Activism

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.