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Jacob Hunter on CKNW talking about Insite Decision
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Cannabis AM with Jacob and Mandy
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Wed, 01/13/2010 - 11:46amBill C-15 nails tenants growing medicinal marijuana
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Wed, 12/23/2009 - 10:04am
By Matthew Burrows, Georgia Straight
About one-third of the 24 cultivators contracted to grow medicinal marijuana exclusively for the B.C. Compassion Club Society will be affected if the minority Conservative government’s Bill C-15 becomes law. The bill is seeking mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders.
Jacob Hunter, policy director of the Beyond Prohibition Foundation, told the Georgia Straight by phone that as a result of Senate amendments, growers who own homes can cultivate up to 200 plants and not face a mandatory minimum. “If they are renting, however, and even if they are a medicinal grower, one plant is a nine-month mandatory minimum,” he said.
Jeet-Kei Leung, communications coordinator at the society’s Commercial Drive cannabis dispensary, told the Straight “there are a dozen different ways in which this is bad news.”
Leung dismissed the Conservatives for being “stuck in the 1950s”. However, he didn’t spare the federal Liberals, who have almost unanimously followed the governing party through three readings of Bill C-15 in the House of Commons. If the House approves Senate amendments, only royal assent separates the bill from becoming law.
Bill C-15 proposing a mandatory minimum sentence for drug offences
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Sun, 12/20/2009 - 9:59am
Groups opposing the bill claim it is more harmful then helpful
By. Britt Carlsen
So what is Hunter's group proposing? He says his groups aim is a regulated, taxed and legal marketplace for cannabis. Hunter believes that prohibition is causing more dangerous effects to our society than marijuana ever could and he's not the only one. When asked about what he thought of the proposed Bill C-15 Vancouver's so-called Prince of Pot, Mark Emery, said anything that puts people in jail for drugs is going to fill prisons.
Image: Alcohol vs Marijuana
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 6:21pm
Jacob responds to John Martin Vancouver Sun Oped
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 2:42pm
John Martin, a self-described criminologist, wrote in the Vancouver Sun that credible criminologists “refuse to concede that locking up criminals for lengthy periods of time had anything whatsoever to do with the plummeting crime rate south of the border”.
Plummeting crime rate? From 1980 until 2007 the US violent crime rate remained mostly steady, increasing for a period from 1988 to 1998, then returning to the levels seen throughout the 1980s. Overall from 1980 to 2007, the US violent crime rate actually increased by 5%.
The US Prison population has increased an astounding 398% from 1980 to 2007. The United States now imprisons more people than any other country, at a cost of $60 Billion dollars per year.
Jacob responds to Jon Ferry on David Nutt firings
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 9:29am
Mr Ferry,
While I strongly disagree with you about the latitude which should be afforded scientists in the policy process, I do understand your position.
That being said, why do you not come out strongly when the RCMP (Or, as it was last week, the OPP) issue press releases with unsubstantiated and alarmist statements about the danger of marijuana cultivation facilities?
Last week, the OPP Commissioner issued a press release that have a number of "scare-points" which directly contradict both the scientific evidence and national police statistics. That same police commissioner has repeatedly asked for larger budgets. This press release was issued by the OPP, not by a police union. Public money being used to lobby.
Second chance to tell Parliament to Vote No on Bill C-15
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Fri, 03/13/2009 - 2:08pmClick here to email Members of Parliament! WhyProhibition.ca now has a form emailer for Members of Parliament! Check out the link above to send an email to members of parliament opposing C-15, which is now headed back to the House of Commons having been amended, very slightly, by the Senate. Simply scroll down to the bottom of the letter, fill in the fields and click send! It's that simple! If your account info is up to date, the form is automatically filled in for you! We need everyone to send emails to our Members of Parliament if we are going to defeat C-15! Email your members of Parliament today!
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