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CANNABIS CULTURE - 'Free Marc' activists were welcomed by staff of Conservative MP Dona Cadman's office for the second time in as many weeks. Cadman met with protestors last week to discuss the extradition to the US of cannabis activist Marc Emery and was surprisingly supportive.

After having a governor and a president admit that they've done cocaine, Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo's acknowledgment Monday that he "experimented" with marijuana when he "was a youth" seems just plain tame.

New legislation limiting the credit given to prisoners for time served in custody before and during their trials will cost taxpayers $1 billion to implement and billions more to maintain, the parliamentary budget officer said Tuesday.
Medical

Tens of thousands of Canadians are worried over the current medical marijuana access regulations under Health Canada's authorization, and with the recent police targeting of medical marijuana dispensaries, or "compassion clubs" in recent months across the country.