Marijuana News Articles for January 2003

B.C. pot financing Afghan guns, top cop says
Author: CanWest News Service, Edmonton Journal (CN AB), 01/31/04

Pot growers will need to prove assets not financed by crops
By: Petti Fong, Vancouver Sun, 01/31/04

The fight to decriminalize marijuana begins right here in Abbotsford
By: Christina Toth, Abbotsford Times (CN BC), 01/30/04

"...B.C.'s government has plans to decriminalize impaired driving offenses."
By: Barbara McLintock., TheTyee.ca, 01/30/04

POT PARADISE LOST - REEFER REFUGEES CAUGHT IN U.S. WAR ON DRUGS FREAKED BY FEDS' ORDER TO DEPORT CANCER PATIENT
By: Matthew Mernagh, NOW Magazine, 01/29/04

Your Turn With the Prime Minister - He will be taking calls on Feb 4.
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/national/yourturn/index.html

Grits to blitz grow-ops- Summit to seek ways to counter drug gangs
By: Antonella Artuso - Queen's Park Bureau Chief, Toronto Sun, 01/28/04

Charges dropped against medical marijuana club
By: Shannon Kari, Ottawa Citizen, 01/28/04

Marijuana charges dropped - Founders of 'compassion club' celebrate victory - But new medicinal rules could mean more charges
By: Rita Daly - Staff Reporter, Toronto Star, 01/28/04

Ottawa won't prosecute medical marijuana activists
By: Brian Laghi, Globe and Mail (Canada), 01/28/04

Drug laws have unintended results
By: Mark Milke, Times Colonist (Victoria, B.C., Canada), 01/26/04

Cannabis users balk at sharing medical data - Health Canada wants to pass on licensed users' data to police
By: Kirstin Endemann, The Ottawa Citizen, 01/26/04

Marijuana case thrown out
By: Kevin O'Connor, Regina Leader-Post, 01/22/04

Little hope for decriminalisation of ganja
By: Balford Henry, Jamaica Observer (Jamaica), 01/23/04

Chestermere fighting marijuana mecca label
By: Samara Cygman, Rocky View Times, 01/22/04

U.S. sees wave of pot heading to border
By: Lindsay Kines, Victoria Times-Colonist, 01/22/04

Canada needs to toughen pot laws: U.S.
By: Robert Russo, Winnipeg Free Press, 01/22/04

Canuck marijuana law may clog border
By: Canadian Press, Edmonton Sun, 01/22/04

ROFLMAO - This creative video and definately worth at least one viewing - I just watched it three times and hurt from laughing so hard. This was sent in from a CMAP volunteer, origionaly found on the good ole CBC web page - here is the direct link.

Tougher pot penalties better for Canada: Cellucci
By: Robert Russo, Canadian Press, 01/21/04

Medicinal marijuana issue heats up in N.S.- Capital Health gives patient permission to smoke inside hospital
By: Donalee Moulton, Medical Post (Canada), 01/20/04

Pot and teens: study raises concerns here
By: Cheryl Cornacchia, Montreal Gazette, 01/20/04

Ban tobacco, legalise cannabis - are we barmy?
By: W F Deedes, Daily Telegraph (UK), 01/19/04

Reefer madness
By: Jody Paterson - Victoria Times Colonist, Montreal Gazette, 01/19/04

Marijuana activist Claude Messier died yesterday
By: Alan Hustak, Montreal Gazzette, 01/18/04

A pipe dream for Ottawa - Kid's book part of effort to help start medicinal pot club
By: Nelly Elayoubi, Ottawa Sun, 01/18/04

Grow your own? It's a bummer - Pot charges are just one problem - `Like playing Mother Nature'
By: David Bruser, Toronto Star, 01/18/04

Lighten up on pot growers, Canada's on a roll
By: Ben Rayner, Toronto Star, 01/18/04

Haze of confusion hangs over dangers to health
By: Jason Burke and Anushka Asthana, The Observer (UK), 01/18/04

