A lawyer’s view on new mandatory minimum sentences By Kirk Tousaw In Nov. 2012, the Harper Conservative government ushered in new mandatory sentencing legislation for certain Controlled Drugs and Substances Act offences. Despite criticism from outside and inside government, and clear evidence that such sentences are harmful to the criminal justice system and society, the […]
DEA still fighting hemp production By Diane Walsh The US Drug Enforcement Agency’s ability to rely on the Controlled Substance Act, (defining marijuana as a Schedule 1 heroin-level category drug, and for which no clear distinction between hemp and marijuana exits) is what allows the DEA to obstruct the proliferation of hemp farming across the […]
To the tune of “Good King Wenceslas” by Ted Smith Good Queen Cannabis looked out, On the fields of B.C., Where the buds grew all about, Far and dank and sticky, Brightly shone the sun this fall, And the frost was quite light Many growers gave their all, Making smiles bright […]
