Archive for January 16th, 2008
Court decision could open the door for talented horticulturists
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008Edmonton Sun, AB
13 Jan 2008
Brookes Merritt
POT ‘NOT EASY TO GROW WELL’
New Ruling Means Sick Get Better Access: Local Marijuana Activist
A local marijuana activist says ailing Edmontonians should have easier access to the prehistoric herb now that a “barbaric” federal pot law has gone up in smoke.
Former mayoral candidate Dave Dowling – president of Edmonton’s Holy [...]
Canada will not extradite a suspected murder, but they will extradite a seed salesman
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008National Post, Canada
15 Jan 2008
EMERY SHOULD BE A FREE MAN
Drug policy in Canada, particularly as it pertains to marijuana, is stuck in a sort of legal no-man’s-land. Politicians want to appear tough on crime, but at the same time are loath to make criminals out of the hundreds of thousands of Canadians — perhaps as [...]
Emery does the honorable thing
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008National Post, Canada
15 Jan 2008
Ian Mulgrew
POT ‘PRINCE’ FAVOURS JAIL TIME IN CANADA
VANCOUVER – Marc Emery, Vancouver’s self-styled Prince of Pot, has tentatively agreed to a five-year prison term in a plea bargain over U.S. money laundering and marijuana seed-selling charges.
Facing an extradition hearing Jan. 21 and the all-but-certain prospect of delivery to U.S. authorities, Mr. [...]