Top Stories (2005) -
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| Apr 19, 2005 |
Health Canada Approves Sativex Canada becomes the first country in the world to approve Sativex, a novel prescription pharmaceutical product derived from components of the cannabis plant shown to have therapeutic properties. Sativex is administered via a spray into the mouth." [GW Pharma's attempt to medicalize this herb is now lurching closer to biopiracy, but in the spirit of openness and hoping this may add to the treatment options for many medical cannabis users, <a href="http://thevics.com/" target=_blank">the VICS</a> is publicly offering for the very first time, our Cannamist/tincture recipe - including how to convert the THCA into more usable THC.<a href="http://thevics.com/Cannamist.htm" target=_blank">VICS Cannamist/Tincture Recipe</a> ] |
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| Apr 18, 2005 |
New Drug Dogs Join Police Force The Medicine Hat police have added a couple new members to their force -- two seven-week-old chocolate Labrador dogs that will eventually aid in keeping drugs out of schools. [Not only is are the police not our "friends" anymore, they are making sure that even dogs can no longer be considered "man's best friend" when they are used for this purpose...] |
| Apr 18, 2005 |
'Toking Time' At Falls NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. -- The Horseshoe Falls was the backdrop for activists rallying to legalize marijuana. "Weed is a good thing. It's stereotyped not in a good way," said Mary Wilson, a Niagara Falls woman among approximately 250 people who lit up in Queen Victoria Park on Saturday at 4:20 p.m., the time of day pot-smokers consider the universal toking time. |
| Apr 16, 2005 |
Up In Smoke A Sick Guelph Man Fears The Future After Police Confiscate His Crop Of What He Argues Is Legal Marijuana, Prescribed To Ease His Many Ailments. |
| Apr 15, 2005 |
Charges Withdrawn In $1 Million Marijuana Case Search Likely Wouldn't Stand Up to Charter Of Rights And Freedoms hallenge, Crown Says Charges against four men accused of growing more than $1 million worth of marijuana northwest of Kemble last fall were withdrawn Thursday. |
| Apr 13, 2005 |
CN NS:
Drug-dealing Cop To Be Paroled A former RCMP officer and convicted drug dealer will get out of prison after only eight months behind bars. |
| Apr 12, 2005 |
CN BC:
Pot Search Ruled Illegal At issue was the information used by police to get a search warrant for the premises in late November, 2003. According to Romilly's decision, the police received the information from a confidential source that there were 300 to 400 marijuana plants inside the residence in question, including the upstairs and the basement. The house is actually a small, one-storey bungalow with no basement. |
| Apr 10, 2005 |
CN ON:
CN ON: Council To See $8-m Plan To Root Out Grow Houses An $8-Million Plan To Stem The Proliferation Of Marijuana Grow Houses Is On Its Way To Toronto Council. [Unbelievable! One can only imagine how much $8million would help ease poverty or hunger in the city instead of feeding the pot fetish that politicians develop] |
| Apr 8, 2005 |
CN BC:
Massive Grow Op Nailed By Cops Chilliwack: Police pulled 3,967 marijuana plants from two barns in the 48700 block of McConnell Road Wednesday. |
| Apr 8, 2005 |
Marijuana-joint Sharing Linked To Spread Of Potentially The Vancouver Coastal Health Authority is warning people not to share marijuana joints because the practice is resulting in the spread of meningococcal disease, which is potentially fatal. |
| Apr 7, 2005 |
And Marijuana For All By Alan Young. I am becoming embarrassed by the endless pot debate in Canada. Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan recently stated that marijuana smokers are stupid ( Was this her way of saying she smokes the herb? ), but the true imbecility lies in the irresolute and confused response of our governemt to a no-brainer issue of public policy. |
| Apr 6, 2005 |
Reefer Refugees No American Has Ever Been Granted Canadian Refugee Status Because of the War on Drugs, but the Times They May Be Changing. |
| Apr 5, 2005 |
CN ON:
Judge Throws Out $500,000 Grow-Op Case WHITBY, ONT. - A judge has thrown out all charges in a $500,000 marijuana grow-op seizure because of serious charter violations by police who killed two dogs at a home in Pickering, Ont. [Every once in awhile, justice previals just enough to give us some hope] |
| Apr 2, 2005 |
It's Time For Intelligent Responses To Marijuana It is difficult to imagine a less intelligent strategy for responding to drugs than the laws that are currently in place. They reward organized crime, endanger the lives of police and citizens, corrupt legitimate businesses by encouraging money laundering, provide the major source of corruption among our police, and create a heavy burden on our justice system. |
| Apr 1, 2005 |
Think Before Un-inviting A Guest By yanking Emery from the invitation list, Warawa has created greater flak than if he had just let Emery come and debate. The new MP said he didn't want the situation to become politicized. Well, it's Canada and it's pot. There is little that is more political, more of a hot-button issue, than that. |
| Apr 1, 2005 |
CN ON:
Pot Activists Sound Off At Meeting A town hall meeting about illegal marijuana grow ops in Scarborough grew heated last night when activists supporting the legalization of cannabis challenged the information being presented by a parade of local politicians and police. |
| Apr 1, 2005 |
CN BC:
Marijuana Found In 19 Units Of Complex Marijuana-growing operations have been found in 19 housing units in the 90-unit Cranberry Lanes townhouse complex in east Richmond, prompting several residents to say they're considering a move to a safer neighbourhood. |
| Apr 1, 2005 |
CN NS:
Man Wants Company To Help Him Pay For Pot So as part of his claim for special damages, Mr. Patriquen wants the defendants to pay for the costs of growing his own marijuana for medical use, as authorized under a Health Canada permit. |
| Mar 30, 2005 |
The Heat Is On And while police still build their cases the old-fashioned way, they also rely on a little help from technology. It sounds a little sci-fi and comes with its own controversy, but the Saanich police department's thermal imager helps turn hunches into search warrants. [More rights gone to make tracking victimless "crime" easier.... a theme that we see repeating over and over ] |
| Mar 28, 2005 |
Hemp -- The New Soy Seeds Of Hemp Plant Promoted As Good Source Of Protein |