End the confusion over cannabis - Education on drug use is paramount
Source: TheObserver (UK), 01/18/04

So just how potent are our street drugs?
By: Anushka Asthana, The Observer (UK), 01/18/04

THE DEMONIZED SEED
By: Lee Green, Los Angeles Times (CA), 01/18/04

Feds Bust Medical Pot Patients In Courtroom
By: Ann Harrison, AlterNet, 01/17/04

Neighbors to north say things are going south
By: Claudia Rowe, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA), 01/17/04 (Rolo Commentray: This one will make you an even prouder Canadian.)

Reefer madness ; Pot is a cash crop. So why leave the bounty to thieves and murderers, when the government could get in the grow business?
By: Todd Babiak, The Edmonton Journal, 01/17/04

'Growing like weeds', indeed!
By: Keeble McFarlane, Jamaica Observer (Jamaica), 01/17/04 (Oh my, seems that they heard about the Big Barrie Bud Bust in Jamaica!)

Police pull plug on public pay phones
By: John Bermingham and Lena Sin, The Province, 01/16/04

Contraband in the mail - Inspectors find everything from spiders to stun guns
By: Glenn Bohn, Vancouver Sun, 01/16/04

A house gone to pot Landlords tell of grow-op horror
By: Raquel Exner, Edmonton Sun, 01/16/04

Marijuana 'grow ops' spark insurance fears Landlords worried insurers won't cover damage done to residential rental units
By: Jane Gadd, Globe and Mail, 01/16/04

Quote of the month: Up in smoke: Source: Globe and Mail Page A16, 01/16/04 By: Peter McCarter, London, Ont. -- Re Huge Marijuana Factory Was One Strange Joint (Jan. 13): "At least we now have conclusive evidence that potheads are neither lazy nor unmotivated."

Officials linked to Barrie brewery on file for taxes and bankruptcy
By: Joe Friesen, John Saunders and Timothy Appleby With research by Celia Donnelly, Globe and Mail, 01/16/04

MS Sufferer Finds Her Feet and Her Meaning
By: Gail Johnson, The Georgia Straight, 01/15/04

Marijuana mogul offers free grow-op equipment to beef producers
By: Brian Salmi, FFWW (CN AB), 01/15/04

Don't say grass, boy is warned
By: Helen Carter, The Guardian (UK), 01/15/04

Grower found guilty in medical marijuana case
By: Heather Woodward, The Olympian, 01/15/04

Our Northern Neighbors
By: James Hitchcock, Arlington Catholic Herald, 01/15/04

Woman claims grow-op was for medicinal use
By: Lindsay Kines, Victoria Times-Colonist, 01/15/04

Venezuela Decriminalizes Drug Possession
Source: Al Giordano, http://www.bigleftoutside.com/archives/000313.php, 01/15/03

Realtors back grow op disclosures
By: Martin van den Hemel, The Richmond Review, 01/15/03

Bud busters get boost
By: Martin van den Hemel, The Richmond Review, 01/15/03

One big joke
By: J. Felker, Toronto Sun, 01/15/04

LETTER OF THE DAY - No joke: RE "WACKY weed?"
By: Paul MacDonald, Toronto Sun, 01/15/04

Cannabis should be regulated like alcohol
By: Stan White, Goderich Signal-Star, 01/14/04

Regulated market needed for marijuana
By: Robert Sharpe, Goderich Signal-Star, 01/14/04

Court ruling ignores thousands in prison for marijuana violation
By: Michael J. Dee, Goderich Signal-Star, 01/14/04

Canadian Supreme Court Decision Leaves Cannabis Users With A Minor Victory - But A Major Loss of Freedom for All Canadians.
Analysis by: Richard Cowan, 01/14/04

How many people really smoking pot?
By: Bill McStravick, Toronto Star, 01/14/04

Public attitude keeps drug trade alive
By: Bruce Owen, Winnipeg Free Press, 01/14/04

