Archive for June 27th, 2007
Legalize, regulate and tax cannabis
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Packet & Times, ON
26 Jun 2007
Howard J. Wooldridge
EXPERIENCE SHOWS MARIJUANA USE DOESN’T GENERATE VIOLENCE
During my 18 years of police service, I was sent to zero calls for service generated by the use of marijuana. With all due respect to my colleague, Const. Jay Hutton, his statement about marijuana being linked to violence is a deliberate [...]
In the war on drugs, common sense is the first casualty
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007St. Petersburg Times, FL
27 Jun 2007
Debra J. Saunders
IN WAR ON DRUGS, FREE SPEECH IS A CASUALTY
In its 1969 Tinker decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an Iowa public school could not expel students who wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War because students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech [...]
First amendment does not protect students, USA
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007National Post
26 Jun 2007
Sheldon Alberts
END OF THE BONG SHOW AS STUDENT LOSES CASE
U.S. Top Court Rules Banner Promoted The Use Of Drugs
Sheldon Alberts CanWest News Service, with files from Reuters
WASHINGTON – In a decision that restricts the free-speech rights of students, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against an Alaska student who was suspended from high [...]
Principle violated student’s right to free speech, Canada
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007The Journal, ON
26 Jun 2007
LOCKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH
Several months ago 15-year-old Grade 10 student Kieran King heard a presentation about drug use in a high-school class. Thinking the presentation poorly researched, King sought out information on the Internet about the relative health risks of alcohol, marijuana and tobacco. He told some of his [...]