The Global Commission on Drug Policy says it's “very weird” that Canada is taking a tougher line on marijuana when governments across the globe are reconsidering the war on drugs.
The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs committee passed Conservative amendments to the government's controversial omnibus crime legislation Monday morning, signalling the government's admission that at least some parts of the bill need changing.
CANNABIS CULTURE - The Canadian branch of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) is asking a select group of Conservative Senators to "vote with their conscience" and oppose crime bill C-10 and mandatory minimum prison terms for marijuana offences.
CANNABIS CULTURE - For the latest news on Marc Emery, CCHQ, and Canada's cannabis community, watch new episodes of The Jodie Emery Show each week on Cannabis Culture. In this episode: Jodie talks about her appearance on Sun TV and her upcoming trip to the New Hampshire Liberty Forum.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Cannabis activist Jodie Emery appeared Wednesday on Canada's answer to the Fox News network, Sun TV, to discuss new Conservative drugs laws that would give non-violent marijuana growers longer prison sentences than child rapists.
CANNABIS CULTURE - For the latest news on Marc Emery, CCHQ, and Canada's cannabis community, watch new episodes of The Jodie Emery Show each week on Cannabis Culture. In this episode: "Drug Free" drug companies, private prisons, Bill C-10 and more!
Dan Shewchuk, the Nunavut justice minister, told the Senate legal affairs committee Feb. 2 that Bill C-10, the Conservative government’s omnibus crime bill, will create big costs and other problems for Nunavut’s justice and correctional systems.