REFORML.org

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Investigators say undercover officers bought drugs at Tysons Galleria. They’ve arrested five men and charged them with conspiracy to distribute ecstasy and marijuana.

Woon drug crackdown

Seventeen members of the alleged Hmong gang, Menace of Destruction (MOD), have been indicted in federal court in Milwaukee. They are mostly from the Milwaukee area, however, the list of defendants also includes four people from Northeast Wisconsin.

Banning Salvia