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Friday, February 10th, 2006Since he began supplying chronically ill people in Victoria with marijuana out of a van 10 years ago, Leon “Ted” Smith has seen some major changes in his role. Not the least of those has been his legal banishment from having anything to do with the operation of the Cannabis Buyers’ Club he founded in [...]
City Council On Cannabis @ Councils cannabis confab cancelled sort of
Thursday, February 9th, 2006It took two years for Victorias city council to set up a meeting with Health Canada about medical marijuana, but it would seem the federal agency balked when the city said the meeting had to be open to the public. The public meeting was scheduled for the end of January before it was cancelled. Due [...]
UVic Convention A Hoot
Thursday, February 9th, 2006The 7th Annual Cannabis Convention, held on Sunday February 5 at the University of Victoria’s David Lam Auditorium, was a huge success. Speakers included Renee Boje, a U.S. refugee that faces extradition to the States on multiple charges, Joanna McKee and Ron ‘Stich’ Millar of the Green Cross Patient Co-op, who have been serving the [...]
REGINA vs. SMITH Part 10
Monday, February 6th, 2006revision 2003/09/10. Q All right. A So it is from 2003. Q Okay. Could you turn to ?? so is this currently in effect, this standard operating procedure? A For this ?? yes, I ?? without actually having read it to see if there any changes I ?? it most likely is, yes. Q All [...]
REGINA vs SMITH Part 9
Monday, February 6th, 2006A Generally they are they are rare because what usually we do is most of our samples as cannabis type samples come in as plant or a dark substance called resin, and they are or oils even. They are usually run using different techniques so we don’t usually run them on the [...]
Regina vs. SMITH Part 8
Monday, February 6th, 2006kilograms. And in that sense I think there is some surplusage in that it doesn’t really add anything to the count. If I suppose if if somehow the Crown were to allege that there were three you know, a dozen pounds of marihuana then that might be a problem if we had [...]
REGINA vs. SMITH Part 7
Monday, February 6th, 2006aragraph? MR. MOORE-STEWART: One forty-one. That just simply reads: Having rejected the appellants’ contention that Parliament is without authority to criminalize conduct unless it causes harm to others, as well as their claim that criminalization of marihuana is arbitrary and irrational, we proceed to the next level of their argument, namely that even if it [...]
REGINA vs SMITH Part 6
Monday, February 6th, 2006as to prevent the associated harm and to eliminate the market for traffickers. In light of these findings of fact it cannot be said that the prohibition on marihuana possession is arbitrary or irrational, although the wisdom of the prohibition and its related penalties is always open to reconsideration by Parliament itself.
REGINA vs. SMITH Part 5
Monday, February 6th, 2006describing the penalty might not be of any force and effect, and allow Parliament to make amendments to it to bring it back within the confines of the Constitution and the Charter.
REGINA vs. SMITH Part 4
Monday, February 6th, 2006the very fact that Canada itself recognizes medical marihuana and provides a regime for it. It is recognized as part of the pharmacopoeia. It is recognized that it is a wellness promoter, at least for certain classes of people.
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