Current Affairs (2006) -
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| Apr 6, 2006 |
Chief Pans Legal Pot A former Vancouver mayor's call to legalize marijuana had Calgary's top cop on the defensive yesterday, with police Chief Jack Beaton saying he'll never accept pot as harmless. |
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| Apr 6, 2006 |
With US In Decline, Canada Must Step Up Pot Economy No matter the long-term outcome of the American empire, there is little doubt that its golden years have passed. Their oil's almost gone, they're getting attacked on their own land by an enemy they can't even identify and they're despised by most of the world.....Canada is stunting its growth by prohibiting pot. Inject marijuana-related income into our GDP and we'll not only be richer, we'll gain respect....We're not even playing our best cards yet. |
| Apr 7, 2006 |
Pot Activist Not Giving Up A Supreme Court justice in Chilliwack might have dismissed medical marijuana activist Brian Carlisle's application to get back his equipment this week but he still considers the court appearance a victory of sorts. |
| Apr 10, 2006 |
Civil Liberties Union Opposes Proposed Amendments A proposed law aimed at locating marijuana grow operations could be a valuable weapon in the battle to drive them from the North Shore, say authorities, but the proposed rule change is also raising hackles among privacy advocates. If passed Bill 25, The Safety Standards Amendment Act, introduced in the provincial legislature Thursday, will grant municipalities the right to access electricity records of BC Hydro customers without going through the judicial system. Under the proposed law, local governments could then pass on any of that information to their police force for further investigation. [Day by day, our rights slip away...] |
| Apr 11, 2006 |
McGill's Grass Gets Greener: New Club Lobbies For When drug enforcement agents from around the world gather in Montreal next month, they will be greeted by a protest organized by a newly-formed McGill club. In collaboration with a number of organizations, including Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, McGill's National Reefer Association ( NRA ) will be organizing a symposium involving former agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency ( DEA ), criminology professors, and a police chief from Florida. The DEA has been invited to this conference, but has not yet responded. |
| Apr 12, 2006 |
American-Based Firms More Likely To Test You For Drugs B.C., Alta. Have High Percentage Of Firms With A U.S. Head Office You're more likely to be tested for drugs in the workplace if you work for an American-based company. |
| Apr 12, 2006 |
Legalize Street Drugs, Ex-Cop Urges Retired Seattle police chief Norm Stamper pulled no punches Tuesday when he told a Fraser Institute lunch crowd the War Against Drugs is an abject failure. After spending $1 trillion since president Richard Nixon declared the war in 1969, the U.S. has a worse drug problem than before, Stamper said. He blamed every subsequent U.S. federal administration for maintaining an immoral, inefficient and uneconomical policy that is corrupting institutions, destroying neighbourhoods and endangering children. Canada has been doing the same. The current criminal prohibition, Stamper said, is being kept in place by a coalition he called the Drug Enforcement Industry -- President George W. Bush, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, some police, the wine and alcohol producers and organized crime. |
| Apr 14, 2006 |
Judge Throws Out Grow Op Charges Police Ammeter Use Ruled Illegal, A Rights Violation Two men have been acquitted of charges relating to a 354-plant marijuana grow operation in an Airdrie home because the judge ruled police violated their charter rights. |
| Apr 17, 2006 |
Grow Op Law Erodes Your Right To Privacy Footnote: If the main marijuana public-policy issues are the risks of grow-ops in neighbourhoods and the role of criminal gangs in profiting from the industry, a different response should be considered. Allowing people to grow a handful of plants without penalty would reduce the threat to neighbourhoods and the available profits for gangs. |
| Apr 18, 2006 |
Officer Faces New Charges Federal Crown prosecutor Fergus O'Donnell told Justice Ian Cowan yesterday new charges will be laid against Peel Cst. Sheldon Cook after new information is filed in the court during the officer's next scheduled appearance, April 28. |
| Apr 19, 2006 |
The House That Hemp Built But did you know that hemp - yes, that stuff you make ropes out of and that resembles marijuana - can be used to build houses? While the fibrous ends of the plant can be used for paper, clothing and food products, the woody stalk of the plant - called the hurd - can be used in bricks, cement, and plaster. Builders have compressed the hurds with glue and other natural chemicals and created particle board and hemp-filled "wood" that can be used as building frames. |
| Apr 21, 2006 |
Reefer Madness More than 1,000 stoners converged onto the government lawn on Broadway to smoke a doobie and salute the high times of 4-20 ( April 20 ), or Stoner's New Year, as it's known in "greener" circles. |
| Apr 21, 2006 |
Toking Up In Steeltown HAMILTON -- Steeltown turned into Hamiltoke yesterday as cannabis connoisseurs descended on the steps of city hall for a "pot-in." |
| May 2, 2006 |
Court Backs Sarnia Drug Acquittal Ontario's highest court has upheld the privacy rights of high school students by refusing to overturn the acquittal of a Sarnia youth charged with drug trafficking. The case focused on the random search of St. Patrick's high school in Sarnia by three Sarnia police officers and a sniffer dog on Nov. 7, 2002. The Ontario Court of Appeal refused the Crown's appeal and agreed with Ontario Court Justice Mark Hornblower when he disallowed the drug evidence. |
| May 4, 2006 |
Marijuana Should Be Legal, Senator Says A Conservative senator from Quebec says pot should be legalized -- and sold like beer and wine. "I'm against decriminalization. To me, it's the worst scenario," Sen. Pierre Claude Nolin said yesterday. "If we're going to end prohibition, let's do it properly." |
| May 7, 2006 |
Proud Potheads Take Queen's Park Toronto was one of 200 cities around the world to take part in Global Marijuana March, promoting the legalization of marijuana and the acceptance of the right to smoke it. "It's really a celebration of the cannabis community; we wanted to take the day to enjoy each other's company," said Domenic Russo, general manager of Cannabis As Living Medicine( CALM ), one of the event organizers. "But there's also the underlying message of the importance of legalizing medical marijuana and the acceptance of people who smoke it." |
| May 10, 2006 |
Bong Registry Set Up In City Sell a glass crack pipe or bong in Langley City and you'll have to tell police who you sold it to, including the person's name and address. On Monday night, council passed a motion to prohibit sales of drug paraphernalia to all persons under 19 years of age and require sellers to record and report to RCMP all purchases. |
| May 10, 2006 |
BC: Grow Op Law Passes B.C. - The provincial legislature has passed a law requiring electrical companies to forward billing information to municipalities.After Bill 25 is passed, electrical companies will give the city two years of electrical bills so a spike in activity can be isolated. |
| May 10, 2006 |
U.S. Drug Officials 'Very Impressed' MONTREAL--A top U.S. drug official and the U.S. Ambassador to Canada say they're pleased to be on the same page as the new federal government when it comes to law and order, particularly now that Ottawa has no plans to decriminalize marijuana. [A Conservative majority will become Canada's worst fears come true] |
| May 11, 2006 |
Ottawa Schools End Random Drug Searches Sweeps Infringe On Charter Rights Ottawa schools have ended random drug searches after the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled spot searches without warrants violate students' constitutional rights. |