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| John Turmel |
 Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:55 pm |
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JCT: Once again, the proposed re-criminalization of
marijuana (for those of us who know about Krieger) by the
Canadian Government has fallen by the wayside again.
You'll remember how the Ministry of Justice were going to
re-introduce a bill to de-(re-)criminalize cannabis on May
15 2003 but my House of Commons intervention scared them
off. Then Parliament broke and the legislation never got in.
Then in the next session, the legislation died when Jean
Chretien resigned and Paul Martin took over.
In his next session, the re-criminalisation bill came up but
died when he dissolved Parliament to call a general
election.
In the next session, the re-criminalisation bill again died
when the government fell.
Of course, without safetying all of Canada's 400,000 known
epileptics, there is no way any Exemption system can be said
to have worked. Why some epileptics and not all? Why not
all?
So we are still left with no new law to replace the one we
say Krieger and Parker struck down. I'm always struck at how
my Parliament Hill raid paid off down the line. I'd have had
to start challenging all over if they hadn't backed off.
My only worry is getting dweeb Stephen Harper for Prime
Minister. Imagine a young person arguing herb is dangerous
to the public. He's a true hypocrite or he must have been
one heck of a nerd in university. Must have been one of the
oily Young Tories. |
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| Hunter |
| Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 5:53 pm |
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John Turmel wrote:
[quote:01d55b9520]JCT: Once again, the proposed re-criminalization of
marijuana (for those of us who know about Krieger) by the
Canadian Government has fallen by the wayside again.
You'll remember how the Ministry of Justice were going to
re-introduce a bill to de-(re-)criminalize cannabis on May
15 2003 but my House of Commons intervention scared them
off. Then Parliament broke and the legislation never got in.
Then in the next session, the legislation died when Jean
Chretien resigned and Paul Martin took over.
In his next session, the re-criminalisation bill came up but
died when he dissolved Parliament to call a general
election.
In the next session, the re-criminalisation bill again died
when the government fell.
Of course, without safetying all of Canada's 400,000 known
epileptics, there is no way any Exemption system can be said
to have worked. Why some epileptics and not all? Why not
all?
So we are still left with no new law to replace the one we
say Krieger and Parker struck down. I'm always struck at how
my Parliament Hill raid paid off down the line. I'd have had
to start challenging all over if they hadn't backed off.
My only worry is getting dweeb Stephen Harper for Prime
Minister. Imagine a young person arguing herb is dangerous
to the public. He's a true hypocrite or he must have been
one heck of a nerd in university. Must have been one of the
oily Young Tories.
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In the US the most sensible arguments shift the discussion from puritan
imperatives and biased assessments of the public health aspects of
marijuana to the more general national interest. Ironically the best of
this has come from the aristocratic right. William F. Buckley and his
right wing National Review oppose our present drug regime for very
sound fiscal and societal reasons. It began with a series of four or
five articles by Buckley himself maybe 15 or more years ago. They're
available on line. If you haven't seen this material perhaps it might
buttress your arguments. Canadians seem far more sensible about such
things than us Yanks.
Hunter Watson |
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