Archive for December, 2009
Dope activist spared jail time
Thursday, December 24th, 2009http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/dope-activist-spared-jail-time-79882407.html
No real victims, judge tells court
By: Mike McIntyre
A Manitoba judge has cut a break to a medical marijuana crusader found guilty of trafficking pot to numerous clients across Canada. Grant Krieger received a suspended sentence with nine months of
probation Monday — a far cry from the jail sentence he feared he might receive and
predicted [...]
Senate smarter on crime
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Senate+smarter+crime/2341803/story.html
Times Colonist December 15, 2009
Nothing frightens politicians these days like the risk of being seen as — shudder — soft on crime. That’s the only explanation for Liberal MPs’ support earlier this year for a Conservative bill that would impose a mandatory minimum sentence of six months for someone caught growing as few as five [...]
You can get more time for growing plants than soliciting a child under Bill C-15
Thursday, December 10th, 2009http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/prb0553-e.htm
CURRENT LAWS IN CANADA
There are about 40 offences under the /Criminal Code/ for which a
mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment (MMS) must be imposed. Apart
from life imprisonment for murder and some miscellaneous MMS,(1)
<#footnote1> they fall under three categories and may be summarized as
follows (with year of original enactment in parentheses):
A. Offences Involving Firearms and Other Weapons
* [...]
Police Raid Cannabis Club Bakery by Victoria.IndyMedia
Thursday, December 10th, 2009http://victoria.indymedia.org/
Last Updated (Thursday, 10 December 2009 07:40) Written by Administrator Saturday, 05 December 2009 00:38
Police raided a single bedroom apartment in downtown Victoria yesterday after a complaint from a neighbor about smells. The apartment turned out to be the site of the Cannabis Buyers Clubs’ extract and baking facility for [...]
Decriminalization or legalization of drugs?
Thursday, December 10th, 2009By Diane Walsh – Lower Island News
This article was inspired in part by the noteworthy article, “Legalize and
Regulate Drug Use” published in the Toronto Star (June 3, 2009) and written not by a journalist but a ballsy police officer named David Bratzer from Victoria. He’s an open and public member of Law Enforcement against Prohibition. [...]
Trapped between sickness and the law
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 Goldstream News Gazette
Trapped between sickness and the law
By Edward Hill – Goldstream News Gazette
Published: November 26, 2009 12:00 PM
Updated: November 27, 2009 10:19 AM
Kevin Wilde and medical marijuana advocate Ted Smith stand outside Wilde’s sealed rental house in Langford.
Langford man busted for what he calls a medical marijuana grow-op
It [...]
Marijuana ‘bakery’ raided by Victoria police
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009Marijuana ‘bakery’ raided by Victoria police
By JOANNE HATHERLY, Canwest News Service
December 5, 2009 9:22 PM
A Victoria marijuana advocate is ready for a court fight, but he may not get one.
An apartment-based marijuana “bakery” that was raided by police on Thursday is linked to the Cannabis Buyers Club of Canada (CBCC), founded by marijuana advocate Ted [...]
Raid at the bakery
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009For Immediate Release
December 3, 2009
Victoria, B.C.: The Cannabis Buyers’ Club of Canada had its baking location raided today at 3:45 pm. One person was arrested.
The Cannabis Buyers’ Clubs of Canada have been supplying medical cannabis to people with permanent physical disabilities or diseases for 14 years. Until today the club offered 29 different edible [...]
December 2nd– Day of Action
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009December 2nd– Day of Action
Victoria, B.C. The International Hempology 101 Society, in conjunction with Canadian Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, will be having a national day of action on Weds Dec 2, 2009 protesting Bill C15, which proposes Mandatory Minimum Sentencing for non-violent drug crimes. For example, someone convicted of growing 6 [...]
The Economist – Virtually legal
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009The Economist – Virtually legal
Nov 12th 2009
In many countries, full jails, stretched budgets and a general weariness with the war on drugs have made prohibition harder to enforce