanneur, the newspapers were sold out by 8:30 a.m., a store clerk said. With every report that said the smuggling ringleaders intimidated local farmers into handing over plots of land to the marijuana growers, men and women scoffed in disbelief. "It's all exaggerated. They're not the Hells Angels, they're not Al-Qa'ida," said one bar customer, enjoying an afternoon beer. "This is just a nice big story to sell papers." |
| Jun 10, 2005 |
CN BC:
Board Denies Pot Party Claims The BCMP is suing the board for barring the party's candidates from participating in local high school sponsored debates. [Students are getting a real lesson in what is and is not democracy] |
| Jun 11, 2005 |
How To Cheat On A Urine Test EDMONTON - Keeping a job used to be about minding your Ps and Qs. These days, some people are minding their pee. "We're not talking just typical party people. We're talking mothers, fathers, secretaries, grandparents, everybody." |
| Jun 12, 2005 |
PUB LTE: The Potential Of Pot It about time I read that marijuana should be legalized and regulated like alcohol and tobacco. The good reasons included fewer home invasions, far less people growing for profits and less violence in the industry, if it's controlled by government. |