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| Jan 22, 2008 |
Tips On Grow-Ops Draining Crime Stoppers
Marijuana Is Slowly Bleeding Crime Stoppers Of Niagara. "We're not funded by the government, we are not an arm of the police," said Crime Stoppers of Niagara chairman Stu Black. "We get our money through donations." ...With some funding from the Niagara Regional Police Services Board, Crime Stoppers hosted a training conference in June that raised enough money to get the organization out of trouble. |
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| Jan 10, 2008 |
BC:
Driving High
As the Counterattack Road Check season winds down, Saanich police were surprised by one memorable night that saw the number of drivers caught driving while high on marijuana exceed those caught for drinking and driving. |
| Jan 9, 2008 |
The Prince of Pot Deserves B.C. Support
Emery is scheduled for an extradition hearing Jan. 21. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency wants to take him across the border and try him on charges relating to the marijuana seed business he ran flagrantly and successfully in Vancouver for years. |
| Jan 8, 2008 |
Why Is Canada Copying Failure?
Author: Larry Campbell: Is there really anyone anywhere in Canada who believes that U.S. drug policies are working? Or that they are deserving of being copied here? This is the direction Prime Minister Stephen Harper would have us go. More prisons and more people in prisons has not worked for our southern neighbours, and there is no logic behind the move to increase criminal penalties for drugs. |
| Dec 18, 2007 |
AB:
'Cannabis Is the Least of Our Problems'
Lethbridge - A pro-marijuana group took its protest to Lethbridge streets Monday. Warmly-dressed protesters rallied in front of MP Rick Casson's office, after parading their signs through the city centre. They were opposing the Conservative government's plans for compulsory jail terms for people selling street drugs. |
| Dec 17, 2007 |
Canadian National Demonstration Against Bill C-26
<div align="center"><img src="http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v164/33/32/627761996/n627761996_480861_9881.jpg" /></div> <blockquote>ALSO: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjwpo1HCRhw" target="_blank"> Criminal lawyer Kirk Tousaw explains why the proposed changes to Canada's marijuana laws are bad for the entire country, and how you can help to stop them</a></blockquote> |
| Dec 13, 2007 |
Compassion Pleaded After Drugs Convictions
Pete Young said he wasn't trying to hide anything -- he was offering marijuana from a downtown location to ease people's pain. He said doctors knew. So did the police. |
| Dec 12, 2007 |
BC:
Drug Laws Draconian
Victoria - Protesters are set to gather Monday, December 17, at MP offices in Victoria and across Canada to speak out against proposed drug laws they say are draconian and ineffective. The Conservatives' Bill C-26 would entrench the criminalization of cannabis and require minimum mandatory prison terms for people caught with pot. |
| Dec 11, 2007 |
Marijuana Activists Will Gather At MP Offices
An exciting new grass-roots political campaign is beginning to grow across Canada. In response to the Americanization of Canadian drug policy by the Conservative Party of Canada, ordinary Canadians are standing up to ask a simple question: Why? On November 20th, 2007 the Conservative government of Canada introduced Bill C-26, imposing mandatory minimum jail sentences for cannabis ( marijuana ) offences in an attempt to appear "tough" on crime. |
| Dec 6, 2007 |
Police Officer Loses Appeal, Must Resign Over Cocaine
An Ottawa police officer ordered to resign after stealing crack cocaine for his own use has lost an appeal to keep his job. |
| Dec 4, 2007 |
Bill C-2 Second Reading Debate Adjourned
(1520) The second key area is impaired driving. Bill C-2 proposes long-overdue reforms to address impaired driving, which unfortunately remains a serious problem in Canada. The bill does so in three ways: First, it addresses drug impaired driving by proposing the necessary legislative framework for the drug recognition expert, or DRE program. These reforms would permit police to demand roadside physical sobriety tests. Where those tests reveal impairment, but the person is not impaired by alcohol, police could then demand that the person perform other tests administered by a drug recognition expert and to provide a sample of body fluids to be analyzed for the presence of a drug. |
| Dec 3, 2007 |
NS:
Simpson Facing Charges of Trafficking, Sentencing
AMHERST - Within minutes of his Supreme Court sentencing for counts of possession, trafficking and producing marijuana being adjourned, Rickey Logan Simpson was taken into custody and faces additional charges of trafficking the same substance. Crown attorney Paul Drysdale told Justice Felix Cacchione that two officers from Amherst Police Department, including Sgt. Tim Hunter, were at the back of the courtroom to take Simpson into custody where he would be charged with trafficking marijuana. |
| Nov 30, 2007 |
Ministers Guilty Of Trafficking 'Sacrament'
Hamilton's high priest of pot, who turns 75 next month, faces a possible jail sentence after being convicted of selling the holy sacrament to an undercover police officer. A Superior Court jury deliberated eight hours Wednesday night before finding Walter Tucker and fellow minister of pot, Michael Baldasaro, 58, guilty of all five charges. They will be sentenced Jan. 24. |
