Top Stories (2005) -
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| Sep 11, 2005 |
Mountie Wants Parents Punished For Raising Children In Grow-ops B.C.'s top "grow-op cop" said the courts should hand out longer jail sentences to parents who raise their kids in marijuana drug houses. [Good idea - bust up more families and have more kids grow up in foster care, then we can have more repurcussions from the war on pot] |
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| Sep 11, 2005 |
Pot Activist Rallies Support Vancouver -- Marc Emery took a quick hit from a joint as his fans smoked and screamed for his freedomin front of the U.S. consulate.... Today, 40 cities around the world, from Warsaw, Moscow, Russia, London, Paris, Madrid, Italy, they are rallying at Canadian consulates around the world. In Melbourne, Australia, and Sydney, Canadian embassies are being picketed!" |
| Sep 9, 2005 |
Da Kine Doors Open On Sunday, Business Licence Or Not: Despite his troubles in obtaining a business licence from the City of Abbotsford, marijuana activist Tim Felger says he'll open his downtown Da Kine store on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. |
| Sep 9, 2005 |
Crohn's Relief Brought Pot Activist To Cause She was suffering with agonizing symptoms and side effects when an old friend recommended marijuana to ease her afflictions. She said it worked and she hasn't used prescription drugs or had surgery since 1996. |
| Sep 9, 2005 |
Why European Politicians Are Having Second Thoughts on Pot A handful of British, Dutch, Swedish and New Zealand scientists established connections between adolescent use of marijuana and the development of psychosis and schizophrenia; their studies were cited by both Clarke and Hoogervorst. [Reefer madness is still alive and well] |
| Sep 8, 2005 |
Court Upholds 'Pot Grow Op' Home Seizure "What makes this case stand apart from the rest of the dwelling restraints and forfeitures in B.C. is that all previous forfeitures have been by way of consent," said Langley RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Diane Blain. This is the first case in B.C. to be contested since the amendments under Bill C-24 in 2001. |
| Sep 8, 2005 |
Chong Says He Was Targeted For His Hippie Persona Edmonton-born Tommy Chong rose to fame in the 1970s as one half of the dope-smoking comedy duo Cheech and Chong. In 2003, Chong was charged in the United States with conspiring to sell drug paraphernalia and sentenced to prison, what he now calls an assault on his civil liberties. [The powers-that-be have been trying to systematically rid the world of counter-culture types since the 60's... it is just getting more fierce now. ] |
| Sep 8, 2005 |
Judge Scolds Officer For Lying In Court A metro man who admitted in court to being involved in criminal activity will not be prosecuted on a slew of drug and weapons charges because a Halifax Regional Police officer lied on the stand and officers unlawfully searched the man's home. [Every once in awhile, justice prevails still] |
| Sep 7, 2005 |
Could Hemp Sustain The Cariboo? Jack Witty's dream is to see the South Cariboo bloom from a plant that's rich with potential yet rife with misunderstanding. [Hopefully we will be seeing and hearing a lot more about hemp production in Canada] |
| Sep 7, 2005 |
Marijuana Trafficking Charges Stayed TRURO, N.S. -- Trafficking charges were stayed yesterday against two men who say they smoke and supply marijuana for medicinal purposes. John Thomas Cook of Halifax and Stephen Edward Chute of Springhill, N.S., both 40, were each charged with possession of marijuana and possession for the purposes of trafficking. Mr. Cook runs the Halifax chapter of the Cannabis Buyers Clubs of Canada and supplies medicinal pot to about 50 clients. Mr. Cook and Mr. Chute don't deny that they shipped the drugs from Springhill to Halifax County. Crown attorney Cameron MacKinnon wouldn't comment on why the charges were stayed. [Perhaps the government knows it is on shaky legal ground and don't want to push their luck. Too bad] |
| Sep 6, 2005 |
Toking And Driving A Lethal Combination Drug impairment is as dangerous as if you're drinking alcohol." That's the back-to-school message from MADD Canada. [Most of the </medical/index.htm#meddrivingstudies">driving studies</a> say otherwise] |
| Sep 3, 2005 |
War On Grow-Ops A Losing Battle Even if Kelowna RCMP could bust a grow-op a day, they would never catch up with the amount of marijuana being cultivated here..."We'd never catch up with all of them. It's that prolific." Kelowna RCMP average about two grow busts a week [Yet it goes on and on and on.... just like the definition of insanity...] |
| Sep 1, 2005 |
Ontario Hemp Industry Ready For Growth Rising Oil Costs Make Natural Product Viable Alternative [Think of all the trees world-wide that would probably still be standing if we had been using hemp all along.. just another crime against humanity..] |
| Aug 30, 2005 |
CN BC:
Judge Sets Aside Bail Conditions For The Sake Of Love Flashing a thumbs up from the prisoner's dock to a handful of supporters, Briere was ecstatic at the ruling that will allow him to run for Vancouver city council in November and paves the way for him to see his lover Carol Gwilt, who also faces drug and money-laundering charges for her role at the Commercial Drive cafe. |
| Aug 30, 2005 |
New Medicinal Marijuana Rules Ease Onus On Physicians Revised regulations governing Health Canada's medicinal marijuana program reduce the onus on physicians as gatekeepers, but the 4-year-old program is still cause for concern, says the CMA. [ Forms for Medical Marijuana available at:</B> <A HREF="http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/marihuana/index_e.html" target="_blank">Marihuana Medical Access Division</a>] |
| Aug 29, 2005 |
Public Misinformed About Marijuana, Advocates Say FIELD, Ont -- Marijuana users and members of the Church of the Universe gathered Saturday to support Rev. Michel Ethier |
| Aug 27, 2005 |
Pot Farms Flourish Massive outdoor marijuana grow-ops like the one busted near Oak Lake this week - the largest in the province's history - are sprouting up across Canada and there are likely more right here in Westman, says a police source. Indoor grow-ops in residential neighbourhoods - often upscale or suburban areas - have grabbed the media spotlight in recent years, but an Ontario-based investigator said police agencies nationwide are also starting to see a trend in large-scale outdoor pot farms. |
| Aug 26, 2005 |
Pot Crusader Says Canadians Will Be To Blame For Extradition Pot crusader Marc Emery said Thursday that all Canadians will be complicit if the United States succeeds in extraditing him to face drug charges in that country. |
| Aug 26, 2005 |
Police Didn't Violate Pot Advocate's Rights - Judge A judge yesterday threw out arguments that police violated the constitutional rights of pro-marijuana advocate Marc-Boris St-Maurice when they joined the Bloc Pot party he founded and arrested him at the party's cafe. |
| Aug 26, 2005 |
Hemp Oil Producer Plans Public Meeting MACCAN - Rick Simpson is anxious to have his medical marijuana activities judged in the court of public opinion. The hemp oil producer who faces criminal charges is holding a public meeting Saturday at 2 p.m. in the community hall at the Royal Canadian Legion here in this small Cumberland County community, just outside Amherst. "I'm going to tell the public exactly what I did and I want them to judge me," Mr. Simpson said this week. |