Marijuana News Articles for May 2008

Pot grower gets 18 months - Evansburg man was 'cropsitting' equivalent of three million marijuana joints: police
By: Karen Kleiss, Edmonton Journal (CN AB), 05-31-08

Ex-church members will be 'devastated' by pot bust
By: Tiffany Mayer, The Standard (St. Catharines, CN ON), 05-30-08

'I just want the same access as tobacco users' - Medical marijuana user wants right to smoke outside of comedy club
By: Andrew Thompson, Ottawa Citizen (CN ON), 05-29-08

Patio pot ban draws rights complaint - Legal marijuana user sends issue to OHR commission
By: Tracey Tong, Metro (Ottawa, CN ON), 05-29-08

Medicinal pot user gets house arrest
Source: Telegraph-Journal (Saint John, CN NK), 05-28-08

Medical marijuana user files human rights complaint over smoking laws
Source: CBCNews.ca, 05-28-08

Disabled man sues Abbotsford cops over alleged November '07 assault
By: Keith Fraser, The Province (CN BC), 05-28-08

Pot possession defence a click away
By: Bill Kaufmann, Edmonton Sun (CN AB), 05-28-08

Study shows marihuana use not a threat
By: Dan Jensen, The Camrose Booster(CN AB), 05-27-08

Pot smoker's lament - 2-day school suspension doesn't smell right for marijuana marcher
By: Ben Spencer, Toronto Sun (CN ON), 05-24-08

Canada's laws going to pot
By: Bill Kaufmann, The Calgary Sun (CN AB), 05-23-08

Pot growers reach for gold in the Likely-est place
Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC), 05-22-08

Not your mother's reefer
By: Barbara Kay, National Post (Canada), 05-22-08

Not your mother's reefer
By: Barbara Kay, National Post (Canada), 05-22-08

This Bud's for us
By: G. D. Maxwell, Pique Newsmagazine (CN BC), 05-21-08

Drop pot charges lawyer urges
Source: Terrace Standard (CN BC), 05-21-08

Compassion club seeks expansion - Nanaimo group hopes to secure a downtown location to provide marijuana to medical users across the region.
By: Dustin Walker, Vancouver Sun (CN BC), 05-21-08

Meaford couple to challenge pot law - 'Technical breach' of marijuana law turns into constitutional case
By: Scott Dunn, The Sun Times (Owen Sound, CN ON), 05-21-08

Studying pot's effects on drivers - Researcher hopes to pinpoint drugs' specific risks
By: Melissa Smith, Metro (CN NS), 05-21-08

Duo seeks to sell medicinal pot
By: Dustin Walker, Nanaimo Daily News (CN BC), 05-20-08

Bail sought for pot priest - Wants to return to his Church of the Universe
By: Barbara Brown, Hamilton Spectator (CN ON), 05-20-08

High cost of toking - Cloudy issue when it comes to human rights
By: Antonella Artuso - Queen's Park Bureau Chief, Toronto Sun (CN ON), 05-19-08

Marijuana popular among educated, middle-class Canadians: study
By: Misty Harris, Canwest News Service, 05-15-08

Pot industry number two contributor to B.C.'s GDP
Source: Nanaimo Daily News (CN BC), 05-15-08

'Medical' pot smoker wins dispute with bar
By: John Stewart, Mississauga News (CN ON), 05-13-08

Marijuana advocates mount campaign
Source: Calgary Herald (CN AB), 05-13-08

Chronic marijuana use bad for heart, study finds - Activists counter that study used perpetual stoners
By: Will Dunham - Reuters, Vancouver Sun (CN BC), 05-13-08

Eatery won't fight pot smoker - Restaurant cites cost in abandoning rights complaint by medical marijuana user
By: Francine Kopun, Toronto Star (CN ON), 05-13-08

Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research - Canadian Majority Would Legalize Marijuana
Source: Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research, 05-13-08

Alcohol is a harder drug on society than marijuana
By: Paul Hergott, Kelowna Capital News (CN BC), 05-11-08

Laws go to pot over religion
By: Les Brost, Calgary Herald (CN AB), 05-12-08

Pothead in hot pursuit of justice
By: Ian Gillespie, Standard Freeholder (Cornwall, CN ON), 05-10-08

Holy Smoke trial draws to a close
By: Darryl Pollock, Kootenay Western Star (CN BC), 05-09-08

Pot leads to $100 fine
By: Bob Vaillancourt, Sudbury Star (CN ON), 05-08-08

CANNABIS GOES BACK TO CLASS B DESPITE DRUG EXPERTS' VERDICT
By: Richard Ford, The Times (UK), 05-08-08

Psst... Government-Supplied Marijuana Program Turns 30 - That's right, our government has been supplying medical marijuana to some patients for three full decades.
By: Bruce Mirken, AlterNet (US Web), 05-07-08

Holy Smoke trial on hold
By: Chris Shepherd, Express (Nelson, CN BC), 05-07-08

CANNABIS LAWS TO BE STRENGTHENED - Cannabis Is to Be Reclassified As a Class B Drug, Jacqui Smith Has Said.
Source: BBC News (UK Web), 05-07-08

A pothead's pursuit of justice
By: Ian Gillespie, London Free Press (CN ON), 05-07-08

YouTube Link - Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy press conference in Ottawa, 05-06-08

Mission Accomplished Says Holy Smoke Team
By: Sara Newham, Nelson Daily News (CN BC), 05-06-08

Accused could feel - and smell - the support
By: Sara Newham, Nelson Daily News (CN BC), 05-06-08

Holy Smoke Trial wraps
By: Sara Newham, Nelson Daily News (CN BC), 05-05-08

YouTube Links: Marc Emery, Prince of Pot Parts 1 thru 4, 05-03-08

Three arrested during grass-roots rally
by: Katie Schneider, The Calgary Sun (CN AB), 05-04-08

This soccer mom admits she was out of her league at a marijuana smokefest. - But she left with a better understanding. And the munchies
By: Michele Mandel, Toronto Sun (CN ON), 05-04-08

Marchers push marijuana's medical merits - Global protest draws nearly 500 in Calgary
By: Michelle Butterfield, Calgary Herald (CN AB), 05-04-08

Pot fans rally in Big Smoke - Thousands pushing for legal weed peacefully mark Freedom Festival, 10th Global Marijuana March
By: Paul Irish, Toronto Star (CN ON), 05-04-08

A whiff of success at Porter Creek
By: Jeremy Warren, Yukon News (CN YK), 05-02-08

Marijuana user who was denied transplant dies
By: The Associated Press, CTV.ca (Online), 05-02-08

NOW Magazine's Matt Mernagh arrested for medical marijuana garden
Media Realease, Niagara Regional Police Service, 05-01-08

Dogs to carry on sniffing at airports
Author: Canwest News Service, The Province (CN BC), 05-01-08

Pot eases neuropathic pain, researchers report
By: Anne Harding - Reuters, Vancouver Sun (CN BC), 05-01-08

Stone free
By: Sivan Keren, Eye Weekly (CN ON), 04-30-08

Drug paraphernalia crack down plan goes up in smoke - Westside won't get into the anti-drug enforcement business.
By: Jason Luciw, Kelowna Capital News (CN BC), 04-30-08

Tories hint at measures to offset court restriction on dog searches
By: Sue Bailey, The Globe & Mail (CN), 04-30-08

'There were smoky moments, there were non smoky moments'
By: Sara Newham, Nelson Daily News (CN BC), 04-30-08