LEGAL ISSUES
Industrial hemp is legal in Oregon but growers say they can't get on with their business until the federal government change its policies. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - California became the first of 13 states to exempt medical marijuana users from prosecution. Federal law does not provide this legal exemption, leaving patients, caregivers and law enforcement unclear on how to proceed. full story
For more than 70 years, possession of marijuana has been a crime in Canada. For most of that time, there were no exceptions for anyone using it for medical reasons. full story
A sex-for-marijuana Internet sting by the Tigard Police Department is over because the Washington County district attorney's office stopped prosecuting the prostitution arrests. full story
Judge suspends free speech of activist Bob Newland by banning his public advocacy of medical marijuana for a year. full story
LOUISVILLE, KY - On the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court limited the use of strip searches in the public schools, two young women filed an action in Jefferson County Court against a local middle school and several of its employees for using "grossly intrusive" methods to discover an alleged cache of marijuana. full story- Check out my latest update on the status of the BC3 Extradition, R v. Beren (the Vancouver Island Compassion Society Constitutional Challenge), R v. David Malmo-Levine and Bill C-15. full story
A Charleston woman agreed in Kanawha Circuit Court Monday to a judge's suggestion that she have her fallopian tubes tied as part of her probation. full story
The B.C. Supreme Court has rejected complicated constitutional arguments that deficiencies in the medical marijuana regime and conflicting jurisprudence should invalidate the criminal drug law. full story- Wisconsin Rep. Jeff Wood arrested on charges of drunken driving and marijuana possession full story
- UK Cattle farmer turned cannabis farmer receives suspended sentence full story
- Selected exerpts from the testimony presented to the sub-committee on Bill C-7: ...we are under a fair amount of pressure from our neighbours to the South, who see us a weak link in the chain... -Bruce Rowsell -Director of the Bureau of Dangerous Drugs O full story
- The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs full story
- A Saanich home was seized by the federal government Friday, two days after the Controlled Drugs and Substances act went into effect. full story
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- Hedy Fry Room 558-D, Centre Block House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Dear Ms. Fry, This letter is to express my extreme disappointment in you, the subcommittee on Bill C-7, the Ministry of Health, and the Liberal government. It was an extremel full story
- ____________________ House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Dear ___________________, This letter is to express my extreme disappointment in the Reform Party. It was an extremely undemocratic and irresponsible act for Bill C-7, the Controlled Drug full story
- The Hon. Diane Marleau Minister of National Health & Welfare Room 256 - Confederation Building House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Dear Ms. Marleau, I am shocked and outraged that your Ministry chose to pass Bill C-7 on the day of the Quebec re full story
- Canadian Bar Association's submission on Bill C-7 and recommendations from May 1994 full story
- click here to see our poster on Bill C7 Welcome to the Drug War Measures Act T he Controlled Drugs & Substances Act is a piece of legislation which is supposed to replace the Narcotic Control Act and become Canada's new drug law. It was passed by the Can full story
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