Archive for October 26th, 2007
Marijuana Party Candidate Gets Three Months For Trafficking
Friday, October 26th, 2007Gerry Bellett
Vancouver SunOct. 11 2007
Conviction Brings Three Months In Jail Fourth Drug Conviction For Marc Boyer, Who Has Terminal IllnessVANCOUVER – Former Marijuana Party candidate Marc Boyer has been sentenced to three months in jail after pleading guilty in Vancouver Provincial Court to possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. Judge Conni Bagnall [...]
Canada Chooses Cannabis-Not So High On Steroids
Friday, October 26th, 2007Toronto Sun
Oct.12 2007
Alison Korn
Actually, no, not all athletes are on drugs. Of the tiny numbers of Canadian athletes who test positive, it’s more likely to be for cannabis than anything truly sinister. Just two weeks after Canadian cyclist Genevieve Jeanson admitted to using the banned drug erythropoietin,
U.S. sprinter Marion Jones told the world last week [...]
Crowder Skeptical Of Conservative Drug Plan
Friday, October 26th, 2007Oct.11 2007
Niomi Pearson
Nanaimo Bulletin
Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jean Crowder says she is skeptical of the anti-drug strategy recently announced by the federal Conservatives. The $63.8 million drug strategy promises a crack down on cross-border drug smuggling, stiffer penalties for drug dealers. More specifically, $32 million will be allocated for treatment of drug users and $10 million will [...]
Conservative Drug Strategy Based on Failed U.S. Scorched Earth Policy-BC Civil Liberties Boss
Friday, October 26th, 2007Oct 12 2007
Mike Howell
Vancouver Courier
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is slamming Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s recently announced drug strategy, saying mandatory minimum sentences for serious drug crimes poses a significant threat to civil liberties. In a release, the association said the approach has been used for more than a decade in the
United States and [...]
Great Hemp Hope
Friday, October 26th, 2007NOW Magazine
Oct.11 2007
Is Barrie Farmer’s Hemp Oil The Key To The Future Of Ontario Agriculture?”Rope, not dope” was my slogan some years back, when I was involved in a successful campaign ( yes, we do win some battles ) to legalize industrial hemp in Canada.My eye was on the 25,000 industrial products hemp was thought [...]