Current Affairs (2007) -
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| Jun 15, 2007 |
The Great and Costly Drug-War Fraud It is my privilege today to break major news: In less than a year, the trade in illicit drugs will be all but wiped out.Cocaine. Methamphetamine. Marijuana. All will vanish. And heroin, too. ...In 1998, the UN hosted a General Assembly special session under the official slogan: "A Drug-Free World: We Can Do It." .... The U.S. was the main author of the first draft, and it was ambitious, saying the "eradication" of the illicit-drug trade would be complete by 2008. |
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| Jun 16, 2007 |
Schools Decision To Muzzle Student Sets Bad Example A form of reefer madness has hit the tiny town of Wawota, where the principal of the local Parkland School recently suspended a 15-year-old student who shared with friends his view that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol or tobacco....An education institution whose objective should be to foster independent thinking and research to mold bright young minds shouldn't be trying to herd kids' behind some line of intellectual conformity. |
| Jun 16, 2007 |
PUB LTE: Protect Children By Ending Unproductive War On The article, Drug house parents face charges ( SP, June 5 ), illustrates perfectly what a complete disaster our drug policy has been for families. In response to the dangers posed by "toxic marijuana grow operations," Alberta passed legislation that allows removing children from dangerous situations posed by drugs. The Drug Endangered Children Act is a Band-Aid. If we are truly sincere in our desire to protect children from the dangers of a house full of plants, legalizing marijuana would be the best way to achieve that goal. |
| Jun 17, 2007 |
Patients Complain Health Canada Wants To Keep Weed Weak Health Canada has been contacting doctors who prescribe medical marijuana for their government-approved patients, advising them to keep the dosages low. Some users say that not only violates doctor-patient confidentiality, it's also wrong for bureaucrats to make judgments about the medical needs of people they've never seen. |
| Jun 19, 2007 |
AB:
Pot Crusader Jailed, Refused Marijuana Longtime pot crusader Grant Krieger was jailed Monday for four months on a drug trafficking charge, and he wasn't allowed to take his medicinal marijuana behind bars. Despite a constitutional exemption that allows Krieger to use cannabis to alleviate his multiple sclerosis pain, the judge ruled against the legal right applying in jail, said his lawyer, John Hooker. |
| Jun 19, 2007 |
Pot Used To 'Control' Girl's Hyperactivity Judge Calls It 'Extreme' Abuse, Sentences Mother To Nine Months Of House Arrest A Sarnia woman who used marijuana to control her eight-year-old daughter's hyperactivity was placed under house arrest for nine months Monday. The 34-year-old mother pleaded guilty in Sarnia court to marijuana trafficking because she gave the marijuana to her child. |
| Jun 21, 2007 |
AB:
AB: Pot Advocate Sick In Jail - Family The condition of notorious medicinal marijuana crusader Grant Krieger - -- incarcerated at the Calgary Remand Centre since Monday -- is "rapidly deteriorating," according to his friends and family. |
| Jun 21, 2007 |
SN:
SN: Legal Action Considered Against Suspension A video recording of a free-speech protest at a Saskatchewan high school shows a school superintendent saying publicly that 15-year-old Kieran King had been accused of selling drugs at his school, even though his mother says he had never been investigated or charged, or even spoken to by the school principal. Kieran's mother, Jo Anne Euler, says the drug-selling accusation is false, but hasn't yet decided whether to pursue legal action. |
| Jun 22, 2007 |
AB:
Reefer Madness Comes Full Circle Last Monday, Calgary Provincial Court Judge William Pepler ordered Grant Krieger incarcerated immediately, with no access to the pot the MS sufferer says has made his life liveable. Reefer madness has come full circle. Free Grant Krieger protest Saturday June 23 / 2007 12:00 Noon Calgary Remand Centre 12200 85 Street NW Calgary, Alberta Our current daily protests at the Calgary Remand Centre will be moved in front of the Alberta Provincial Court House 323-6 Ave., S.E. starting on Monday June 25 / 07. 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM daily until Grant is released! We are expecting a large number of people on June 23 / 07 Saturday 12:00 Noon Free Grant Krieger Protest in front of the Calgary Remand Centre 122 Ave and 85th Street NW. See you all on Saturday! See <a href="http://Calgary420.ca/rallies/" target="_blank">http://Calgary420.ca/rallies/</a> for updates! |
