Current Affairs (2005) -
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| Dec 19, 2005 |
Underground Economy Skews BC Statistics Estimates of the value of the marijuana industry alone run as high as $20 billion a year -- almost as much as the Progress Board is guessing the whole underground economy is worth. ... For one thing, there's that huge marijuana industry, which pumps billions -- though we can only guess how many -- into the economy. The cannabis economy is allowed to thrive because it keeps many BC communities going... |
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| Dec 21, 2005 |
Marijuana Party Picks Candidate Victoria's Marijuana party candidate in the Jan. 23 federal election is Fred Mallach, 49, an architectural technologist who has lived in the city since 1993. |
| Dec 22, 2005 |
High On Science Canadian scientists refuse to be swayed by U.S. propaganda when it comes to researching the possible benefits of pot |
| Dec 23, 2005 |
Winter Clothes Collected For Homeless The Vancouver Island Compassion Society doesn't restrict its activities to providing medicinal marijuana to people suffering from various illnesses. The non-profit organization held its first annual winter coat drive to help keep the homeless population safe from the cold weather. |
| Dec 23, 2005 |
Three Guilty In Murder Of Pot Growers Duong asked Dang to lure the couple to the trap because he was angry when Ton tried to cheat him out of profit from their marijuana growing operation in a Mississauga house. Too bad they couldn't have settled their differences in court like all other business people. The public must learn the difference between drug-related and prohibition-related crimes... and don't expect the media to help... |
| Dec 23, 2005 |
Plea to Grow Marijuana Rejected by Appeal Court Vancouver -- Canada's medical-marijuana rules have withstood another constitutional challenge from a marijuana advocate. The B.C. Court of Appeal rejected Michele Kubby's claim that the regulation infringed on her rights. The former Californian went to court after Health Canada rejected her application to possess and grow marijuana. |
| Dec 23, 2005 |
Pro-Marijuana Couple Fighting Order to Leave Steve and Michele Kubby, medicinal-marijuana advocates from California who were denied refugee status here, now face removal from Canada - barring a last-ditch, court-ordered stay in early January. |
| Dec 26, 2005 |
No More Rubber-Stamping at U.S. Border REASONS YOU CAN BE KEPT OUT OF THE U.S. <snip> You have been convicted of a crime related to a controlled substance. <snip> |
| Dec 26, 2005 |
Sovereign In Name Only Here's the issue: If there is evidence of his guilt, Emery should have been charged here. If Canadian authorities have no evidence, they've no reason to co-operate with the U.S. ( Parenthetically, when U.S. warships visit Esquimalt, B.C., the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service routinely works sting operations in Victoria to discourage their sailors from buying drugs there -- meaning U.S. law-enforcement agents are operational on Canadian soil. Conscious of sensitivities, the Victoria police did make arrests. ) |