CANNABIS CULTURE - Rahim Jaffer, a former Conservative MP known for his hardline stance on drugs, has been busted for drunk driving and cocaine possession.
CANNABIS CULTURE - I joined the NDP in 2003, and in 2005 I started a group within the NDP called "End Prohibition: New Democrats Against the Drug War."
State Republican lawmaker Tommy Benton (31st House District) favors “caning” minor marijuana offenders and “executing” those who sell the drug, according to a recent correspondence sent by the representative to a constituent.
CANNABIS CULTURE - The anti-prohibition wing of Canada's New Democratic Party is being blocked at every turn from having a presence at the party's Federal Convention in Halifax this August.
In case anyone forgot, the U.S. Dept. of Justice is still trying to extradite famous Canadian marijuana activist Marc Emery for selling marijuana seeds to American customers. But they want everyone to know that the case has nothing to do with his political views:
Aside from the intrinsic dangers and injustices of arguing for immunity for high-level government officials who commit felonies (such as illegal eavesdropping, obstruction of justice, torture and other war crimes), it's the total selectivity of the rationale underlying that case which makes it so corrupt.