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Vic Toews Can't Explain Extra Billions in Sentencing Act Report Public Safety Minister Vic Toews can't explain why the government's budget differs from Parliamentary Budget officer Kevin Page's report that shows extra billions in cost for the Canadian taxpayer. http://www.cannabisculture.com http://www.pot.tv http://www.freemarc.ca http://www.whyprohibition.ca From: PotTVNetwork Views: 737 15 ratings Time: 10:00 More in News & [...]

Montreal Compassion Club Members in Court CTV: Thirty-five people connected with Montreal's so-called Compassion Clubs were charged, Wednesday, with crimes related to drug trafficking. They were arrested in early June following a series of high profile raids on the clubs, which claim to sell medical marijuana to those suffering from chronic pain. http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100623/mtl_compassion_club2_100623/20100623/?hub=MontrealHome http://www.cannabisculture.com http://www.pot.tv [...]

'Free Marc' Protestors at Conservative MP Dona Cadman's Office Protestors visited Conservative MP Dona Cadman's office on June 22 for a 'Free Marc Emery' occupation. The MP's assistant was extremely courteous, told us to make ourselves at home, talked politics with us, and even served us drinks. Cadman wasn't there at the time, but seemed [...]

Upstart Institute Aims To Serve A Growing Medical Marijuana Industry In a new twist on higher learning, a school that opened in Mira Mesa earlier this year aims to teach students how to open and operate medical marijuana collectives. The school, which opened six months ago, is the brainchild of Nicole Scott, a self-described soccer [...]

Location Dundas Square Yonge and Dundas Toronto Event Picture:  Come down to the G-420 Protest Saturday, June 26 at 12pm Dundas Square, Toronto   Bring your buds, bring your friends, but leave your masks at home! Anyone in masks will be assumed to be a police officer/agent provacateur!   Come down, protest and drug war, [...]

Conservative Sentencing Act to Cost Canadians Billions: Report CBC NEWS: New act that limits credit given to prisoners for time served in custody before and during their trials will cost taxpayers billions to maintain says parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page. http://www.cannabisculture.com From: PotTVNetwork Views: 175 5 ratings Time: 03:57 More in News & Politics

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

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 [...]