Marijuana News Articles for July 2003

''Dump it or go elsewhere': Concert-goers who smuggle it in will be asked to hand it over
By: Siri Agrell, National Post, 07/30/03

Canadians mad about protests
By: A.J. Blauer, Ottawa Sun, 07/30/03

Shootin' off, smokin' up
By: Kathleen Harris, Ottawa Sun, 07/30/03

Not providing marijuana endangers the sick: lawyer
By: Gay Abbate, Globe and Mail, 07/30/03

Court hears appeal that could alter pot possession and distribution laws
By: Tara Barutigam, Canadian Press, 07/29/03

Politicians, courts must jointly sort out pot laws
Source: Hamilton Spectator, 07/28/03

PRIVATE SECURITY - NOT POLICE - TO SEARCH FOR LEGAL MARIJUANA AT TORONTO ROLLING STONES MEGACONCERT - IS SPONSORED BY MOLSON - AFTRAID OF COMPETITION FOR DRUGS SALES AND CONSUMPTION?
By: Tim Meehan, Ontario Consumers for Safe Access to Recreational Cannabis, 07/28/03

Doped up drivers falling under scope of RCMP
By: Marshall Jones, Kelowna Capital News, 07/28/03

Ottawa's marijuana stash sitting on the shelf, wrapped in red tape
By: Jeff Mitchell, The Liberal, 07/27/03

Police probe stolen pot while feds debate law - Board member incensed by situation
By: Chris Nuttall-Smith, Vancouver Sun, 07/22/03

RCMP still in pot biz
By: Tom Godfrey, The Toronto Sun, 07/22/03

The Emperor Wears No Clothes
Chapter 6

Feds to issue pot guide - But smoking not recommended by Health Canada
By: Dean Beerby, Winnipeg Sun, 07/21/03

Discontent Americans Consider Canada
By: David Caray, Associated Press, 07/19/03

Health Canada set to release users' manual for medical marijuana
By: Dean Beerby, Canadian Press, 07/20/03

Regret for resignations Feds forge ahead with marijuana plans
By: Andrea Sands, City Hall Bureau, Edmonton Sun, 07/19/03

Officer, I'd like to report some stolen marijuana
By: Heather Sokoloff, National Post, 07/19/03

Vancouver police release video to public to support crackdown on drug dealers
By: Greg Joyce, The Vancouver Sun, 07/16/03

Senator Banks mellows out on marijuana
By: Jeremy Loome, Edmonton Sun, 07/16/03

Reefer madness - Once again, Marc Emery, the Prince of Pot, has been arrested, this time in Regina.
By: Robert Tessier, Winnipeg Sun, 07/17/03

Drug courier fears he will die in jail
By: Mike McIntyre, Winnipeg Free Press, 07/17/03

Video Link - Ohttp://drugpolicycentral.com/real/cmap/vi071603.rm (Video quality may vary - audio is ok, well worth listening to - it is about 47 minutes long.)

Ottawa's medical marijuana plan 'fraught with disaster'
By: Greg McArthur, Kingston Whig-Standard, 07/16/03

Frustrated Toronto MD quits medical marijuana committee
By: Valerie Lawton, The Toronto Star, 07/16/03

Doctor resigns from Health Canada advisory committee on medical pot
By: Dennis Bueckert, Canadian Press, 07/15/03

'This isn't some gangster operation'
By: Sarah Kennedy, The Ottawa Citizen, 07/15/03

Minister of Health questions approval of medicinal marijuana before clinical trials: Scientific proof sought
By: Tom Blackwell, The National Post, 07/15/03

Founder of Canada's first centre delivered marijuana on her bike
By: Sarah Kennedy, The Ottawa Citizen, 07/15/03

Ottawa dispatch - Toking gesture
By: Anne McIlroy, The Guardian - (UK), 07/14/03

Smoking pot eases pain, says woman with MS
By: Colin McKim, Packet & Times (Orillia), 07/12/03

