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| Apr 11, 2006 |
McGill's Grass Gets Greener: New Club Lobbies For
When drug enforcement agents from around the world gather in Montreal next month, they will be greeted by a protest organized by a newly-formed McGill club. In collaboration with a number of organizations, including Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, McGill's National Reefer Association ( NRA ) will be organizing a symposium involving former agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency ( DEA ), criminology professors, and a police chief from Florida. The DEA has been invited to this conference, but has not yet responded. |
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| Apr 6, 2006 |
Chief Pans Legal Pot
A former Vancouver mayor's call to legalize marijuana had Calgary's top cop on the defensive yesterday, with police Chief Jack Beaton saying he'll never accept pot as harmless. |
| Apr 3, 2006 |
Former Police Chief Critical of Harper's Drug Move
The former chief of the Seattle police, Norm Stamper, was in Calgary lifting weights in a hotel gym on Monday, at the same time as Canada's conservative prime minister, Stephen Harper, appeared on television in a live broadcast of his speech to the Canadian Professional Police Association's meeting in Ottawa. |
| Mar 20, 2006 |
Canada's Growing Marijuana Problem
"Cannabis is the biggest issue facing law enforcement now," says Inspector Paul Nadeau of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( RCMP ). [Too bad identify theft, break and enter and other crimes that citizens would consider the biggest problems for them aren't also where the police put their resources] |
| Mar 10, 2006 |
Keep Marching, Pot Crusader Says
Goodwin, owner of the Up In Smoke cafe, was arrested Wednesday and charged with possession and possession for the purpose of trafficking. It's his latest run-in with Hamilton police, who he says have visited his business more than 300 times since he opened it in August 2004 on King Street East. [ Cannabis activists and consumers take another hit] |
| Mar 10, 2006 |
PUB LTE: Seedy Situation
SEEDY SITUATION Montreal -- I was a little confused reading Charlie McKenzie's article on the RCMP marijuana-seed bust and I wasn't even high at the time ( Dopey RCMP Math -- March 9 ). Was the point that the RCMP should stop wasting its time trying to determine how much marijuana a bag of seeds would yield? Or was the point that the RCMP should stop wasting its time pandering to U.S. drug hysteria? Haven't we all had enough of this silly prohibition, of clogging the court system and saddling people with criminal records? Weed is a wonderful, useful little plant. Our overworked police forces should be focusing on other things. MICHAEL ASHBY director, National Pardon Centre |
| Mar 1, 2006 |
RCMP Close Montreal Marijuana Seed Vendor
Although the Montreal-based company Heaven's Stairway has operated brazenly since 1998 and is currently listed on Quebec's business registry, the RCMP announced Tuesday it has shut it down. The RCMP described the large-scale bust as the first of its kind in Canada. Besides evoking Led Zeppelin's signature song for its name the company also sold seeds with quirky labels like Crippy Bud and Deep Blue Rush. [ By attacking the very source - seeds - they may merely be preparing for when the time comes for cannabis to be legal. With all other avenues effectively shut down, corporations like Monsanto will emerge as the main distributer of seeds. (Who is really ordering the raids on seeds??? ) ] |
| Feb 28, 2006 |
War On Drugs A Joke To Ex-Cop
In Norm Stamper's world, the "drug store" is a place that is much different from what generally comes to mind. The 28-year police veteran of the San Diego police department and former Seattle police chief wants to see all street drugs legalized, firmly regulated and sold just like we sell alcohol today. |
| Feb 23, 2006 |
Pot Smell Justified Dwelling Search, Judges Say
VANCOUVER -- The smell of marijuana coupled with a suspect speaking a foreign language can be sufficient grounds for police to enter a private home without a search warrant, the British Columbia Court of Appeal has ruled. The decision could expand the power of police to enter homes without warrants under certain conditions, such as an officer smelling marijuana in a dwelling. [Say good-bye to more of our rights] |
| Feb 21, 2006 |
Happy Hippy Handed Heave-Ho
Last week a local retail business, the Happy Hippy Hemp Shop, that sells glass pipes, bongs, rolling papers, and roach clips designed for smoking pot, has been asked to vacate its rented space on Oliver Street. Happy Hippy store owner, Mike Dery, says his landlord, Chuck Delainey, told him he had until the end of the |
| Feb 21, 2006 |
PUB LTE: Legalize Marijuana For Adults
As the leader of the world's largest organization of police, judges and other criminal justice professionals who oppose the policy of drug Prohibition, I'd like to echo letter writer Robert Sharpe. Having the criminal justice system as the primary arm of public response to marijuana use is bad policy. The proposed law changes better mirror the common sense approach we use in response to the most addictive and dangerous drugs - alcohol, tobacco and pharmaceuticals. |
| Feb 20, 2006 |
More Students Smoked Out In Pictou County Dope Sting
Police keep arresting more students in a cleanup of alleged lunchtime dope dealing and smoking near a rural Pictou County school. Video surveillance has revealed up to 50 young people smoking marijuana outside an Alma convenience store popular with Northumberland Regional High School students. That allegedly includes the 13 students arrested in a dramatic police sweep of the store parking lot on Friday. |
| Feb 3, 2006 |
Marijuana Activists Fuming Over Arrest
Medical marijuana advocates are angry over the treatment of a Regina AIDS patient who was arrested after his marijuana licence expired. Tom Shapiro was handcuffed, along with his wife and son, for four hours while police tried to determine his status in Health Canada's medical marijuana program, said an official with the Canadian AIDS Society. [Welcome to the new Conservative government and the way things will be done now. Oh, where did some of the biggest websites like Overgrow.com go?} |
