Top Stories (2005) -
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| Dec 10, 2005 |
Commissionaire Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking Red Deer provincial court Judge Thomas Schollie heard Friday that about 115 grams of marijuana would fetch about $1,000 on the street. Inside the medium-security penitentiary, that amount of grass would bring in about $37,000, federal Crown prosecutor Dave Inglis told court. |
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| Dec 9, 2005 |
If You Toke, Don't Drive The Pot and Driving Campaign is an attempt to raise awareness about the dangers and prevalence of driving while impaired by pot...."In Canada we boast the highest use of pot in the world but there's a naivete surrounding young drivers; they think driving drunk is bad, they don't think that driving on pot is bad." |
| Dec 9, 2005 |
Grow-Op Busting Initiative Wins Public Safety Award The initiative essentially involves the fire department filing freedom-of-information requests for hydro bills of suspected grow-op addresses. Once the information is obtained, officials knock on the door of the address with an order for an electrical inspection. ..Garis said the object of the project is strictly public and firefighter safety. Using "safety" as a means to erode more privacy rights is a newer line in an old plot - maintianing prohibition. |
| Dec 9, 2005 |
Pot-Party Head Backs NDP B.C. Marijuana Party president Marc Emery, facing extradition to the U.S. for allegedly selling marijuana seeds by mail, plans to back the NDP in the federal election. Emery's lawyer yesterday asked B.C. Supreme Court for clarification on his bail conditions and whether Emery could take part in the political campaign. Associate Chief Justice Patrick Dohm said he could, but warned him to be careful what he says. |
| Dec 8, 2005 |
More Guns In Grow-Ops According to StatsCan, there have been 137 marijuana-related homicides between 1992 and 2002. Nice propaganda work... it should say "PROHIBITION-related homicides", but the mindless media copy police PR's verbatim. |
| Dec 8, 2005 |
Insurance Woes Force Man To Dismantle Medical Marijuana Grow Operation He is licensed to grow up to 15 plants for distribution to the patient. Because of the nature of the product, Selenski said he has taken numerous security measures to protect the operation, including cameras, alarms, guard dogs and a tall chain link fence...Even so, when he tried to have the equipment needed for the grow operation insured for about $3,000, he was told by his primary insurer to dismantle the operation within 30 days or risk losing his insurance on his shop and home as well, More harrassement...Hopefully the stance of insurance companies will be challenged in court. |
| Dec 8, 2005 |
Security Firm Offers Rental Service To Combat Grow-Ops Leo Knight, a senior vice-president of Paladin Security Group Ltd., said the company now has trained personnel who will monitor a landlord's property for any drug activity....In some cases, Knight notes, they will give a tenant notice they want to do an interior inspection. Another very disturbing trend initiated by a prohibitionist with the only way out is being able to afford your own home. Easier said than done. |
| Dec 7, 2005 |
Judge May Ban Police A judge vowed yesterday to limit the number of off-duty Winnipeg police officers who have flooded a misconduct hearing and literally surrounded three men who claim they were assaulted by police. A frightening look at police mentality... |
| Dec 6, 2005 |
Minto Ties Pot, Fatal Fall One of Ottawa's largest landlords blames an 11-year-old boy's deadly fall on his mother's use of marijuana. Another desperate attempt to demonize pot smoking... |
| Dec 6, 2005 |
Old Drug Charge Haunts Traveller A city man says his vacation with his wife was ruined after he was detained at the Los Angeles airport because of a 25-year-old drug charge and treated like a suspected terrorist. Travellers beware! |
| Dec 6, 2005 |
Marijuana Party Candidate Has Never Touched The Weed "The philosophies of the Marijuana party make a lot of sense," he said Monday. "The prohibition of drugs has not solved any problems with regards to crime." |
| Dec 6, 2005 |
Evidence Shows Harper's Justice Policies Harper said a Conservative government "would impose mandatory minimum sentences of at least two years for trafficking, selling or importing hard drugs like heroin, cocaine or crystal methamphetamine."...Evidence from both Canada and the United States confirms that mandatory minimums fail to deter crime. In fact, a 2001 study commissioned by Justice Canada found absolutely no correlation between the crime rate and the severity of sentences. |
| Dec 4, 2005 |
Some Dare To Slam DARE "A 1990 study funded by the Canadian government found D.A.R.E. had no significant effect on the students' use of any of the substances measured," noted the newspaper. Tobacco, beer, marijuana, acid, heroin, cocaine and other substances were part of the tracking. In 2001, the U.S. Surgeon General placed D.A.R.E. under the category of ineffective programs and according to Dr. Gilbert Botvin of Cornell Medical Center said, it is "well established that D.A.R.E. doesn't work." ....Local D.A.R.E. coordinator, Const. Frank McConnell, is a firm believer in the program and proud that it is now being taught in every elementary school in the Central Okanaagan school district. |
| Dec 4, 2005 |
Harper Tough On Drug Crime Among the Tory promises: - - Minimum sentences of at least two years for trafficking, exporting, importing or producing heroin, cocaine or crystal meth or more than 3 kilos of marijuana or hashish. - - A commitment not to reintroduce legislation to decriminalize marijuana. Several studies have shown minimum mandatory sentences add an enormous cost burden to the corrections system without offering any clear deterrent. A Conservative government would not only set cannabis reform back many years, we would also see the types of problems experienced in the US. |
| Dec 2, 2005 |
PUB LTE: Both Parties Help Organized Crime For more than a decade, the Liberals have endorsed and pursued a policy of marijuana prohibition. This policy has subsidized the underground economy, wasted valuable and scarce police resources, deprived Canadians of a valuable source of medicine and tax revenue, started a street war in Toronto, while making marijuana easier for kids to get than either alcohol or tobacco. The Tories would not only continue with this policy, but would increase efforts and spending, likely resulting in even more misery and death. It would also increase the dealers' profits. It sounds to me like both parties are in cahoots with "organized crime." |
| Dec 0, 2005 |
Fewer Students Smoke, Use Drugs Legal and illegal drug use among Ontario students in grades 7 to 12 dropped last year for the first time in over a decade. |
| Nov 30, 2005 |
Plenty of Busts Via Snitch Line Surrey RCMP have made 120 grow-op busts so far this year, thanks to tips left on the city's new marijuana snitch line. Want to get even with someone? Want to betray a friend? Got a gripe against an old lover? Forget about justice, the system makes it very easy for you to vent without ever facing the accused.Great role models, eh? |
| Nov 30, 2005 |
Election Kills Marijuana Bill Pot Activist Glad Legislation Is Gone A bill to decriminalize marijuana has died with the fall of the Liberal government -- and pot activists are pleased to see it go. |
| Nov 29, 2005 |
Pot Can Help The Economy, Stupid Marijuana is part of the underground economy, so it is hard to say exactly what effect legalization would have on its price, but there should be enough of a reduction for pot to be cheaper than it is now, even after the government slaps a nice fat excise tax on it. Indeed, the added tax revenue is perhaps the biggest argument in favour of legalising pot. It could help pay for the health problems it is already causing, as well as an improvement in anti-drug programs. |
| Nov 29, 2005 |
Officers Alarmed At Increase In Grow-Op Size The increasing size and plant yields of rural marijuana grow operations are an increasing concern to OPP drug enforcement officers. Perhaps one day they will realize that cannabis is a plant like any other and they will never be able to eradicate nature.... until that day comes.... |