Private Prison Companies Look to Canada as Industry Faces Lawsuits in US
US states are beginning to rely less on privately run prisons, but Canada may be a land of opportunity for the two biggest firms.
Jeremiah Vandermeer
Enbridge Executive’s Company Awarded First Crime Bill C-10 $38.5-million Prison Project
Opponents of the Conservative government’s crime Bill C-10 were justified to argue that private companies would profiteer from the new jail system the legislation proposed for Canada.
Study: The ‘Gateway Drug’ is Alcohol, Not Marijuana
A study in the August edition of The Journal of School Health finds that the generations old theory of a “gateway drug” effect is in fact accurate for some drug users, but shifts the blame for those addicts’ escalating substance abuse away from marijuana and onto the most pervasive and socially accepted drug in American life: alcohol.
Brutal Police Raid On California Marijuana Dispensary Caught On Video
Video footage of a brutal police raid on a Long Beach marijuana dispensary on June 19 recently surfaced on YouTube.
California Cities React to Court Ruling Throwing Out Dispensary Ban
CANNABIS CULTURE - Cities in California are beginning to respond to an appeals court decision throwing out Los Angeles County's medical marijuana dispensaries ban.
Someone Tell the CBC We Don’t Need Medical Marijuana Inspectors
CANNABIS CULTURE - Mainstream media companies have a habit of framing issues in a way that helps their corporate or political masters, and Canada's public broadcaster is no exception.
Take, for example, the video clip below.
In their report, CBC journalists never ask if we actually need medical marijuana growing inspectors, they just parrot the police and government line claiming we do, and assume it is true.
Health Canada to Drop Medical Marijuana Grow-op Licenses
After admitting it is ill-equipped to track abuses of the medical marijuana grow-op licenses it issues, Health Canada says it wants to eliminate them altogether and replace them with a mail-order system.
Photo Collection: Cannabis Day 2012 in Vancouver
CANNABIS CULTURE - Cannabis Day, the annual combo celebration of marijuana and Canada's birthday held every July 1st at the downtown Vancouver Art Gallery, was a smoky success again in 2012. View photo galleries of the high-profile public party and protest on Cannabis Culture.
Toronto Cops Arrest Legal Medical Marijuana User Matt Mernagh for Pot Possession
CANNABIS CULTURE - Yes you read the headline correctly: Last night Toronto police arrested legal medical marijuana user Matt Mernagh, a well-known activist currently fighting a pivotal court battle over patients' access to pot, for possession of the drug.
Happy Cannabis Day 2012!
CANNABIS CULTURE - Happy Cannabis Day 2012! July 1 is not only Canada's birthday, it's a day to celebrate our love and respect for the cannabis plant and to educate others about the benefits of marijuana legalization.
