by Diane Francis, Financial Post

Canada

Too many reasons exist not to legalize marijuana

Marijuana should be legalized as quickly as
possible in Canada as it is, de facto, in British
Cannabis. I mean British Columbia.

by Paul Sullivan

Canada

British Columbia's Organized Crime Agency has cleared up a lingering Vancouver mystery.

By BRIAN LAGHI

From Wednesday's Globe and Mail

Ottawa - People who grow or possess marijuana for medicinal purposes will be given photo identification cards to prevent needless hassle by judicial authorities under new federal regulations to be unveiled Wednesday.

Young Criminals Are Smoking Pot More, New Research Indicates

Marijuana use is on the rise for 18- to 20-year-olds who are in trouble
with the law, according to a study published Friday by the National
Institute of Justice, part of the U.S. Justice Department.

Food, Heart Attack Studies Find Health Risks Inconsequential Washington, DC:

A pair of studies released this week examining the health effects of marijuana use found the drug posed no significant risk to health or mortality.

London - Scotland Yard plans to ease its enforcement of laws against possessing marijuana so officers can focus instead on arresting crack cocaine dealers and violent criminals, police said Friday.

British Columbia judge says giving jail sentences to people caught smoking marijuana is a violation of the Charter of Rights.

Also Doesn't Seem To Cause Emphysema Or Birth Defects, Senate Hearing Told

OTTAWA ( CP ) - Smoking marijuana does not seem to cause lung cancer, emphysema or cause birth anomalies in fetuses, a prominent U.S. researcher told a Senate committee Monday.

California

Mexican Cartels Shifting Plantations To Southern Sierra

Increasingly controlled by a handful of Mexican drug cartels, California's billion-dollar wilderness marijuana industry has shifted from the Emerald Triangle in the north to the southern Sierra Nevada, according to federal and state law enforcement officials.

OLD-STYLE MPs might sneer at the likes of dreadlocked Rastafarian Nandor Tanczos being elected to the New Zealand Parliament, but they cannot look down their noses at his dress sense.

Mr Tanczos, a Green MP, wore a navy-blue hemp suit for his swearing-in at Parliament yesterday, and his attire was crisper than the crispest Nat suit - sharper than Winston Peters, even.

Just Practice

Quebec Agency Creates Mock-Up For Tv Program

If and when Canada ever legalizes marijuana, Montreal ad agency Groupaction/JWT has an advertising campaign ready to drive sales of the mood-altering herb.

In a bid to keep German "drug tourists" and the street dealers who serve them out of its downtown area, Venlo is considering opening two drive-throughs where adults can buy cannabis, hashish and marijuana from their cars before heading back across the border.

After reading some of the stuff on vaporizers, I eventually
hadda build my own.

They *am* de wave of da futum I think there may be 10% - 15%
advantage in stone ... you'll have to judge for yourselves.

There is no direct combustion so all them deadly nitrides,nitrates
are not created which be a lot better for your health.

It is different and the taste is very sharp but ... nice mmmmmmm.

Homeless and penniless I found myself with a hunting knife to my chest within seconds of plunging it into my heart, when the image of my four children flashed into my 'stoned' and seemingly oblivious mind. At this point I decided the Marijuana had taken my home, my wife, my money and the respect of my children ? so I was dammed if it was going to take my life.

June 5, 2001: Carson City, Nevada: Nevada moves to allow medical marijuana

State lawmakers voted today (June 4) to legalize marijuana for medical purposes and relax penalties for possession of the
drug.

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