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| Apr 21, 2008 |
Hundreds Turn Out For Pro-Pot Rally
Niagara Falls - Hundreds who believe Canadians should have the right to smoke up without fear of being charged took to the streets of Niagara Falls Sunday afternoon to draw attention to their cause. |
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| Apr 15, 2008 |
Midlife Toking on the Rise
An increasing number of adults - particularly those in their 30s and 40s - are using marijuana, according to a new Ontario-wide report that reflects what experts describe as a growing cross-country trend. |
| Apr 3, 2008 |
Interview By Matt Mernagh With Pot Seed Breeder Dan
My original quest to speak with Konstantin amongst cannabis community contacts turned up all the wrong leads. His lawyer hooked me up. |
| Apr 3, 2008 |
Homegrown Bailout?
There's a massive cloud of cannabis confusion hovering around Marc Emery's extradition case now that the deal between the Prince of Pot and U.S. prosecutors has hit the skids. |
| Mar 31, 2008 |
Ontario Makes Case For Random Police Questioning
he Supreme Court is expected to revisit a rule it established 11 years ago that said evidence obtained by police when people are forced to incriminate themselves after their Charter rights have been violated may not be used against them in a trial. The April 24 hearing stems from an appeal filed by Donnohue Grant, who was convicted of gun possession charges in 2004. |
| Mar 28, 2008 |
Legalize All Drugs: Former Police Officer
After 28 years on the Vancouver police force, Tony Smith believes the "war on drugs" is creating far more problems than it's solving. During a 45-minute speech at the Alberta Harm Reduction Conference on Thursday, Smith argued legalizing all drugs would lower crime, and take control of the drug industry out of the hands of dangerous criminals. |
| Mar 27, 2008 |
Have Your Special Brownie, And Eat It
Legalization would make smoking up safer for those who choose to do so, as it would reduce the risk of it being laced with things such as crystal meth. It would be a very viable ( and taxable ) industry, and it would do wonders for tourism - Canada would surely move up on the list of vacation destinations. All reasonable arguments. But then there's people like Emery, publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine and leader of the BC Marijuana Party. |
| Mar 27, 2008 |
Membertou First Nation Reviewing Its Drug Policy
SYDNEY - Membertou band council is reviewing its drug testing policy to balance the rights of individuals with those of the community...Earlier this month the chief's son, John Bonham Paul, posted signs in his home which read 'Say no to corporate bullying' and 'Say yes to human rights.' |
| Mar 17, 2008 |
AB: Alderman Wants To Ganja Up On Head Shops But Owners Doobieous
That aldermen would consider prohibiting paraphernalia has Calgary bong and pipe purveyors uptight -- they say politicians are meddling in a perfectly legal business. And they're right, technically. |
| Mar 13, 2008 |
Pot Grabs High Spot On Drugs List
Ottawa may have become known as the "crack" capital of Canada but the majority of users still like to paint the town green. Marijuana is the drug of choice followed by crack cocaine on the list of the top five drugs in the city, according to Ottawa police. |
| Mar 12, 2008 |
Pot Seed Sales Do Not Warrant Export
Finally, a court ruling that puts in perspective the five to 10 years' imprisonment that B.C. cannabis crusader Marc Emery faces in U.S. prison for selling pot seeds. |
| Mar 6, 2008 |
Prince Of Pot Still In Limbo
The fate of Vancouver's Prince of Pot is still uncertain after his extradition hearing yesterday was again postponed while Canadian and American prosecutors negotiate how to legally sentence him in both countries. |
| Mar 6, 2008 |
Sweet Leaf Relief
A small yet passionate group of Calgarians is working diligently to provide medicinal marijuana to ease the suffering of those struck with debilitating illnesses such as multiple sclerosis, cancer and chronic pain. Founded in the fall of 2002, the Calgary Medicinal Marijuana Centre ( CMMC ) is a not-for-profit co-operative that aims to provide its members with a reliable supply of marijuana through a network of authorized growers, to act as a support group and to educate people on the oft-vilified plant's effects on a variety of illnesses. |
| Feb 25, 2008 |
Constitutional Challenge Launched Over Search Warrant
Windsor defence lawyer Frank Miller has brought a constitutional challenge over the way Windsor police put together search warrants in drug cases, citing s. 8 of the Charter, which protects against unreasonable search or seizure. |
| Feb 21, 2008 |
Charges Dropped In Pot Bust
BC Conservative Leader, Wilf Hanni, expressed dismay over the ruling by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bruce yesterday that marijuana seized in a recent police raid could not be used as evidence in the case against the defendant... |