Let's face facts: It's time to make marijuana legal
By: Jody Paterson, Victoria Times-Colonist, 01/14/04

Pot right under their noses - How did huge grow operation go undetected?
By: Kevin Connor and Jason Botchford, Toronto Sun, 01/14/04

Wacky weed?
By: Tracy McLaughlin, Toronto Sun, 01/14/04

MOJO Radio 640 Toronto -- Andrew Krystal and "Elmer X" onwho supposedly saw inside the Molson brewery grow op
Audio Clip: http://www.salvagingelectrons.com/drugradio/mojo-krystal-20040113-molsonbust.ram

Eric Nash on CKNW's Bill Good Show discussing how he is a Health Canada designated producer of BC Certified Organic cannabis
Audio Clip: http://www.salvagingelectrons.com/drugradio/cknw-good-20040113-ericnash.ram

Loophole clears crusader of pot possession charge
By: Andrew Ehrkamp, The Star Phoenix, 01/13/04

Plant housed pot for a year
By: Margaret Bruineman, Barrie Examiner, 01/13/03

Prohibition didn't work the first time - A century ago, our society was struggling with the evils of drug addiction
Source: Barrie Examiner, 01/13/04

The buzz on hemp
By: Mike Strobel, Toronto Sun, 01/13/04

Rocky Mountain MS Center on medicinal cannabis
Source: Rocky Mountain MS Centre

Brewery just went to pot
By: Canadian Press, Edmonton Sun, 01/12/04

The massive secret inside Barrie's former brewery
By: Peter Cheney, Globe and Mail, 01/12/04

Finding a grow operation
By: Paula McCooey, The Ottawa Citizen, 01/12/03

Video of the Bid Bud Bust
Source: CBC, 01/12/04

Pot bust worth $30-million, police say
By: Oliver Moore, Globe and Mail, 01/12/04

Pictures from the inside of the BIG BUST EVER (in Canada) - (Rolo Commentary: Talk about a field of dreams...*droooling here* - better have a napkin ready. It is a shame that none of us will be able to appreciate any of this hard work...)

Major pot bust in abandoned Ont. brewery
By: CTV.ca News Staff, 01/12/04 Video...

House of Hemp
By: Roberta Avery, Toronto Star, 01/10/04

Pot grower tells how he makes millions
By: Gary Francoeur, Montreal Gazette, 01/10/04

...Kids bringing marijuana to school or showing up for class when they're high.
By: Chris Burrell, Vineyard Gazette, 01/09/04

Pot centre opens
By: Sheri Block, Regina Leader-Post, 01/09/04

Krieger faces fresh pot charge
By: Scott Crowson and Jason van Rassel, Calgary Herald, 01/09/04

Medicinal-pot crusader busted
By: Bruce Owen, Winnipeg Free Press, 01/09/04

Medicinal pot crusader busted
By: Kevin Engstrom, Edmonton Sun, 01/09/04

Most want pain relief, not a marijuana high
By: Hilary Thomson, UBC Reports, 01/08/04

Nerve Receptor for Pungent Foods Identified
By: Amy Norton, Reuters, 01/07/04

Ohio may prove to be key in contest - Kucinich goes to pot
By: Sabrina Eaton, The Plain Dealer, 01/07/04

Marijuana Smokescreen
By: Stan Persky, Vancouver Sun, 01/06/04

Prime Minister Martin To Re-Introduce Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Without Changes
Source: LifeSite Daily News, 01/06/04

Police put marijuana grow operations under spotlight
By: David Sands, Edmonton Sun, 01/05/04

A welcome move from PM on pot
Source: Edmonton Journal, 01/04/04

Marijuana joins list of banned drugs in sport
CTV News: Jed Kahane, 01/04/04 - Video

Cannabis crusader appeals
By: Scott Crowson, Calgary Herald, 01/03/04

Grow shows proliferate in 2003
By: Bruce MacInnis, Comox Valley Record, 01/02/04