| Jun 22, 2007 |
QU: Gatineau Officer Arrested On Cocaine Charge A Gatineau police officer has been charged with drug-related offences after more than two kilograms of cocaine was found in the car he was in late Wednesday. Peter Vranas, 41, remained calm as he was remanded yesterday. The 20-year veteran of the force will remain behind bars until his bail hearing, which is scheduled for Tuesday at the Gatineau courthouse. |
| Jun 23, 2007 |
Evidence Of 'Reefer Madness' Abounds 'THE one great principle of the... law," wrote Charles Dickens in Bleak House, "is to make business for itself." That's a thought worth worrying if you are trying, as I am, to understand federal government's position on the medical and recreational use of marijuana. |
| Jun 25, 2007 |
Drug Abuse, Trafficking Awareness Day, June 26 Nearly 200 million people are using drugs worldwide specifically marijuana, opiates and crystal meth. Cannabis remains the highest used drug globally, with an estimated 16 million users. [So it will only take eliminating 200 million users, and all the banned plants and ingredients they consume to meet the 2008 deadline they imposed for a drug free world] |
| Jun 26, 2007 |
Not The Groovy '60s Today's harder, meaner cannabis is a scourge in many of Canada's poorer neighbourhoods. It is a spreading affliction on native reserves and, in the cities, is intimately linked with the deadly duo of guns and gangs. It has an especially devastating effect among certain ethnic minorities. |
| Jun 26, 2007 |
MB:
Local Energy-Drink Maker Pitches To Pot-Heads Clarus Canadian Springs is carrying Bong Water Energized Sports Drinks, a line of beverages where references to marijuana and the drug subculture abound. Bong Water is the brainchild of Growth Capital Group. The drinks are made with Clarus's own spring water. Bong Water comes in four versions -- the Original Bong Water 420 Chronic Tonic, Purple Haze, Green Dreams and Rasta Cherry. The drinks are available at stores in Canada and the U.S. |
| Jun 27, 2007 |
Gatineau Officer To Remain Jailed Until Trial A Gatineau police officer charged with possession of narcotics will be detained until his trial. At the end of a day-long bail hearing, Justice Jules Barriere ruled that Peter Vranas, 41, should not be released, to "maintain the confidence of the public in the administration of justice." |
| Jun 27, 2007 |
Marijuana Grower Deported Authorities have deported a man convicted for his role in a network of more than a dozen Calgary-area marijuana grow ops. Canada Border Services Agency officers handed over Lai Guan Tan, 34, to foreign officials last week. |
| Jun 28, 2007 |
Judge Orders Pot Crusader Krieger To Be Released On Bail Medicinal marijuana crusader Grant Krieger was expected to be released from jail Wednesday night, after his lawyer succeeded in getting him bail until an appeal of his most recent conviction is heard. Justice Peter Martin ordered the controversial Krieger to be released on bail after a hearing at the Alberta Court of Appeal on Wednesday, pending his appeal. |
| Jun 28, 2007 |
Punting Pot Inmates Use Footballs And Baseballs To Smuggle In Drugs Guards at the Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre foiled a bizarre attempt to smuggle drugs in a football. On Saturday night, a prisoner doing cleanup duty triggered an alarm when he got too close to a fence line at the jail, sending guards scurrying to the scene, where they grabbed the inmate and discovered a football filled with tobacco, said Solicitor General spokesman Christine Skjerven. |
| Jun 28, 2007 |
MB:
Ex-Cop Faces Grow-Op Charge A retired Winnipeg police officer who recently came under scrutiny for his role in the wrongful conviction of James Driskell has been charged with running a marijuana grow operation in his home. Bill VanderGraaf, 56, was arrested in April after police received a tip that he was allegedly manufacturing drugs in the basement of his East Kildonan home. |
| Jun 28, 2007 |
What Are They Smoking Over At The Globe? After doing independent research on marijuana 15-year-old Saskatchewan Grade 10 student Kieran King told his friends that, in his opinion, marijuana was less harmful than either alcohol or tobacco....When King protested, he was suspended from school for three days. ...This week the Globe and Mail's Margaret Wente took a similar tack while applauding the school's position. |