Archive for January, 2005
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2005BY CHAD SKELTON CanWest News Service Fewer than one in seven people convicted of growing marijuana in B.C. over the past two years was sentenced to any time in jail, according to court statistics provided to The Vancouver Sun.
CANNABIS CRUSADE: A HOUSE DIVIDED
Sunday, January 16th, 2005On the face of it, Philippe Lucas, left, and Ted Smith, right, share common cause. They are both passionate in their belief in medical marijuana, to the extent that both have faced criminal prosecution in pursuit of their convictions. Why, then, do they barely talk to each other? Times Coloniststaff writer Richard Watts examined the [...]
Pot activist?s charter rights ?violated?
Friday, January 14th, 2005BY RICHARD WATTS Times Colonist staff At a Jan. 8, 2002, rally at the University of Victoria where he spoke to about 40 people about marijuana, its benefits and his objections to the law prohibiting it. He then lit up several joints and passed them out to the crowd.
Marijuana promoter targeted by police, witness testifies
Friday, January 14th, 2005BY RICHARD WATTS Times Colonist staff Ted Smith, Victorias self-appointed champion of marijuana, was singled out by police for arrest because of his political views, a provincial court judge heard Monday.
Smith found guilty of trafficking but avoids record
Friday, January 14th, 2005BY RICHARD WATTS Times Colonist staff Ted Smith, Victorias self-appointed champion of medical marijuana, was convicted Friday of drug trafficking. Provincial court Judge L. Jeanne Harvey convicted Smith, 35, on a charge of possession for the purpose of trafficking in cannabis resin, following two days of evidence. He was handed a nine-month conditional discharge.
Ted found guilty of Trafficking Cannabis Resin
Friday, January 7th, 2005Ted’s court case from the trafficking charges he was dealt in March 2002 concluded today. He was found guilty of traffficking in Cannabis Resin.
Cannoil, massage oil, and lecithin by Gayle Quin
Thursday, January 6th, 2005I would like to start today with this thought for you. Mental altitude has everything to do with physical reflection, and state of being (wellness-illness). If cannabis is capable of creating a state of self- worth, care and love, our bodies are free to heal themselves providing we supply it with all the nutrients it [...]
Sharing is Trafficking by Ted Smith
Thursday, January 6th, 2005On Jan. 20, Justice Kay decided that the law allowing police to charge someone with trafficking for sharing cannabis is not grossly disproportionate to the fundamental principles of justice. This decision stems from an undercover operation on Nov. 8, 2000 when police pretended to be students at the weekly 4:20 meeting of the University of [...]
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