Ottawa MDs won't handle marijuana
By: Mohammed Adam, The Ottawa Citizen, 07/12/03

Pot plant primed to mine its weed - Flin Flon operation grows it for feds
By: Shannon Montgomery, Winnipeg Free Press, 7/12/03

Grandma's little helper
By: Colin Freeze, Globe and Mail, 07/12/03

DRUG TRAFFICKING ARRESTS
Source: Toronto Police - 32 Division, 07/10/03 -12:43 pm

Woody Harrelson to direct play in Toronto
Source: CTV News, 07/11/03

Dreary tale of pot law failure drags on
By: Jody Paterson - Times Colonist, Victoria Times-Colonist, 07/11/03

Doctors wary of prescription pot - Medical associations fear legal problems, heightened office security woes
By: Doug Williamson, Windsor Star, 07/11/03

Time to get off the pot
Source: The Toronto Sun, 07/11/03

Pot growers' names will be supplied
By: Maria McClintock, - Ottawa Bureau, The Ottawa Sun, 07/11/03

Legalize pot
Source: National Post (Canada), 07/11/03

A pot war we don't need
By: Steve Madely, Ottawa Sun, 07/10/03

Feds deal pot cheap Medical sales open door to abuse: Cops
By: Maria McClintock - Ottawa Bureau, The Ottawa Sun, 07/10/03

Pot sales by Ottawa lauded - The decision to sell to medicinal users complies with a court order being appealed.
By: Elaine Smith, London Free Press, 07/10/03

Dauphin next stop for crusader
By: Jason Bell, Winnipeg Free Press, 07/10/03

Pot prince popped - Drop that enormous bong, you're under arrest.
By: Natalie Pona, Winnipeg Sun, 07/10/03

Government to Supply Pot: Doctors Still Told Not to Sign Forms
Source: MedicalMarihuana.ca online staff - 07/09/03

Canada to Sell Medical Marijuana to Seriously Ill
By: David Ljunggren, Source: Reuters, 07/09/03

Canada to Sell Marijuana for Medical Use
By: Tom Cohen, Newsday (US), 07/09/03

Ottawa set to sell its medical marijuana
By: Oliver Moore, Globe and Mail - Update, 07/09/03

Feds to sell pot seeds for medical use
Source: Canadian Press, 07/09/03

Pot users could face retroactive charges, police warn
By:Bruce MacKinnon, The Daily Press - (CN ON), 07/09/03

Government gets nowhere on pot research
By: Dennis Bueckert / The Canadian Press, The Halifax Herald, 07/09/03

Medical marijuana can be distributed
By: Mary Gordon, The Toronto Star, 07/09/03

DOCS PICKED TO DOLE OUT POT
By: Canadian Press, The Edmonton Sun, 07/09/03

OTTAWA'S POT GROWER WILL SUPPLY PATIENTS
By: Kim Lunman and Brian Laghi, Globe and Mail, 07/09/03

Ottawa to provide medical marijuana: report
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 07/09/03

Government Research on Medical Marijuana Produces - No Results after Four Years
By: Dennis Bueckert, Canadian Press, 07/08/09

U.S. Drug Czar wants pot plan
Source: Toronto Star, 07/08/03

U.S. drug envoy coming to co-ordinate pot crackdown following federal law
By: Alexander Panetta, Canadian Press, 09/07/03

Canada: Hippie Nation?
By: Naomi Klein, The National (US), 07/02/03

Whoa! Canada!
By: David Montgomery, Washington Post Staff Writer, The Washington Post, 06/30/03

Canada, Maryland going to pot
By: Robert Weiner and Amy Rieth, Washington Times (DC), 07/02/03

"Decrim" won't apply in all provinces, say law experts
By: Reverend Damuzi, Source: Cannabis Culture Magazine, 07/02/03

Maritimers Unite for Medical Marijuana
By: Ruth Davenport, The Daily News- (CN NS), 07/02/03