Gangs Are A Symptom, Drugs Are The Disease
Attorney-General Wally Oppal spent the weekend focused on gangs -- meeting first with his western provincial counterparts and then with Mexican officials to share intelligence.
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Greens Want Pot Legalized
Party also wants to ban Tasers, increase energy production
Vancouver Police Propose Change To Drug Strategy
Plan calls for seizing narcotics, but not prosecuting low-level offenders in Downtown Eastside
How To Stop The Drug Wars
Prohibition has failed; legalisation is the least bad solution
New Gang Laws Will Create More Gangsters and More Crime
The irony of increasing jail time for gang members is that it actually increases the number of members in gangs and the number of gangs. Many gangs were started and all are expanded by recruitment in jail.
Canadians Back Tougher Gang Sentences and Legalized Marijuana
Canadians strongly support tougher sentencing to deal with an apparent surge in gangs, a new Angus Reid Strategies poll says. But half of Canadians also back the legalization of marijuana, the drug which fuels most organized crime activity, especially in B.C.
Stop Bill C-15: Say No To Mandatory Jail Terms For Marijuana
CANNABIS CULTURE - Canada's government, the Conservative Party, has introduced legislation that would create mandatory minimum prison sentences for marijuana. Bill C-15 won't work! Even he USA has begun repealing mandatory minimums for drugs -- so speak up, Canadians, and help defeat Bill C-15!
Gang Violence in Canada Linked to Mexico Drug Wars
OTTAWA -- The increase in gang violence on the streets of Vancouver and other Canadian cities has direct ties to the grisly drug-cartel wars that have terrorized Mexico and some American border towns, say Canadian and U.S. police.
New Laws Will Have Little Impact On Gangs
Premier Gordon Campbell has packed away his Dirty Harry rhetoric, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's police photo ops are over, the cabinet boys are back from their whirlwind tour of Ottawa and the gang violence continues unabated. What did you expect? Nothing announced by the federal government last week will have an impact on the current urban gang problem. Sorry. But true.
New Conservative Drug Legislation Includes Harsh Penalties For Pot
The Conservative Party of Canada has proposed draconian new drug legislation that includes mandatory prison sentences for non-violent offenders.
