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New legislation limiting the credit given to prisoners for time served in custody before and during their trials will cost taxpayers $1 billion to implement and billions more to maintain, the parliamentary budget officer said Tuesday. The construction of new correctional facilities alone will cost about $1.8 billion over five years, parliamentary budget officer Kevin [...]

Conservative numbers don't ad up on sentencing act CBC NEWS: Canadian Parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page discusses his report on the projected costs of the Truth in Sentencing Act with Evan Solomon. From: PotTVNetwork Views: 89 3 ratings Time: 09:56 More in News & Politics Tweet this!

BACKGROUND INFO: In 2009, Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) and 15 bipartisan cosponsors introduced the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, S. 714 , legislation that would create a bipartisan Commission to review and identify effective criminal justice policies and make recommendations for reform. The Senate Judiciary Committee has reviewed and favorably passed the bill and it [...]

This past January, after years of debate, outgoing Democrat Governor Jon Corzine signed legislation making New Jersey the fourteenth state in the nation to allow for the state-authorized use of medical cannabis by qualified patients. The measure, known as The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, authorizes patients with a physician’s recommendation to possess [...]

In another affirmation of cannabis law reform’s political momentum in America, the organizers at VoterPower of Oregon have very likely qualified for the ballot what will be ‘Initiative-28’ this November. Enough signatures have been gathered, but, in an effort to make sure that enough signatures legally qualify the measure for the ballot it is necessary [...]

Tens of thousands of Canadians are worried over the current medical marijuana access regulations under Health Canada’s authorization, and with the recent police targeting of medical marijuana dispensaries, or “compassion clubs” in recent months across the country. read more Tweet this!

CANNABIS CULTURE – Members of Toronto’s cannabis community will be hosting the G-420 parade on Saturday, June 26 in downtown Toronto. The protest will start at 12pm at Dundas Square and parade will depart at 2pm to Queens Park South, via Yonge and Wellesley Streets. Organizers are adamant that nobody attend the protest wearing masks, [...]