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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 [...]
SFU Prof Gets Honour
Thursday, October 25th, 2007Burnaby News Leader
Oct 11 2007
Simon
Fraser
University professor Bruce Alexander has been honoured for his controversial career.
The psychology prof and a pioneer in human addiction research has won the 2007 Nora and Ted Sterling Prize.
In his 30-year career at SFU, Alexander’s research on drugs and addiction, and the myths of drug-induced addiction, has been more often than [...]
Jimson Weed Causes Concern
Thursday, October 25th, 2007Jordana Huber,
Canwest News Service
Oct. 10th,2007
TORONTO — Police in Niagara region are warning parents to speak with their children about the dangers of trying jimson weed after three teens ingested the poisonous plant and had to be rushed to hospital. Police have not been able to speak with the three boys, aged 14 to 17, [...]
Athlete penalized for smoking pot
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007The Associated Press
October 9, 2007
Bengals CB Joseph Suspended for One Game
CINCINNATI — The NFL has suspended starting cornerback Johnathan Joseph for Sunday’s game at Kansas City, the Cincinnati Bengals said Tuesday.
Joseph will forfeit his salary for both this game and the Jets game on Oct. 21, the club said. He was suspended for violating the [...]
Hemp is the only biomass resource capable of making America energy independent
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007The News Record, OH Edu
08 Oct 2007
Ian Haines
HEMP A CHEAP ALTERNATIVE TO FOSSIL FUELS
Industrialized Hemp Would Alleviate Oil Dependency, Raise Farm Profit
With an election just around the corner in 2008 we as young Americans are most concerned with our futures as well as the next generation. Hot topics on Capitol Hill are global warming, [...]
Cop grows his own
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007The Chronicle-Journal, ON
05 Oct 2007
COP SUSPENDED AFTER POT BUST
A Nipigon provincial police officer has been suspended following the seizure of more than $6,000 worth of marijuana in a bust at a Nipigon-area residence early Friday.
OPP said Thunder Bay detachment drug enforcement section officers executed a search warrant at the home and during the search seized [...]
Alabama’s prison merry-go-round
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007The Tuscaloosa News, AL
07 Oct 2007
Ronald Fraser
STIFF DRUG LAWS DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD
Alabama’s prison system is like an out-of-control carousel. In 2005, for example, 9,700 new inmates got onboard just as 10,400 parolees stepped off and headed for home — up from 3,400 in 1980. Alabama towns and cities are struggling to [...]
Police arrest one American every 38 seconds on marijuana charges
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007AlterNet, US Web
09 Oct 2007
Rob Kampia
THE WAR ON POT: AMERICA’S $42 BILLION ANNUAL BOONDOGGLE
What else could we spend $42 billion each year on? Health insurance for kids? Better paid teachers? It’s our choice.
What would you buy if you had an extra $42 billion to spend every year? What might our government buy if it suddenly [...]
Old Conservative standby of mandatory minimum sentences dusted off for unspecified drug crimes
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Edmonton Journal, AB
9 Oct 2007
TORIES TALK LOUDLY, CARRY SMALL STICK IN DRUG INITIATIVE
Still not two years on the job, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has yet to reach Jean Chretien’s skill at the politics of “let’s not and say we did.”
Indeed, he may never equal the master’s Kyoto masterpiece, in which the former Liberal government took [...]