Marijuana News Articles for February 2004

Marijuana has medicinal benefits - IT'S YOUR HEALTH
By: Dr. Dave Hepburn, Red Deer Express (CN AB), 02/28/04

The wrong way to cut crime
By: Dan Gardner, Ottawa Citizen, 02/28/04

Pot activist Felger free after 'joke' trial
Source: Abbotsford Times (CN BC), 02/27/04

CMAP: C-10 debate, analysis by Frank Discussion

Pot growers dig rural areas
By: Laura Czekaj, Ottawa Sun, 02/27/04

Pot crusader wins absolute discharge
By: Cheryl Wierda, Aldergrove Star (CN BC), 02/26/04

Marijuana bill draws criticism
By: Sean Patrick Sullivan, The Meliorist, 02/26/04

Alison Myrden Interview on Pot-TV

Feds talk Compassion
By: Patrick Lejtenyi, Mirror (CN QU), 02/26/04

Infant discovered during police raid of pot grow house
Source: Burlington Post (CN ON), 022504.html

Drug raps soaring - Liberal strategy is a failure, opposition claims
By: Kathleen Harris, Toronto Sun, 02/24/04

Walking the walk
By: Robert Freeman, Chilliwack Progress (CN BC), 02/24/04

Taking nibble from Felger
By: Cheryl Wierda, Abbotsford News (CN BC), 02/24/04

Victoria stays near top of list for drug arrests
By: Lindsay Kines, Victoria Times-Colonist, 02/24/04

Police crack down on pot
Source: The Province, 02/24/04

Pot bill likely to save millions, stats suggest - 2002 figures show record number of drug charges
Source: Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB), 02/24/04

Pot charges soar as new law mulled - The drug crime rate reported by police for 2002 stands at a 20-year high.
By: Sue Bailey, London Free Press, 02/24/04

Marijuana charges reach 20-year high - Possession charges up 42 per cent from 1992, StatsCan study reveals
By: Janice Tibbetts, The Ottawa Citizen, 02/24/04

Pot busts jump despite decriminalization intent - Increase related to arrests for pot possession - Thunder Bay is city with most drug offences
By: Betsy Powell - Crime Reporter, Toronto Star, 02/24/04

Pot possession most common drug offence: Statistics Canada
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Canada Web), 02/23/04

Roadside drug checks may come with pot bill - Tests too subjective, give police too much power, lawyers say
By: Janice Tibbetts, National Post, 02/23/04

Assistant principal admits planting marijuana in student's locker
Source: wwmt.com, 02/21/04

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How to stop grow-ops? Legalize pot
By: John Barber, Globe and Mail, 02/21/04

Long time cannabis rights activist and CFMM Exemptee & owner of - www.themarijuanamission.com
By: Tim Meehan, Cannabis Health (Canada), March/April 2004

U.S. hemp food case thrown out of court
By: Karen Briere, Western Producer (CN SN), 02/19/04

Medicinal pot may soon be in drugstores
Source: The Province, 02/19/04

Groups suggest offering marijuana in pharmacies
By: Simon Doyle, The Ottawa Citizen, 02/19/04

Groups suggest offering marijuana in pharmacies
By: Simon Doyle, The Ottawa Citizen, 02/19/04

Kids living in pot farm
By: Kim Bradley and Ian Robertson, Toronto Sun, 02/18/04

Martin won't toughen bill on marijuana - PM to let Chretien proposal stand despite earlier comments: key MP
By:: Janice Tibbetts, The Ottawa Citizen, 02/18/04

Beef farmers offered pot kits - B.C. vegetarian promises profit
By: Sorcha McGinnis, Calgary Herald (CN AB), 02/17/04

B.C. Marijuana Party has offer for ranchers hurt by mad cow disease
By: Sorcha McGinnis, National Post, 02/17/04

Marijuana party offers grow-op kits to hurting farmers - Crop will make up for mad cow losses, B.C. advocate says
By: Sorcha McGinnis / The Calgary Herald, Ottawa Citizen (CN ON), 02/17/04

Justice Hunter Favours Legalization of Marijuana
By: Bill Hunt, The Intelligencer, 02/16/04

Cities look at ways to stop grow-ops
By: Leneen Robb, The Coquitlam Now, 02/16/04

Canada is ready for legal marijuana
By: Jody Pressman, Ottawa Citizen, 02/16/04

\Marijuana bill targets trafficking, not simple possession
By: Kim Lunman, Globe and Mail, 02/16/04

Hydro sleuths catch pot growers
By: Salim Jiwa, The Province (CN BC), 02/13/04

Amended law would guard information on marijuana convictions - Bill would block police from sharing data with U.S. or elsewhere
By: Janice Tibbetts, The Ottawa Citizen, 02/13/04

U.S. Drug Czar Greeted By Medical Marijuana Supporters - State's Attorney General's Office Asks For Federal Help Against Other Drug Problems
Source: www.thekcrachannel.com, 02/11/04

Mental disorders, marijuana don't mix, society warns - Schizophrenia Society urges caution when providing medical weed exemptions
By: Deana Driver, Medical Post (Canada), 02/10/04

Police fear doorway to Ontario's cottage country has become a haven for drug lords
By:Tracy McLaughlin, Toronto Sun, 02/07/04

Federal Court Rejects DEA Ban on Hemp Food - Court Tells DEA it Cannot Regulate Naturally-Occurring THC in Hemp Food
Source: U.S. Newswire, 02/06/04

Your bias may be keeping pot from pain patients - Patients humiliated because they have to keep justifying their pain: study
By: Lynn Haley, Medical Post (Canada), 02/04/04

Pot grower called cops to his home - Police find marijuana plants when called to probe B&E
By: Dave Battagello, Windsor Star (CN ON), 02/04/04

Revamped marijuana bill could pass before federal election call
By: Jim Bronskill, Canadian Press, 02/03/04

Commercial smuggling of marijuana is booming - U.S. border agents warn of more organized smugglers
By: David Hogben, Vancouver Sun, 02/02/04