Marijuana News Articles for February 2007

Marijuana charges against local man stayed
By: Valerie MacDonald, Port Hope Evening Guide (CN ON), 02-27-07

Chong raises money to help Guru of Ganja
Author: Associated Press, Edmonton Journal (CN AB), 02-26-07

'Reeferendum' will target war on drugs
By: Andy Riga, Montreal Gazette (CN QU), 02-24-07

'B.C. bud' is bad news, drug czar says
Author: CanWest News Service, Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB), 02-23-04

U.S. drug czar pushes Canada to get tougher on marijuana
By: Melissa Arseniuk, Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC), 02-23-07

Canada must not follow the U.S. on drug policy
By: Ethan Nadelmann, Ottawa Citizen (CN ON), 02-22-07

Hemp shop owner delays plan to open medicinal room
By: Canadian Press, The Source: Expositor (CN ON), 02-21-07

MP wants to get tough on marijuana grow houses - Proposes mandatory 14 years in jail for those growing more than 100 plants
By: Mike Adler, The Scarborough Mirror (CN ON), 02-16-07

Teens pop pills as use of pot falls: U.S. survey - White House drug czar sounds alarm
By: Karen Matthews, The Associated Press, Calgary Herald (CN AB), 02-15-07

The folly of prohibition
By: Robert Marshall, Winnipeg Sun (CN MB), 02-14-07

Court metes out discharges, fine to pot smoking drivers
By: Neil Bowen, The Observer (CN ON), 02-13-07

MEDICAL POT CUTS PAIN, STUDY FINDS
By: Sabin Russell, Chronicle Medical Writer - San Francisco Chronicle (CA), 02-13-07

Ex-cop an advocate for drug law reform - Prohibition simply not working, speaker tells conference at UVic
By: Sandra McCulloch, Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC), 02-12-06

B.C. exports grow-op skills - Marijuana-cultivation expertise of B.C. gangs is taking root around the world
By: Matthew Ramsey, The Province (CN BC), 02-11-07

Pot-grower's sentence reduced
By: Jennifer Saltman, The Coquitlam Now (CN BC), 02-09-07

Hemp could be used for many different functions
By: Isabell Fooks, Drumheller Valley Times (CN AB), 02-06-07

Weeding out the competition - By regulating the drug trade, Canada could cut down on law enforcement...
By: Trevor Larson, The Gateway (U of Alberta, CN AB Edu), 02-05-07

Premier no fan of pot motion - PREMIER Gary Doer says he is not a fan of the idea of decriminalizing marijuana
Source: Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB), 02-04-07

Weedless Wednesday may go up in smoke - Youth group seeks name change for annual quit smoking day
Source: Oakville Beaver (CN ON), 02-02-07

The relevance of pot politics - On the front lines of the first-ever Saskatchewan Marijuana Party Convention
By: Charles Hamilton, The Sheaf (CN SN Edu), 02-01-07