A message for Canadian stoners

No on S-10! Canada-Wide Rallies Against Conservative Drug Laws
By Jeremiah Vandermeer, Cannabis Culture - Monday, September 27 2010

Canada needs your help! On SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, marijuana activists are planning Canada-wide rallies to call attention to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservative government's Bill S-10, the disastrous drug bill that includes mandatory minimum sentences for marijuana offences.

Bill S-10, if passed, would bring American-style mandatory minimum sentences for marijuana to Canada for the first time, including an automatic 9-month jail sentence for growing as few as 6 plants, and an automatic 18-month sentence for sharing hash or pot cookies. Click here for a full list of new penalties under Bill S-10.

S-10 is currently on the back-burner at first reading in the Senate, but Conservatives are expected to push the bill harder as part of their planned overhaul of the Canadian justice system that would see increased arrests and expensive new prisons.

"We are trying to send the message to the recently returned Parliament that S-10 is something that is very much on our radar, and we want them to be paying attention too," rally organizer Jacob Hunter told Cannabis Culture. "We want to let everyone know the bill is out there and we don't want the Conservatives to sneak it in, unnoticed."

Stephen Harper and the Conservatives have been criticized by drug policy experts, scientists, and members of opposition parties for the introduction of mandatory minimum sentences, which have been the cause of much controversy south of the border.

"These mandatory minimum sentences against marijuana users will cost Canadian taxpayers billions of dollars, and for what?" Hunter said. "Marijuana is less harmful than alcohol or tobacco, and if legalized, would earn government billions in tax revenue."

Activists will be taking the fight to Conservative, Liberal, NDP, Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament's offices across the country to let lawmakers know that Canadians do not support bringing failed, American-style drug laws to Canada.

"We're asking people to rally at their Member of Parliament's offices," Hunter said. "MPs are supposed to be in their offices on Saturday to communicate with their constituents, but all too often they are not. If they're not there, let the public know that their taxes will be going up to throw marijuana users, including medical users, in jail."

http://cannabisculture.com/v2/conte...a-Wide-Rallies-Against-Conservative-Drug-Laws

 

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These laws are hardcore. They would be horrible.

 

Lunar, which one of us is picking up BBAD?

I will be doing my part.

This bill is ridiculous. Anyone who does not even wish to ever use weed should also be protesting on this one.

 

I don't currently use cannabis and I can't stomach the thought of these "laws". This is hardcore fascism. There is absolutely no use for this kind of persecution . These laws are insane and horribly asinine.

 

I know. I do not use but that anyone should come under these penalties is ridiculous. I am not sure how many people actually realize how much of a step backward this is to all freedoms. It is asinine that this is even being considered.

 

People tend not to take this very seriously but it is terribly serious. Stephen Harper is trying to turn us into the 51st United State and it isn't okay!

If this law passes, we as a "free country" are screwed. Say goodnight, better start praising the old red, white, and blue.

 

http://whyprohibition.ca/blogs/jacob-hunter/c-15-has-returned-now-called-s-10


they don't look so bad..anyone with more than six plants is probably not growing for personal use anyways

Harper will probably get my next vote anyways just for vowing to overturn the gun registry :ssmokeit:

 

He has been out to do that with his personal moral superiority since the beginning. This would be the feather in his cap.

I really do hope that people really pay attention to this bill as it is not going to stop there.

 

Why do you care if people sell to others? It doesn't affect your T4.

It won't. It will only ever get worse if this happens. It's all downhill from here. Harper has wanted us Americanized from the beginning.

 

it infects my neighborhood

 

You have that many growers in your neighborhood?

 

Cannabis is a plant that promotes good health and peace.

 

lots in the city and outlying areas....but no..my neighborhood is mostly infected with sellers not growers..last grow I seen on the news was over 7000 plants

 

Surely that didn't start problems.

 

Are you ready for the increase in your taxes in the next decade if this bill goes through to not only prosecute but to also jail these people with 7 plants?

I sure am not.

Instead it should be legalized for adults and small grows for personal use. This bill is a nightmare.

 

This bill and those who support it are willing to spend billions of tax dollars on throwing people in jail and enforcing maximum sentences.

 

well I better get my dual citizenship for Switzerland and move to Geneva if this passes....

 

:drool5:

 

Sorry BBAD meant to add that if you have problems in your area with that then that is not great either.

Around here there are some grow ops that get busted, actually quite a lot as I am in that corridor from Cornwall. Most people though don't grow vast amounts and it is personal use.