Yeah - might want to hold off on that for now ... http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1070925607028&call_pageid=968332188492
-p ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Meehan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 7:54 PM Subject: Marijuana once again legal in Ontario, Canada > An unforeseen consequence of government incompetence. > > http://ontario.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=25324 > > TORONTO - Ontario Consumers for Safe Access to Recreational Cannabis is happy to > inform consumers that, because of Health Canada's failure to implement > constitutional Medical Marijuana Access Regulations, wide-open marijuana > legalization is back in Ontario! > > "The police will likely still have their 'business as usual' public relations > line, but since Health Canada has defied the order of the Ontario Court of > Appeal by not allowing a grower to supply multiple patients, as ordered, the > MMAR is unconstitutional," said Tim Meehan, communications director of OCSARC. > > "Because it's unconstitutional, that means that according to the Parker decision > by the same court in 2000, the possession of marijuana law is dead once again." > > OCSARC reminds people that while they might still be arrested and prosecuted by > police and prosecutors who refuse to acknowledge the status of the law, they may > seek substantial financial compensation later. "This is a notice to police that > while they do have the power to arrest harmless marijuana smokers, they will be > doing so at their own peril. Cannabis consumers will not allow themselves to be > treated as second class citizens, and many will be armed with legal information > and representation in case the harassment continues," said Meehan. > > OCSARC (Ontario Consumers for Safe Access to Recreational Cannabis) is a > Toronto-based organization working to end prohibition and promote reasonab le and > responsible regulation and quality assurance in the cannabis market.