Fungii.com: Canada decriminalizing cannabis

May 27, 2003

Canada decriminalizing cannabis

The Liberals tabled legislation decriminalizing marijuana today. Yea! It's about time. Although I don't smoke weed anymore, I know a lot of people who do and I have no desire to see their lives ruined because they choose to smoke a joint after work rather than go for a beer.

Its not passed yet tho. And the TV newscast said the furthest it could get this session would be second reading. That means it would have to be passed in the fall session, assuming there is one. Justice Minister Martin Cauchon said he wants to get this bill passed by the end of the year, so hopefully it will get through. All parties in the house support this legislation, except the Alliance party, predictably enough. And all the candidates to succeed Chretien support it, so it looks good.

"Persons using this narcotic smoke the dried leaves of the plant, which has the effect of driving them completely insane. Addicts to this drug, while under its influence, are immune to pain, and could be severely injured without having any realization of their condition. While in this condition they become raving maniacs and are liable to kill or indulge in any form of violence to other persons, using the most savage methods of cruelty without, as said before, any sense of moral responsibility." » Emily Murphy, the first woman to become a Member of Parliament and one of the "Famous Five" who helped Canadian women become "persons" under the law, winning them the right to vote, was also an early anti-marijuana activist. In her 1922 book The Black Candle, Murphy called marijuana the "new menace."

And they say the weed today is so much more potent than the weed of yesteryear. Yeah, right!

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Posted by Fungii at May 27, 2003 06:56 PM |