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sensorika
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Feb 2006
Location: toronto
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| quote: | Originally posted by cenik
Fact: the vast majority of all drug-related offences in Canada each year are cannabis-related; and the vast majority of the latter offences are for personal possession.
Possession of marijuana has, in no sense of the word, been decriminalized in Canada. According to the letter of the law and law enforcement's willingness to lay charges for possession, having cannabis on your person or in your residence is illegal. Conditional discharges and probation--if I recall correctly--are the typical dispositions handed out upon conviction.
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ok what i said is still true- the police do not actively prosecute cannabis crimes for non trafficking. im not refering to the technicalities of the law and decriminilization. What i mean is that the police do not make it a priority to actively engage in prosecuting marijuana offences. They adhere to the law to where they have to its thier job but they dont care about possesion of a small amount of marijuana and do not want to use resources for this because its a waste of thier time.
Especially the RCMP. someone i know got busted for growing marijuana, he had like 40 plants and the rcmp told him it was a waste of time to aresst him. The only reason the police care about marijuana is when its involved with other crimes. So if people are getting arrested in regards to cannabis it usually because they are doing something stupid like driving while stoned. ok ill give u another example. just a few months ago two of the many potheads in my area where arrested for possesion, they were chaught smoking in the park. what happened, they were arrested taken to the station and then let go a few hours later. no charges, no prosecution, nothing other then taking down thier names.
You can talk about the law all day, but the reality of the world we live in is different. the fact is many people use marijuana and the police do not want to arrest everyone for possesion if they dont have to.
Your studying criminology right. isnt there something in regards to the law about how the law has to reflect society or something like that, well we are witnessing this first hand. The laws for cannabis do not reflect our society. many people use marijuana its the most popular recreational drug other then alcohol and its still illegal so it has to adapt to change and our current society. its interesting to see because if they change the marijuana laws its a step forward to consider adjusting other drug laws.
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Last edited by sensorika on May-04-2007 at 18:55
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May-04-2007 18:47
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