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P.M. Harper invites Failed and Hopeless U.S. Drug Policy into Canada
Jun 16TH, 2009 – Hello Americanized justice system, it’s nice to see you’ve taken up our government’s offer to come live in Canada. Perhaps you can have your friends Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff start filling out immigration papers for your relatives: relaxed gun laws and private health care. On June…
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The wrong kind of drug bust-Police didn't have warrant, or consent of cerebral palsy sufferer to search home
June 7, 2009 – Ottawa police raided Berny Belair’s home last week and took about $1,000 in growing equipment and 25 marijuana plants that he says helps with his appetite and digestion. Belair says he was waiting for a permit to grow and use marijuana medically to arrive, which he had applied for earlier with…
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Vancouver pot activist Marc Emery to plead guilty to U.S. drug charge
June 4th, 2009 – Marijuana activist Marc Emery says he plans to drop his fight against extradition to the U.S. and plead guilty to one charge of drug distribution in a Seattle courtroom next month. Emery’s extradition hearing in Vancouver was adjourned on Wednesday so his lawyer could negotiate a deal with the U.S. district…
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Court challenge aims to legalize all cannabis use-Advocates say previous rule a 'mockery'
Monday, June 01, 2009 – Health Canada has faced court challenges over medical marijuana eight times and has lost all of them. In each case the decision came because the court felt regulations were too restrictive for those seeking legal marijuana. Health Canada has faced court challenges over medical marijuana eight times and has lost…
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There's no business like grow business
Sam Mellace sees the day his company is a leader in distributing medical marijuana. But he has to persuade Ottawa to let his business be
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Mail-order marijuana pitch lights up Dragons' Den
May 20th, 2009 – A Victoria man is hoping to break into the big leagues of B.C. bud distribution by pitching his mail-order medical marijuana business to potential investors on a reality TV show. Later this week, Ian Layfield will make his pitch during the taping of Dragons’ Den, a CBC show that offers aspiring…
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Growing Hemp Food and Body Care Sales is Good News for Canadian Hemp Seed and Oil Producers
Left Out of Hemp’s Renaissance, U.S. Farmers Continue Legal Battle WASHINGTON, April 29, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — The Hemp Industries Association (HIA), a trade association consisting of hundreds of hemp businesses, has just released final estimates of the size of the U.S. retail market for hemp food and body care products in 2008. Data…