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Dec 30th, 2003 12:41 AM
Ant10708 I agree Artifical.
Dec 29th, 2003 12:43 PM
Ronnie Raygun Lego my ego.
Dec 28th, 2003 06:29 PM
kahljorn it's sad to think you live ONE life(as far as we know, but your ego will still die) and almost every aspect of it is controlled from day A.
Dec 28th, 2003 03:03 PM
Ronnie Raygun Make it legal and stop attempting to control every aspect of people's lives.
Dec 28th, 2003 02:27 PM
Zebra 3
Re: Canada keeps marijuana possession illegal

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Originally Posted by Miss Modular
Does this mean that Jean Chretien won't be smoking up now?
- No, everything's going according to plan. Chrétien's grow operation has safely left 24 Sussex Dr..
Dec 28th, 2003 04:30 AM
ziggytrix A car is considered equivalent to a handgun if driven with intent to kill. Intent is everything.

an interesting read
Dec 24th, 2003 04:20 PM
The One and Only... DUI laws are rediculous. If you want to get drunks off the street, make no distinction between killing via vehicular manslaughter and killing via handgun. This stupid 2 year per kill policy is just plain wrong.
Dec 24th, 2003 03:43 PM
Brandon
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Originally Posted by Ant10708
Fart then I guess you want beer illegal too?
If alcohol is legal, marijuana should be, too. There should, of course, be penalties for driving when high, just as there are when driving drunk.
Dec 24th, 2003 03:30 PM
Ant10708 Fart then I guess you want beer illegal too?
Dec 24th, 2003 03:29 PM
FartinMowler would he even notice if it was?
Dec 24th, 2003 01:58 PM
Drew Katsikas You have a buddy named stoned?
Dec 24th, 2003 01:12 PM
FartinMowler I think it should be illegal for the reason that I don't want even my buddy stoned having a car accident and possibly killing himself or innocent bystanders.

I have lots of friends that smoke and they do it in the privacy of there own home, and buy it underground where it should stay.
Dec 24th, 2003 08:12 AM
ziggytrix yeah, a keg of beer isn't for casual use either, but you can get one of those any time you want
Dec 23rd, 2003 10:58 PM
Miss Modular
Canada keeps marijuana possession illegal

Does this mean that Jean Chretien won't be smoking up now?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3792843/

Canada keeps marijuana possession illegal
Supreme Court ruling deals a blow to activists

The Associated Press
Updated: 11:47 a.m. ET Dec. 23, 2003

TORONTO - Canada’s top court ruled Tuesday to keep marijuana possession illegal, dealing a blow to activists who had argued the drug causes no serious harm.

In a 6-3 decision spanning 400 pages, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that trafficking and possession, even in small amounts, would remain a criminal offense. The judgment prompted praise from law enforcement groups and disappointment from proponents of legalization.

“My huge patriotism may slowly be dissipating. I have a lot of faith in my country, in freedom and justice, but it doesn’t seem like we have a whole lot of that left,” said Dominic Kramer, a marijuana activist who runs a store that sells hemp products and paraphernalia in Toronto.

Tony Cannavino, president of the Canadian Police Association, welcomed the decision but expressed concern over a proposed bill by Prime Minister Paul Martin that would soften penalties for pot possession. He said marijuana growing seemed to be on the rise.

“We have more and more ‘grow ops’ across the country,” he told reporters in Ottawa. “You wouldn’t see that 10 years ago.”

Constitutional rights questioned
A key question in the Supreme Court decision was whether Parliament has the constitutional right to punish marijuana possession, given the lack of proven serious harms from its use.

The high court examined three cases involving two pot activists and one man who was caught smoking. All three failed to persuade lower courts that the pot law is unconstitutional.

Defendant David Malmo-Levine took a hit of hash last May before arguing his case in person at the high court while dressed head-to-toe in clothes made of hemp cloth. He once ran the Harm Reduction Club, a non-profit cooperative in Vancouver that offered advice on safe marijuana use while supplying it to some 1,800 members.

Another case centered on Christopher Clay, who ran the Hemp Nation in London, Ontario, a store he started with a government loan. He sold marijuana seeds and seedlings in a deliberate challenge to the law.

Last week Martin said he planned to reintroduce a bill, first proposed under former Prime Minister Jean Chretien, that would wipe out potential jail time and criminal records for those convicted of marijuana possession.

The bill did not legalize the drug, and maintained or increased already stiff penalties for large-scale growers and traffickers. It made possession of less than 15 grams of pot a minor offense punishable by fines of $100 to $400, much like traffic tickets.

Critics said 15 grams, the equivalent of roughly 15 to 20 joints, was too much to equate with casual use.

But the legislation died when Parliament adjourned last month to give Martin a fresh start in January.

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