Archive for May 26th, 2006
Harper “Not committed ” to drug site
Friday, May 26th, 2006Backers of first supervised injection site say he should be — the centre’s saving lives
VANCOUVER — Proponents of Canada’s first supervised-injection site for heroin addicts say they don’t understand why Prime Minister Stephen Harper isn’t committed to the facility that appears to have saved lives and slowed the spread of diseases such as HIV.
Mr. [...]
Canucks face tough regs
Friday, May 26th, 2006
Canada was the first country to regulate medical marijuana use.-May24/06
Health Canada established guidelines to allow Canadians access to marijuana for medicinal reasons in 2001, called Marijuana Medical Access Regulations. The regulations outline circumstances that permit people to use pot for medical reasons under two categories:
Category 1 – compassionate end-of-life care
Pain or muscle spasms stemming [...]
Pot plants are “special,there madicine”
Friday, May 26th, 2006POT PLANTS ARE ‘SPECIAL, THEY’RE MEDICINE’-May 24/06
Jayne Ball doesn’t have much to be merry about these days. Neither does her husband Bert.
“I don’t make any apologies for smoking marijuana,” Jayne said Saturday from her blue low-back chair, drawing in a slow, steady drag from a cigarette.
“I think it should be legalized,” said the 48-year-old [...]
Former cafe owner faces 10 yrs
Friday, May 26th, 2006POT ADVOCATE CONVICTED ON TRAFFICKING CHARGES -May 24/06
VANCOUVER — The former owner of a well-known east Vancouver cafe that openly sold marijuana until a police raid in September, 2004, was convicted of two marijuana-trafficking charges yesterday.
A British Columbia Supreme Court jury found Carol Gwilt guilty of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking as [...]