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Pot Decriminalization Bill Goesupinsmoke
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| Pot decriminalization bill goes up in smoke
OTTAWA, Canada (Reuters) -- Canada's new Conservative government will scrap draft legislation that would have decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Monday.
The legislation, drawn up by the previous Liberal government, alarmed police officials in Canada and the United States who said it would only encourage the already booming trade in pot.
Once the Liberals lost the January 23 election after 12 years in power, the bill looked to be in deep trouble. One of Harper's five priorities is to clamp down on crime.
"We will not be reintroducing the Liberal government's marijuana decriminalization legislation," he told a meeting of the Canadian Professional Police Association.
"I thought we might find a receptive audience here," he told his audience after winning a round of applause.
Under the Liberal bill, people found with small amounts of marijuana would have been fined but would not have received a criminal record.
Canadian police complain that judges often hand down lenient sentences on people found guilty of running operations to grow marijuana illegally.
Estimates for the value of Canada's booming pot business trade vary widely, and some experts say it is worth $8.5 billion a year.
The main center is the Pacific province of British Columbia, where criminals export potent marijuana, known as BC Bud, to the United States.
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| fucking neo cons |
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| fuck em... j'espere qu'il vont faire une connerie, pour qu'il y'ai une big ass manifestation! |
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| Even if the liberals were still in power, there is no way this would pass with Bush's administration breathing down our necks |
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| i don't unbderstand what the states' problem is... i guess they just don't want americans to come to canada and get high, its funny when the legislation to decriminaliza dope was tabled by chretien that lunitic preacher from states Pat Robertson i think is his name, said that "canada was on the verge of becoming a Narco State" ....hahah good times |
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| funny this happens right after harper comes back from meeting bush and vazquez or whatever that mexican president is named |
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| I think I already posted my views on the decriminilization and how it might not be such a good thing... but w/e how often have any of you been busted for possession anyhow? I`m coming up on 8 years of smoking and I`ve never gotten busted once... the few times I had run ins with the cops they just sorta waved their fingers at me and shook their heads... if it was decriminilized.. I woulda been slapped with fines each and every time.. *shrug* |
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| ooh poor little hippies |
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| i thinks cops here in general check if you're on probation or not. The deciding factor on whether to give you a fine. But iwouldn't know, i'm not a cop nor a pothead. |
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| the USA is a narco state too, but their drug of choice is crazy fundamentalist christian ideals |
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| Having a criminal record for smoking a joint is absolutely ridiculous. At least that's a bill that wasn't passed yet though, changing the gay marriage thing is even more ridiculous. That's a totally personal decision made by Harper. His idea of what's best for this country is not freedom, it's having 'daddy' tell us how to live our lives. |
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| i knew this would this would happen ....... they don't call them Conservative for nothing. Harper is more inline with USA point of view then the Librials
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| obviously. the conservatives are like the republicans of the USA. |
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| It's too bad that right-wing parties always have this retarded outlook on social issues. I wish there was a right-wing party that was very very secular and didn't infringe on people's rights, like a right-wing libertarian party. |
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| because I'm not a big fan of those extreme lefties either.. and the liberals as we know are in line with the mob |
Pot Decriminalization Bill Goesupinsmoke
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