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By. Kat Lee

THE CITY is banking on the federal government sending more people to jail for longer periods of time if its hope of an economy-boosting jail here is to be realized.
A city co-sponsored feasibility study lists three pieces of legislation the federal government wants passed, each one of which would result in more [...]

WhyProhibition.ca is joining with LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) and the BCCLA (British Columbia Civil Liberties Association) in opposing the decision by Victoria Police to censor one of their officers. It’s clear that police departments across Canada and the United States consistently speak out in favour of prohibition, including producing, in the case of the [...]

By. Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star

OTTAWA–Provinces are spending $2.7 billion to expand or replace aging and overcrowded jails across Canada – with little public scrutiny, an Ottawa researcher says.
Justin Piché, a PhD candidate in sociology at Carleton University, obtained data through freedom of information requests, email and phone contact with each of the provinces and territories.
In [...]

By Neal Hall, Vancouver Sun
The federal government is appealing the recent ruling of the B.C. Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
B.C.’s appeal court, in a 2-1 decision last month, upheld the lower court ruling that dismissed the federal government appeal.
The appeal ruling allowed Insite, the first legal supervised injection site in North [...]

GEORGETOWN, Colo., March 10 (UPI) — A Colorado man was found guilty of possessing marijuana as he tried to make his case that his religious beliefs necessitate cannabis use, records showed.
Trevor Douglas, 25, Tuesday told a Georgetown court a conviction would violate his First Amendment rights to freedom of religion, the Denver Post reported.
Douglas said [...]

We question whether state lawmakers have the authority to create a dispensary system.  Why not put it before the voters?
Medical marijuana legislation pending in the state legislature could legitimize hundreds of dispensaries, and we don’t think that honors the intent of voters who approved narrowly drawn access for sick people.  While state lawmakers may believe [...]

MONTPELIER – A legislative effort to provide eligible patients with safe and legal access to medical marijuana could inch forward this week when a Senate committee decides whether to create state-sanctioned dispensaries for the drug.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations is scheduled to vote Thursday on a bill that would establish [...]