superbolan
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I think at the very least when the usa came for emery the canadians were more than happy to get rid of a professional gadfly, Its a win win situation for the goverments
Canada did not legalize marijuana, please get your facts correct....
Really Karmagirl
Cannabis legalization in Canada
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<!-- /jumpto --><!-- bodytext -->The legal status of cannabis in Canada is under dispute. Superior and appellate courts in Ontario have repeatedly declared Canada's marijuana laws to be of no force and effect. However, challenges to marijuana laws at the federal level have not resulted in the deletion of the appropriate articles from the Criminal Code of Canada and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Police and prosecution services in other Canadian jurisdictions still pursue criminal charges for marijuana possession.<SUP id=cite_ref-CannabisCulture_0-0 class=reference>[1]</SUP>
The cultivation of cannabis is currently illegal in Canada, with exceptions only for medical usage.
Several polls since 2003 have found that a majority of Canadians agreed with the statement, "The use of marijuana should be legalized", the latest being the 2009 Angus Reid poll, with 53% for legalization.<SUP id=cite_ref-AngusReid_1-0 class=reference>[2]</SUP> However, the current government, the Conservatives, are attempting to pass a law with "mandatory minimum" penalties and jail sentences for drug crimes. Specifically targeted, are cannabis users. <SUP id=cite_ref-2 class=reference>[3]</SUP>
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- <LI class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" sizcache="0" sizset="1">1 History of drug prohibition in Canada
<LI class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" sizcache="0" sizset="2">2 Current developments
- <LI class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2">1.1 Early drug prohibition
- 1.2 Cannabis prohibition
<LI class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" sizcache="0" sizset="3">3 Key court decisions
- <LI class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5">2.1 Positions of Canadian political parties <LI class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6">2.2 Medical marijuana legislation <LI class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7">2.3 Cannabis refugees in Canada <LI class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8">2.4 Older proposals <LI class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9">2.5 DEA extradition attempts <LI class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10">2.6 The Vancouver plan
- 2.7 Bill C-15/S-10: Mandatory Minimums for Cannabis
<LI class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17">4 See also <LI class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18">5 References
- <LI class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13">3.1 R. v. Parker 2000 Ontario Court of Appeal <LI class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14">3.2 R. v. Long 2007 Ontario Court of Justice <LI class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15">3.3 R. v. Bodnar/Hall/Spasic 2007 Ontario Court of Justice
- 3.4 Sfetkopoulos v. Canada 2008 Federal Court
- 6 External links
Go on....believe that marijuana is legalized
I have no idea what that stuff is supposed to mean. It was legal to sell seeds in Canada but never legal to grow and sell. If it was why was Emery fighting for it to be legal in Canada? Doesn't make sense does it?
I truly do believe that Emery hurt legalization in Canada more than a lot of people will admit. If Lawmakers thought smoking Cannabis makes people act like him it's no wonder they went backwards. I mean I'm not trying to be mean, but do you think Emery and his following of kids looked professional? That's not how to get things done, although it is a good way for someone to continue making money.
Just google his name and watch some of the videos. How much more ammunition did the antis need to keep Cannabis illegal? I mean be realistic here. Lets get naked, rub oil on each other and think this is going to do anything other than humor a bunch of idiots. It sure isn't going to sway lawmakers into thinking Cannabis is a good thing.
Another example. Look at this forum compared to CC. I would have loved that forum at 14, but when you grow up doesn't it seem rather foolish? And tell the truth.
Until you guys start getting Doctors and other professionals to open peoples eyes without Emerys nonsense and comedy show you can forget things changing. He's left a bad taste in a lot of peoples mouth that's going to take a while to get rid of.
Again, I'm not trying to be mean, but I'm a realist that looks at things in a real manner. And the unprofessional way that someone claiming to be the leader carried themselves was a no win situation for legalization in Canada...
Perception is each persons reality I guess. But I've never talked to one person in the States that didn't think he was a self serving moron. And that's wording it nicely. But hey, it's your Country so do what you want. But you know what they say about insanity. Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results...
The quicker you guys move away from the Emery comedy hour the quicker you'll get something going in a positive direction.
But that's just my opinion. And you know what they say about them.....
I noticed a bit of a discrepancy on the CC website:
"On September 18, thousands of people from more than 100 cities around the world showed their support for Marc by staging worldwide rallies, marching through the streets, dropping banners from bridges and buildings and holding "Google Marc Emery" signs at busy intersections."
"over 100 rallies around the globe in support of one man is nothing to cough at."
"Sizes of rallies varied from a few to a few hundred,"
The reports from CC say one thing, but the pics/videos of the rallies on CC tell another story.
The largest of the rallies was, naturally, in Vancouver - about 65 protesters; but the other videos just show a small, handful of people and none of them show "a few hundred" or "thousands" of protesters, even if you add them all up.
And doing a Google search shows no coverage from the mainstream media.
Also, except for the ICMag site and CannabisCulture, there is very little discussion on any of the other MJ websites about the issue!
So I would like to know, in the 'real world', was the 'worldwide' rally really a success or is the success of the worldwide rally just more hype and political propaganda?
I've seen more people show-up for free government cheese on one city block than Marc Emery's Worldwide Freedom Rally.
The free cheese givaway comment was funny. Just today I went through a city and there had to have been a few hundred people on the sidewalk holding clothes baskets and boxes. Farther up there were big trucks and they were filling peoples baskets and boxes with food. They didn't have any Emery banners though, lol.....