| Feb 20, 2008 |
Vancouver Police Raid The Herb School and Arrest Activist David Malmo-Levine
The Vancouver Police raided the Vancouver Herb School, arresting David Malmo-Levine and others. Malmo-Levine was taken into custody at 12:30pm Pacific time, and charges are pending for Trafficking, Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking, and (possibly) Possession of Paraphernalia. He will be kept in custody overnight. Lawyer Kirk Tousaw has been secured to represent Malmo-Levine tomorrow morning. |
| Feb 18, 2008 |
More Illegal Search Evidence Allowed
A Canadian phenomenon in the criminal justice system was highlighted again by two recent rulings by provincial courts of appeal. Evidence obtained by police after a breach of an individual's constitutional rights may still be used in court in Canada, unlike the United States where it would automatically be excluded. |
| Feb 14, 2008 |
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Jury Returns Verdict In Massive Grow-Op Case
Drawing comparisons to Christ, the self-described head chief of Turtle Island says he's being persecuted for making "medicine" at the request of the Creator after a jury convicted him and two disciples of growing marijuana. "I'm a messenger. That's all. If they want to kill the messenger, they can go right ahead. They did it before with Jesus," an unrepentant Lawrence Hubert Agecoutay, who turned 52 on Christmas, said after the jury returned its verdict late Wednesday afternoon. |
| Feb 12, 2008 |
Pot Growers Question Validity Of Warrants
A lawyer for a marijuana-legalization advocate known as Daweedking is one step closer to what may become a legal first in Canada -- requiring police to provide proof that informants they use to obtain search warrants are reliable. |
| Feb 11, 2008 |
Full Pay - For No Work
More than a year after Const. Kevin Hall was ordered fired from the Ottawa police for stealing drugs to feed his crack cocaine habit, he's still being paid his $71,000 annual salary -- and could continue to do so for the foreseeable future. |
| Feb 11, 2008 |
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Pot Smoker Fights Bar Ban
A man who uses "medical marijuana" [sic] to deal with pain from a neck injury he suffered in Mississauga nearly two decades ago is appealing to the Ontario Human Rights Commission for the right to smoke up in front of a Burlington sports bar he frequents. .."He wants me outside his bar by 100 feet. I just want to be treated like every other ( tobacco ) smoker," whom he says are often within 10 feet of the bar's front doors. |
| Feb 11, 2008 |
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A Little Science With Your Cafe, Madame?
Tomorrow night, Montrealers will get a chance to share their thoughts and concerns at a Cafe Scientifique, an informal gathering where members of the public can chat with leading researchers in a setting that is less intimidating than a classroom or a doctor's office. ....The CIHR Cafe Scientifique's "Drugs: the Good, the Bad and the Useful" takes place tomorrow at 6 p.m. at O Patro Vys, 356 Mount Royal Ave. E. ( corner St. Denis St. ). Admission is free. |
| Feb 9, 2008 |
Elaborate Grow-Op Defence One To Remember
Agecoutay as much as argues he can grow whatever he wants. He claims to be chief and spiritual leader of his own sovereign nation. As such, he makes his own laws on his own territory. Among his legislative initiatives, for example, is the sale over the Internet of memberships in his First Nation for $10,500. The fee is justified by Agecoutay's claim that members are exempt from Canadian taxes. Three of his co-accused are tax deniers from out of province who met Agecoutay through his website. The other two are Agecoutay's brothers, all three residing on the reserve. Apparently there is some jurisdictional overlap between the Pasqua First Nation and Agecoutay's First Nation. |
| Feb 9, 2008 |
Behind The Toronto Police Scandal
Years Of Investigation Went Into A Case That, Thanks To Judge's Ruling, May Never Go To Trial Dozens of police officers under suspicion. A million pages of documents. Thousands of interviews. Hundreds of criminal charges. Easily the worst scandal in Toronto police history. And then it fell apart. Charges were stayed because the prosecutors took too long in handing over the mountain of evidence to the defence. [An definitive work on this subject] |
| Jan 25, 2008 |
The Pot Circus Comes to the Courthouse
First the cops took their pot. Now they want to take their church. Weed worshippers Walter Tucker and Michael Baldasaro, reverends in the Church of the Universe, were served yesterday with an application by the attorney general to forfeit the Barton Street building the brothers call both home and church. The AG is going after the house worth about $98,000 as "offence-related property" since Tucker and Baldasaro were convicted of selling $70 worth of marijuana to an undercover police officer. |