| Nov 21, 2007 |
Just Your Average Ganja-Growing Soccer Mom
Showcase Television Helps Break More Taboos With Cult Favourite Weeds NEXT TIME YOU light a spliff and sit in front of the tube, why not flip to a show that portrays the industry of the reefer you're enjoying? A new phase in the presence of marijuana in the entertainment media seems to be signaled by the rising popularity of Weeds, the blazed comedy/drama carried by the cable network Showcase |
| Nov 17, 2007 |
The Dangers of Keeping Pot Illegal
The benefits to Canada's justice system of legalizing marijuana would be immediate. Police would have more time to investigate real crime, including cracking down on harder drugs. The courts wouldn't be bogged down by trivial pot charges. Jail cells could be reserved for actual criminals. |
| Nov 15, 2007 |
Toking Your Way To Success
So last week a swiss study was published saying teens who use only cannabis appear to function better than those who also use tobacco, and are more socially driven and have no more psychosocial problems than those who abstain from both substances. |
| Nov 15, 2007 |
Pot Activists Hail Ruling (Invalid law)
Marijuana activists are hailing a recent court ruling as the beginning of the end of Canada's prohibition on pot, but the Crown dismisses the decision as non-binding. A trial judge in Oshawa, Ont., threw out charges of simple possession of marijuana against three young men on Oct. 19, relying on a previous court ruling that found Canada's pot law unconstitutional. In making his decision, Judge Norman Edmondson cited a decision last July by a fellow judge of the Ontario Court of Justice. [ See: <a href="http://thepotlawhasfallen.ca/" target="_blank">http://thepotlawhasfallen.ca/</a>, especially if you have been charged with possession of cannabis ] |
| Nov 10, 2007 |
Pot Search Legal
A dreadlocked Toronto human rights worker has lost a "test case" against Canadian border officials after claiming he was targeted for a Pearson airport drug search because of his hairstyle. |
| Nov 9, 2007 |
Drunks Put End to Pot Meetings
The smoke has cleared and it was alcohol that killed the marijuana bash. After 12 years, the world's largest weekly pot rally has been stubbed out because of drinking. |
| Nov 1, 2007 |
Suspended Driver Sues
A driver given a 24-hour suspension because police suspected he was high on marijuana is suing to have the ban removed from his records. Jugveer Singh Purewal says in a petition filed in B.C. Supreme Court that he told a Surrey police officer he was not under the influence of drugs when he was pulled over early Sept. 14 and suspended from driving for 24 hours. Purewal said the officer didn't administer a sobriety test and he was denied the opportunity to dispute the ban because there is no mechanism to do so when a 24-hour driving suspension is based on suspected drug use. |
| Oct 24, 2007 |
Party Has High Hopes
A user of medicinal marijuana in Regina has joined the race for a seat in Saskatchewan's legislature to push for a greener society -- and he doesn't mean the environment. Tom Shapiro, 51, has let his name stand as Saskatchewan Marijuana Party candidate for the riding of Regina Coronation Park. |
| Oct 22, 2007 |
A Criminal Mind: Juries Can Nullify, Just Don't Tell
The common law recognizes the jury's power not to convict when a law is unfair, or when it would unfairly impact upon the accused. This is known as jury nullification. The trilogy of Canadian cases from the Supreme Court of Canada that have dealt with this are R. v. Morgentaler ( 1988 ), R. v. Latimer ( 2001 ), and the recent case of R. v. Krieger ( 2006 ). |
| Oct 22, 2007 |
Pro-Pot Protest Nets Just 60 People
Police were out in full force for a contingent of mostly teenagers protesting to decriminalize marijuana during Saturday's pro-pot rally. About 60 people marched up Pitt Street to Domino's Pizza near Tollgate Road for the first-ever Walk 4 Weed demonstration. It was a far cry from the hundreds who were expected to attend, but that didn't stop organizers from forging ahead with the peaceful demonstration. [So does police intimidation work?] |
| Oct 19, 2007 |
ONTARIO JUDGE RULES CANNABIS PROHIBITION INVALID
<strong>Today in an Oshawa Court, the trial judge in the 'Tom, Dick, and Harry' case dismissed the charges against them, for simple possession of marijuana. He said that in his view the marijuana prohibition had no valid force or effect. ...He said the cases against Tom, Dick, and Harry, are dismissed because the law is not there to charge them or convict them. The exact terms of his decision will be available later, after an exchange of faxes with the Court house. </strong> [Every person arrested for a cannabis offense should read this important information and make their lawyer aware of it - this is a federal law and should be applied the same across the country] |
| Oct 16, 2007 |
ON:
Pro-pot Protest Planned
Protesters calling for the decriminalization of one of Canada's most readily-available illegal drugs are planning a massive march through Cornwall this weekend. Organizers of the first annual "Walk 4 Weed," which is being promoted by local pro-pot group Cannabis Cornwall, are hoping at least 400 people will peacefully march through the city Saturday afternoon. |