CN ON: Sweeps Show Less Drug Activity In City High Schools
Hamilton Spectator, 01 Feb 2012 - Hamilton police say the results of their 2011 high school drug sweeps show drug activity in city high schools is down by almost half compared to the previous year. Various officers conducted 103 drug sweeps at all city high schools last year and seized 143.3 grams (5.05 ounces) of marijuana and charged 11 youths.
Chilliwack Times, 31 Jan 2012 - I would like to clarify a few issues regarding the Health Canada Medicinal Marihuana Access Regulations (MMAR) program. Physicians do not "prescribe pot." Every Canadian citizen qualifies automatically for MMAR if they meet the Health Canada criteria-anyone providing evidence of a qualifying condition, and/or anyone who's been to a specialist for their condition. This has nothing to do with the doctor's views on the matter-patients either qualify or they do not.
The Gulf News, 30 Jan 2012 - On Thursday morning, news broke that Port aux Basques RCMP had seized a large quantity of marijuana and ecstasy from a house in Port aux Basques. The story posted to The Gulf News website went slightly viral, at least in local terms, gathering over four thousand hits in a few hours. Few stories get that many hits in a week.
CN MB: Grow-Ops On The Rise In Manitoba, Mounties Say
The Metro, 30 Jan 2012 - Police are doing what they can to attack the organized criminals behind the drug trade, as well as growers and traffickers, RCMP say One of Canada's top Mounties says more drug traffickers from across Canada are setting up elaborate and sophisticated grow-ops in rural Manitoba bankrolled by organized crime.
Winnipeg Sun, 28 Jan 2012 - Communities must take on bigger role in fight against drugs: RCMP RCMP are trying to tackle what they call a "disturbing trend" surrounding elaborate marijuana grow operations in Manitoba, after last year seizing enough pot plants to almost cover a football field.
CN ON: Drug Dealer Threw Up Blood Before Accusing Police Of Beating
Toronto Star, 26 Jan 2012 - A drug dealer was bleeding from his forehead and throwing up blood before he alleged drug squad detectives "beat the s---" out of him, according to a police officer. Christopher Quigley was in a police station cell shortly after 4 a.m. on May 1, 1998, complaining of sore ribs and difficulty breathing, according to notes taken at the time by Const. Marc Lefebvre.
Peace Arch News, 26 Jan 2012 - In the last month, Surrey has seen eight shootings, four of them fatal. Police say it's been an unfortunate spike in gun violence, but they also note that's how violent crime presents itself - in peaks and valleys.
CN MB: 'Drugs Killed My Youngest Son': A Mother's Endless Pain
Winnipeg Free Press, 28 Jan 2012 - WHEN Lori Davis spoke, her dead son Chad was beside her, in a dark wooden box. "I've been asked to provide a glimpse on the effects of drugs on a family," Davis told the media and others assembled at an RCMP news conference Friday. "So I will begin by introducing Chad. His urn of ashes is here on my left and is the only physical reminder my husband and I have of Chad. Drugs killed my youngest son.'
Lethbridge Herald, 26 Jan 2012 - Marijuana decriminalization may be prominent on party platforms on the federal political landscape, but it's not necessarily on the minds of southern Albertans. While the federal Liberals and now the NDP have both announced their official support for the decriminalization of the drug, a recent poll of Albertans shows pot advocates are still in the minority. In 2011, only 39.5 per cent of Albertans polled were in favour of decriminalizing marijuana for recreational use, versus 76.5 per cent in favour of medical marijuana, which is already legal.