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F1234K
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Canadians face new drug laws
#7662257 - 11/21/07 10:34 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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The Conservative government unveiled historic legislation Tuesday to create the first mandatory prison terms in Canada for people convicted of trafficking illicit drugs.
The proposed changes are the newest chapter in the Harper government's sweeping crackdown on crime, which includes bills before Parliament to toughen rules for repeat violent offenders, to keep accused young offenders in jail before their trials, and now to impose automatic prison penalties on serious drug offenders.
Canada's Controlled Drugs and Substances Act currently contains no mandatory prison sentences for anyone convicted under the act. Judges use their own discretion about whether to send drug pushers and growers to jail.
However, the new bill proposes:
- A one-year mandatory jail term for dealing drugs while using a weapon, or for dealing drugs in support of organized crime;
- A two-year mandatory term for dealing cocaine, heroin or methamphetamines to young people, or for dealing them near a school or any place young people are known to frequent;
- A mandatory six-month sentence for growing as little as one marijuana plant, for the purposes of trafficking;
- A two-year mandatory term for running a marijuana grow operation of at least 500 plants;
- A doubling of the maximum prison term for cannabis production from seven to 14 years.
The Conservatives are also proposing to allow judges to exempt certain offenders from mandatory prison terms, on condition that they complete drug treatment court programs.
Drug treatment courts are designed to help non-violent offenders who have trafficked in small amounts of drugs in order to support their addictions overcome their drug habits.
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said Tuesday the changes in the sentencing provisions are designed to target the people the government considers at the root of the drug supply problem: large-scale growers and traffickers, organized crime groups and people who push drugs on children and teenagers.
"We've made it very clear that those individuals who are in the business of exploiting other people through organized crime and other aggravating factors -- through this bill, we want to get serious with those individuals and send the right message to them . . . you will be doing jail time," he said. "We want to put organized crime out of business in this country."
But one expert says the changes will only help organized crime groups do more business.
"Tougher penalties for people who produce and traffic drugs will only scare the ma-and-pa producers, and organized crime will fill the gap," says Eugene Oscapella, a criminal lawyer who teaches drug policy at the University of Ottawa.
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usefulidiot13
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: F1234K]
#7662332 - 11/21/07 11:00 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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what the fuck canada?
putting more people in jail isnt the answer!
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: usefulidiot13]
#7662943 - 11/21/07 01:06 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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no shit right. that fucking sucks! i mean it wont effect me for shit but still. i heard a few years ago that E was coming from some organized china men mafia ring in Canada and it was the largest operation for E in the world. dont know if its true its just what i heard. you know what though, ive always got my shit from a china man.
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: emilbus]
#7663038 - 11/21/07 01:26 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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How can you be trafficking with one plant?
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: oso]
#7663071 - 11/21/07 01:35 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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the conservative goverment will turn canada into the same mess the rest of the western world is in. and it was such a nice place as well.
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: tosatori]
#7663139 - 11/21/07 01:51 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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AHHHH FUCK!
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: ultimo101]
#7663309 - 11/21/07 02:36 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Don't they realize that marijuana is a symbol for their country's politics, and that by playing this card, they look like America's little bitch sister?
They need to grow some, and stop doing what we tell them to do, especially when they frequently point out how "moronic" (to quote the last canadian article) our drug policies are.
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: shroom_ninja]
#7663840 - 11/21/07 04:49 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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this is fucking bullshit. i'm not impressed. harper can suck my balls.
got a link for this?
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: today mylove]
#7663911 - 11/21/07 05:09 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: spock1]
#7664831 - 11/21/07 08:53 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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oh god...
sorry Canada!
this is really too bad. soon they'll create the Amero and start enforcing the North American Union...
That really sucks for Canada.
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: monstermitch]
#7665133 - 11/21/07 10:46 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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This is great news for America, now the Mexican growers can move further north into America, and grow it in America where its more safe. I don't know whether the DEA is going to get rich, or be overwhelmed and this gets out of hand.
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: TheJakeyl88]
#8133886 - 03/11/08 08:36 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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God damnit, my plan was to move to Canada because of the more lax drug laws. I really hope this isn't the first step towards a major major crackdown and they are still nice to the small-time drug user.
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: archetype]
#8135688 - 03/12/08 05:57 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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bummer. why Canada?
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: ManianFH]
#8141888 - 03/13/08 03:38 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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because canada is really no different than the US
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: Prisoner#1]
#8149092 - 03/15/08 11:33 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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I hate Harper, Canada is gonna go to shit with this fruit in power.
Hes Bush's little bitch is what he is. Hes buying all new military equipment and all and fucking with the drug laws and all. I love Canada, I hate the US and I sure will hate it if Canada goes down the road America went down.
I hate American laws and government btw not the people.
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: hpi]
#8156180 - 03/17/08 05:12 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'm voting Liberal
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: monstermitch]
#8156280 - 03/17/08 06:35 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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> soon they'll create the Amero and start enforcing the North American Union...
That is exactly what I was thinking...
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Re: Canadians face new drug laws [Re: F1234K]
#8157379 - 03/17/08 01:14 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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These are only propsed changes, and there's a good chance they will not pass.
Canadians also should remember to vote Liberal in the next election, and get everyone they know to do the same.
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Prisoner#1 said: because canada is really no different than the US
Sounds like you haven't been to Canada.
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