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Justice Matters: MMJ and the Ministry

Get your legal questions answered by a professional By Jesse Stamm For this article of the Cannabis Digest, I have chosen to discuss the involvement of the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) as it relates to persons who use medical marijuana. The MCFD is the government agency responsible for child protection laws, and […]

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Justice Matters: Search And Seizure

By Jesse Stamm Under Section 8 of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, every person in Canada is guaranteed “the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure.” In the event that police conduct an unreasonable search, section 24 of the Charter allows the courts the power to throw out evidence that was collected […]

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Noddy’s Update From The UK

By Mark Knowles Well, it looks like Britain is in a cannabis spin—again. After what looked like a successful trip to Holland and back for U.K. medpot users under the Schengen agreement: article 75 1. As regards the movement of travelers to the territories of the Contracting Parties or their movement within these territories, persons […]

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EMERY UPDATE

  It was a hard day for all Marc Emery supporters when he was sentenced, on Sept. 11. In a written statement it appeared that Emery had, in one fell swoop renounced his past acts of civil disobedience, as well as withdraw his previous endorsement of such actions. “My zealous pursuit of what may be an […]