The Bitterest Pill
The News Review:
- The Bitterest Pill
- Marc Emery takes questions
- Cannabis smuggler behind bars
- Just say no to the stoner in the cubicle next door
- He will get a reduced sentence
- False report results in drug bust
- The Nelson Mail | Monday, 22 October 2007
The Bitterest Pill
Weekly Standard - The Weekly Standard - Oct 22, 2007
Yet even here the number of serious drug users fell 7 percent from last year and the percentage of high school students who have tried drugs–already low–dipped slightly. It has some of the highest rates of cannabis use in Europe: In a population of 7. 5 million, 500,000 Swiss are thought to use marijuana at least occasionally. Approximately 250,000 use it regularly, a 100 percent increase from a decade ago. In 2004, the Swiss parliament considered a bill that would have decriminalized marijuana use for adults (and set up a permanent heroin maintenance program for addicts). But spooked by a steep increase in users and a spike in drug-related crime (50,000 cases nationally, an all-time high), parliament rejected the measure.
Marc Emery takes questions
Globe and Mail - Oct 22, 2007
Emery was online earlier to take your questions on everything from why pot should be decriminalized to why he’s the right person to make the case for it. Marijuana activist Marc Emery is the publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine. Marijuana Party and has run several times for local and federal office
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Cannabis smuggler behind bars
News Shopper - Oct 22, 2007
Thomas Gilliland, of High Street, St Mary Cray, was visiting his cousin Jamie Chapman, an inmate at Highdown Prison, Sutton. Gilliland was filmed on CCTV slipping 8g of cannabis into a cup of tea. Police arrested him and when officers searched his car outside the jail they found 7. 5g of cannabis resin… Thomas Gilliland, of High Street, St Mary Cray, was visiting his cousin Jamie Chapman, an inmate at Highdown Prison, Sutton. Gilliland was filmed on CCTV slipping 8g of cannabis into a cup of tea. Police arrested him and when officers searched his car outside the jail they found 7. 5g of cannabis resin. On October 18, Guildford Crown Court heard Gilliland had been doing a favour to his cousin and did not stand to make any profit. The drugs in the car were for his own use.
Just say no to the stoner in the cubicle next door
Globe and Mail - Oct 22, 2007
Ferries ship Queen of the North. While the board didn’t find a direct link between marijuana use and the nautical disaster, which killed two passengers, it did advise the ferry corporation last week to butt out the problem. In a survey on drug use in Canada conducted by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, 14 per cent of adults in the country identified themselves as marijuana users, and around one per cent reported smoking up while on the job. Related Articles From the archives… Drug abuse researchers say no amount of marijuana use is safe in occupations where public safety is at risk. Even a small amount of pot will impair motor skills and brain function, said Robert Coambs, head of consulting firm Health Promotion Research. "It would be fair to say that ubiquitous cannabis use will lead to an increase of accidents and other dangerous problems wherever you work. "
That includes office work. The average cubicle dweller’s job might not be a matter of life and death, but they’ll be more prone to screwing up even minor tasks with cannabis in their systems. "If you’re stoned, your output will drop and the quality of your work will drop," said Dr. Coambs, who believes marijuana use is just as common among office workers as industrial workers.
He will get a reduced sentence
Canoe.ca - Oct 22, 2007
Since there are some benefits to responsible alcohol consumption and none to marijuana consumption I obviously don’t agree. Marijuana is never good for you. I’m all for those who understand the risks doing pretty much whatever they want. But people who don’t understand that marijuana is itself a dangerous and unhealthy product aren’t making an informed decisions… Since there are some benefits to responsible alcohol consumption and none to marijuana consumption I obviously don’t agree. Marijuana is never good for you. I’m all for those who understand the risks doing pretty much whatever they want. But people who don’t understand that marijuana is itself a dangerous and unhealthy product aren’t making an informed decisions. Matt, 2007-08-17 06:57:38Wayne
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False report results in drug bust
Akron Beacon Journal - Oct 22, 2007
Saturday responding to an anonymous call. The caller told police that there was a dead baby stuffed in a duffel bag inside the house. When police arrived they observed a large amount of marijuana in plain view. After securing a search warrant officers discovered an additional large stash of marijuana. In all, 70 pounds of marijuana were confiscated at the scene. In addition, police seized 120 grams of powdered Cocaine, digital scales and $3,759 in cash. Arrested and charged with drug trafficking were: James M… When police arrived they observed a large amount of marijuana in plain view. After securing a search warrant officers discovered an additional large stash of marijuana. In all, 70 pounds of marijuana were confiscated at the scene. In addition, police seized 120 grams of powdered Cocaine, digital scales and $3,759 in cash. Arrested and charged with drug trafficking were: James M. Hilliard, 33, Jason M. Craig, 30, and Damione D.
The Nelson Mail | Monday, 22 October 2007
Stuff.co.nz - Oct 22, 2007
This drug has been in our community for decades and its use is widely condoned. It would be naive to think that it hadn’t penetrated the social lives of a great many teenagers. The surprise this time is twofold: that a group of Nelson College boarders have taken their use of the drug to the point where they set up their own plantation on school grounds, and that the school has demonstrated an admirable maturity in its reaction. It is of course not good for this old-established and esteemed school’s reputation to have 11 boarders caught for using and growing cannabis… The audacious Grampians garden will become the stuff of minor legend - and who is to say that it was a first? But principal Gary O’Shea has shown a fine sense of perspective in saying that the 15 and 16-year-olds involved have “obviously made some very silly decisions over the last few months” and refusing to condemn them. Instead, he has pointed out that the school does not have a “one strike and you’re out policy”, preferring to offer counselling. This, and his willingness to publicly discuss the cannabis find, offer encouragement that the boys’ crimes will receive an appropriate punishment that won’t blight the rest of their lives. After all, though they won’t see it this way, they are barely out of childhood. Nelson police, too, have given a suitable response. The area commander, Inspector Brian McGurk, says that the boys will be dealt with in “a more educative than punitive” manner by police Youth Aid.