Top Stories (2005) -
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| Apr 26, 2005 |
Krieger Taking Cannabis Crusade To Supreme Court Calgary pot crusader Grant Krieger, challenging his conviction for possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, is taking the case to the Supreme Court of Canada. |
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| Apr 26, 2005 |
Seymour Arm Residents Arrested In Massive Drug Raid A small army of RCMP officers -- about 100 in all -- swooped in on the town and searched several houses and other buildings in early October 2004. Police executed 28 search warrants involving 14 properties and 14 vehicles, all within a four-kilometre radius. More than 5,000 marijuana plants were seized. |
| Apr 26, 2005 |
We're Still Waiting For Raid Answers Basi, who has a reputation for membership recruitment with both the provincial and national Liberals, has also been charged with marijuana production and possession of pot for the purpose of trafficking. It's incredible -- a scandal in its own right -- that B.C. voters are being asked to give the Campbell Liberals another four years in office before knowing what might emerge from all this long after the polls have closed again. It's sad, too, that no one seems to care. [We would have known much more if the NDP were raided, but it was the Liberals, and the media just love the Liberals... so we will never know..] |
| Apr 26, 2005 |
Pot Charge Pains Mom A Kemptville woman who smokes five grams of pot a day for pain relief says she's facing a charge of growing the drug because of a simple misunderstanding. But Health Canada and police say the rules are clear: A licence to possess medical marijuana isn't permission to set up your own grow op. Licenced users need to apply for a special permit to grow their own. [Smothering legal pot use with red tape and bureaucracy ensures most people will stay outside the system] |
| Apr 25, 2005 |
Gone To Pot More than 500 people gathered there -- at the seat of government and lawful authority in Manitoba -- to listen to music, play a bit of Frisbee, giggle perhaps more than usual and get high on dope. ... And yet the police did nothing except mark time. Enforcement of the Criminal Code should not be arbitrary. Arbitrary enforcement brings the justice system into disrepute...The law should be made to reflect the current reality. It was not illegal on Wednesday. It cannot be illegal today and should not be illegal tomorrow. |
| Apr 24, 2005 |
PUB LTE: Tell Kids The Truth Why are we letting unqualified police officers teach our children about drugs? We should be encouraging our doctors instead to educate our young people about drugs. |
| Apr 24, 2005 |
For Pot Smokers, It's Always 4:20 A private security staffer drove his car across the grounds, in an apparent attempt at intimidation. It didn't work. "What's all the fuss," asked one MLA of the crowd. 4:20. "Well, better than nine-eleven," he said. [Well said] |
| Apr 22, 2005 |
Scuffle At Pro-marijuana Rally Results In Charges An RCMP officer escaped injury during a scuffle with a man arrested at a pro-marijuana rally outside Red Deer's city hall, say police. |
| Apr 22, 2005 |
Compassion Club Takes High Road Mark Russell doesn't think sick people should have to hang out in bars or back alleys in order to get their medication. He doesn't think they should have to deal with the criminal element in order to do so, either. |
| Apr 21, 2005 |
Some MDs Recommending Marijuana For Medical Use As federal lawmakers prepare to pass legislation decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use, Montreal's McGill University Health Centre has issued a study concluding some doctors already are suggesting their patients use cannabis for a variety of medical purposes |
| Apr 21, 2005 |
Speaker Warns Students About The Dangers Of Smoking Marijuana Jerome Bouvier, who is paralyzed from the chest down as a result of waterskiing while stoned at the age of 23, brought his anti-drug message to Surrey this week. ..He started smoking pot at age 14. "Pot has a lot of friends," he said, listing cocaine, methamphetamine and acid. "I kept meeting all these friends." By age 19, he said, he couldn't function without cocaine and lost contact with his family. [There is no mention that tobacco and alcohol are the foremost "gateway" drugs around] |
| Apr 21, 2005 |
What The Law Dictates Under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, drugs fall into numerous categories, or schedules, that are ranked in the legal system according to their perceived severity...Marijuana and hash ( more than 30 grams and more than 1 gram respectively ) are schedule 2....Possession ..six months to five years for schedule 2..trafficking front, schedule 2's maximum punishment is life ( 25 years with no parole ). [ An activist received 3 months for passing a joint... what's next - 10 years?] |
| Apr 21, 2005 |
Victoria's Top Toker Can't Join Smoke-In Pot aroma wafts over City Hall in sixth annual joint jubilee Victoria's best-known pot advocate was one of the few who didn't light up Thursday afternoon outside City Hall. It's not that Ted Smith didn't want to join revelers in the annual marijuana 4/20 celebrations -- it's just that a few police officers were keeping an eye on Centennial Square, and Smith is already facing drug charges. |
| Apr 21, 2005 |
Pot Users Light Up Outside Legislature MORE than 500 pot smokers spent yesterday afternoon smoking joints and lounging on the Legislative Building grounds as part of an annual call for the legalization of marijuana. |
| Apr 21, 2005 |
High Schools Need To Do More: RCMP Const. Richard DeJong, the RCMP's drug-awareness coordinator, describes DARE as a "building block of prevention." [Many people describe DARE as steady employment for cops] |
| Apr 20, 2005 |
Police Beating 'Shamed' Officer After being yelled at by Const. Raymond Gardner, who told Desjardins the police weren't about to lose control of Granville Street to drug dealers and that the people there were tired of their activities and the area being unsafe, Peters said Desjardins received "a flurry" of short, punches from the five officers. He fell to the ground and "turtled up" in an effort to protect himself with his arms covering his head, and knees drawn up to his chest. The officers then began to deliver short kicks to his body, with Kojima moving his head from side to side with the inside of his boot much like a "small child trying to control a soccer ball." [To serve and protect. eh?] |
| Apr 20, 2005 |
Legalizing Pot Is His Number-one Priority Neil Magnuson wants Surrey residents to have access to safe medication, namely marijuana, which is reportedly useful for some maladies including glaucoma and treatment for nausea related to chemotherapy. |
| Apr 19, 2005 |
Politics Pot Party Candidate Pushing Medical Use Tony Adams said his recent classified ad in The Peace Arch News offering to train potential Marijuana Party candidates as medical marijuana growers was legitimate. |
| Apr 19, 2005 |
Smokin' Up The Joint Tomorrow is World Marijuana Day. You won't find it on the calendar. Actually, you won't find it anywhere but on the Internet. |
| Apr 19, 2005 |
Just-released Marijuana Grower Wants To Run For Election Felger intends to run for the Marijuana party of B.C. in the May 17 provincial election against de Jong, the Liberal MLA who has represented Abbotsford-Mount Lehman since 1994. |