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CANNABIS CULTURE - Opposition is growing to Bill S-10, the Conservative-proposed legislation that would bring mandatory minimum sentencing for marijuana offences to Canada, with the release of a new letter from medical and scientific professionals asking the government to support "evidence-based drug policies".

According to Marc Emery's latest blog post, life in U.S prison is worse when you're a Canadian. That is why he continues to urge his supporters to send letters on his behalf to the Department of Justice, hoping that it will persuade them to return him to Canada to serve out the remainder of his sentence on home soil.

The number of civilians killed in the conflict pitting Mexico’s powerful drug cartels against each other and the security forces soared by 172 percent in the last 12 months, capital daily Reforma said Monday, citing official figures.

If the views of Julian Fantino, the former chief of the Toronto and Ontario police forces and now a Conservative MP, are anything to go by, the Conservative government is hell bent on sending more people to prison.
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