Cannabis News
Nov. 14 2007 - Pot activists hail court victory, but Crown says it's non-binding
Marijuana activists are hailing a recent court ruling as the beginning of the end of Canada's prohibition on pot, but the Crown dismisses the decision as non-binding. A trial judge in Oshawa, Ont., threw out charges of simple possession of marijuana against three young men on Oct. 19, relying on a previous court ruling that found Canada's pot law unconstitutional.
Oct. 4 2007 - Tory anti-drug plan expected to be light on harm reduction
Critics in the addictions-treatment community have raised concerns the money being spent by the government will focus too much on anti-drug enforcement and leave out harm-reduction measures, such as safe-injection sites or needle-exchange programs.
April 30 2007 - Toronto police corruption probe laid a fraction of charges: report
Only half of the officers suspected of criminal activities in Canada's largest police corruption probe in history will face a criminal trial, according to a final report about the internal investigation. That is despite original recommendations to lay 218 charges against a dozen officers.
April 15 2007 - Health Canada markup on certified dope: 1,500%
The federal government charges patients 15 times more for certified medical marijuana than it pays to buy the weed in bulk from its official supplier, newly released documents show. Critics say it's unconscionable to charge that high a markup to some of the country's sickest citizens, who have little income and are often cut off from their medical marijuana supply when they can't pay their government dope bills.
March 31 2007 - Police Endangered Kids, Hamilton Man Says
A Hamilton man charged in a drug raid says police broke down his door and shot his pit bull while two children were only several feet away. "I ran up the hall and saw a blue flash, and I heard the dog yelp," he said. He saw men in black clothes and balaclavas standing in the doorway firing into the apartment.
March 26 2007 - Raid closes London compassion society
A London agency that distributes marijuana for medical use was closed yesterday after a large marijuana grow operation was discovered inside a downtown building.
March 23 2007 - Alcohol, tobacco worse than pot, ecstasy: study
New landmark research concludes that alcohol and tobacco are more dangerous than some illegal drugs like marijuana or ecstasy and should be classified as such in legal systems, according to a new British study.
Feb. 18 2007 - US: Marijuana Advocate Ken Gorman Dies In Shooting
A Denver man well-known in Colorado's medical marijuana community was shot and killed Saturday night after his house was broken into.
Ken Gorman, an outspoken advocate for legalizing marijuana, grew pot in his home on the 1,000 block of South Decatur Street.
Feb. 14 2007 - Harper admits he's picking judges to advance Tory law-and-order aims
Steven Harper is frankly admitting that he's looking for judges who will back his law-and-order agenda - and provoking cries from his opponents that he's trying to subvert the judiciary for political ends.
Feb. 13 2007 - Compassionate Canadians Plans Day of Action Featuring a Virtual Medical Marijuana March on Ottawa.
Compassionate Canadians is currently planning a "Day of Action", during which we hope to inundate Health Canada, the Minister of Health and the Minister of Justice with as many emails, faxes, phone calls and letters as possible, so that we can ensure that the sick and suffering medical cannabis users who need our help and support have as strong a voice as possible.
Feb. 12 2007 - New Study of Medical Cannabis Shows Scientific Value for Patients with Neuropathic Pain
National HIV/AIDS and advocacy groups including the National Association of People With AIDS (NAPWA) today called for congressional hearings in response to a new study from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) on medical cannabis and neuropathic pain, published in the peer reviewed journal Neurology.
A University of California at San Francisco study appearing in this week's issue of the journal Neurology puts to rest any doubts about the need to change the laws to allow for legal access to marijuana for the seriously ill, officials of the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) in Washington, D.C. said today.
Jan. 16 2007 - Jurors have options in a compassion club trial
If Central Island Compassion Club founder Mark Russell ends up going to court to face charges of trafficking in marijuana, Chuck Beyer says he should opt for a jury trial.
Jan. 15 2007 - Canada's anti-drug strategy a failure, study suggests
Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent to enforce Canada's drug laws, with little to show for it, suggests a new report from the country's largest HIV/AIDS research and treatment facility.
Jan. 15 2007 - Two-thirds of Canadians don’t support drug crackdown: poll
Two-thirds of Canadians don’t support a get-tough approach to illicit drug use, but the majority of those who do favor a crackdown are Conservative party supporters, according to a new national poll provided exclusively Monday to The Vancouver Sun.
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