"We're here. We're high. Get used to it,"
 

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Canadian pot protesters join global march
Last Updated Sat, 03 May 2003 20:00:05
TORONTO - Hundreds of Canadians, some smoking marijuana, held rallies in several cities Saturday, and repeated calls to make possession of cannabis legal.

INDEPTH: Marijuana Laws

"We're not criminals," said one man during a march in Toronto. Protests were also held in Vancouver and Montreal.

"We're here. We're high. Get used to it," said another man.

Organizers expected people in as many as 100 cities around the world to join what they called the "Million Marijuana March" ? but the crowds were relatively small in Canada, and it was not clear what fraction of that figure actually took part in rallies.

On April 29, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien announced plans to decriminalize marijuana ? making possession of small amounts similar to a minor traffic violation. People would be fined but wouldn't wind up with criminal records.

Protester puffs during pot march

"It's definitely a step in the right direction," said a woman at a rally in Toronto on Saturday.

People who back Ottawa's plan argue that the country is wasting its time trying to prosecute the roughly two million Canadians who use marijuana, according to Osgoode Hall Law Professor Alan Young. The justice system ends up "chasing something that is relatively harmless," he told CBC News.


FROM MAY 2, 2003: U.S. warns Canada against easing pot laws
FROM APRIL 29, 2003: PM says pot soon to be decriminalized

But some police officers consider possession of pot too serious an offence to remove from the Criminal Code, arguing that it's often linked to drug trafficking and other illegal activity.

"We feel we're sending the wrong message to our kids out there," said Mike Niebudek, an RCMP officer and one of the vice-presidents of the Canadian Police Association.

The Supreme Court of Canada is scheduled to begin hearings next week into whether the country's marijuana possession laws are Constitutional. Some lawyers think the case will be postponed now that the federal government has announced plans to change the penalty for possessing small amounts of the drug.

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/news/2003/...rijuana_030503

why not legalize cocain and heroin too. why should users of those drugs be left out.

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I'd stand beside them.

More people should get actively involved.

Or at least make a donation to NORML.

So many pot smokers could easily drop in a few coins and really help make a difference.

Do your part.

http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3454

because nobody cares about that slut you call mom.

Your mom is a slut? Sorry to hear that. You'll get over it one day.

Dude...thanks for putting me in your sig. I like it. Thanks for hanging on my jock....

a big part of why drug control was implemented in the first place was the fact that we simply couldn't handle them, not neccessarily having anything to do with the effect of the drug.

most people has no respect for the drugs they take and so they take too much or the wrong combinations or whatever.

it's a pity, certain drugs can really help you figure things out.

(yeah I'm mainly talking about mushrooms here, it's a religious experience)

So, you're not denying that your mom is a slut. Cool.