| Jan 28, 2006 |
Delta Police Issue Warning On Meth-Laced Marijuana
"The police have received information that this is occurring in order to facilitate a new addiction to methamphetamines in those that are using marijuana recreationally or in a social capacity," said media liaison officer Const. Kim Sheridan. [If public safety was the top priority for public funds, then wouldn't the public enjoy the protection of a regulated market? If even their pet food is regulated, why can't substances they may ingest be too?] |
| Jan 27, 2006 |
Rottweiler Shot Dead In Police Raid On Apartment
A drug raid on a downtown apartment that netted a few grams of cocaine and marijuana ended in police shooting a Rottweiler dead when the dog attacked officers as they stormed through the door. |
| Jan 27, 2006 |
CN BC:
CN BC: Bylaw Aimed At Paraphernalia, Hydroponic Sales
The city can't ban outright the sale of drug paraphernalia or hydroponic equipment that can also be used for indoor marijuana grow operations, but charging a hefty licence fee and setting up a buyers' registry would make those who want to trade in those markets think twice. [Big brother takes aim... again] |
| Jan 27, 2006 |
Pot Activist Obeys Deportation Order To US
VANCOUVER -- Before his deportation to California yesterday, Steven Kubby gathered his wife and two daughters to his side. |
| Jan 26, 2006 |
Home Grow-Op His Right, Says Spurned Renter
A B.C. medical marijuana user has taken his right to grow pot in a rental home to the Human Rights Tribunal. Vandale Smith told a landlord he intended to grow marijuana in the rental home, and was licensed to do so by Health Canada. [Discrimination, persecution... all the hallmarks are there] |
| Jan 21, 2006 |
CN NS:
No Progress For Man Trying To Get Pot Back
TRURO -- John Cook will have to wait another couple of months to get his pot back from the authorities. The medicinal marijuana activist from Halifax has been trying since May 2005 to get a 500-gram package of marijuana -- valued at $7,500 - -- back from police. Officers seized it as he was trying to ship it by bus last January to one of his clients in Springhill. |
| Jan 16, 2006 |
Apocalypse Now! A Conservative Canada?
Pot people in Canada face extreme danger if a Conservative Justice Minister and the Conservative Party win on January 23rd The Conservative Party say they will give any Canadians caught selling more than 3 kilograms of marijuana a mandatory 24 months minimum in jail. The Conservatives, who lead the polls in Canada?s general election for next Monday, January 23, have already indicated they want mandatory jail terms for any Canadian growing marijuana. They promised never to decriminalize marijuana. [ Also see: <ul> <li><a href="http://norml.ca/" target="_blank">NORML 2006 Election Survey</a></li> <li><a href="http://cannabiscoalition.ca/html/index.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=30" target="_blank">Canadian Cannabis Coalition Says "NO" to Harper</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.asiantribune.com/show_article.php?id=2962" target="_blank">The Canadian elections and the phony gun-crime epidemic</a></li> <li><a href="http://cannabiscoalition.ca/html/index.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=29" target="_blank">PR: Canadians to vote for an end to cannabis prohibition in upcoming federal election.</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.endprohibition.ca/" target="_blank">eNDProhibition</a></li> <li><a href="http://rabble.ca/politics.shtml?x=45777" target="_blank">Think Twice Coalition</a></li> <li><a href="http://rickmercer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Rick Mercer's Blog</a></li> </ul> The swell of opposition to rightwingnuts ruling us is beginning to grow! Voters are shaking the amnesia and remembering Brian Mulroney, Mike Harris and their kind. |
| Jan 16, 2006 |
So, Just What Were They Smoking?
"Where do you stand on the legalization of marijuana?"....Suddenly, the mood in the room turned dark as Conservative candidate Sam Goldstein, seething in his seat, took his turn. Pointing a menacing finger at the crowd, he chastised them for wanting candidates to control gun crime in their city, while wanting to legalize a drug that was causing the gang warfare on their streets. |
| Jan 12, 2006 |
Marijuana Activists Pay Krieger's Travel Expenses
Grant Krieger, the Alberta medical marijuana activist whose appeal from a 2003 drug-trafficking conviction is to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada today, will be able to attend the hearing now that a group of pot activists has paid his travel expenses. |
| Jan 12, 2006 |
Is The Marijuana Party Going Up In Smoke
This year the party is running only 23 candidates, after having run at least 70 in the previous two elections. Its founding leader, Marc-Boris St-Maurice, quit the party last year to join the Liberal party. Now, the B.C. Marijuana Party has thrown its support behind the federal NDP party. |
| Jan 10, 2006 |
Rent-A-Narc Takes Aim at Grow-Ops
The cash-for-tips program is the first in North America to seek private donations from companies and individuals to offset the costs of new police officers, Vern Nielsen, the board's vice-president, said Monday. Starting in July, three new RCMP constables will work exclusively on Crime Stoppers tips that point to drugs and property crimes in the Central Okanagan. Private donors have contributed more than $60,000 to the $250,000 annual cost of the three officers. A public fundraising campaign begins in February to make up the shortfall. |
| Jan 6, 2006 |
Police Officer Back To Court On Drug Charges
Const. Sheldon Cook, 38, a 14-year veteran of the Peel force, is facing the drug trafficking charges after the RCMP followed a shipment of cocaine to a home in Cambridge, where they discovered 15 kilograms of the narcotic with a street value of more than $500,000. |