Comments on: Poor Solutions

By: Tye

Tye — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:17:58 +0000

Actually marijuana was stricken from the CDSA Schedule 2 and deemed of no force and effect back in 2000 from the Parker case. They gave parliament 1 year to revise or reenact marijuana into the CDSA which parliament did nothing. The MMAR was their “quick fix”, which is itself invalid as it goes against section 7 of the charter. The right to life, liberty and security.

They basically say “yeah you can possess marijuana, but we’re not giving you a legal means to obtain it unless you buy it from us”. Thus violating the right to liberty and security.

MANY people have had their charges dismissed because of this. From simple possession of 1 gram to even safe injection sites in Vancouver (not marijuana but used the same argument).

So technically marijuana ISN’T illegal. Though the problem here is the police are still going out and charging people on a charge that doesn’t exist, simply to give users (both medically and recreational) the hassles…. though at the same time costing the tax payers tons of money and wasting the courts time.

So technically there is no law to possess or cultivate marijuana.

If you choose to go with marijuana for your pain you could always apply to grow your own medicine or appoint someone as a designated grower for you. This eliminates the use of the 1 strain the government gives you or the risk of using compassion clubs. Though there are some compassion clubs that do deliver, in person or by mail, so you could avoid the risk of going to the compassion club.

By: Steph

Steph — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:01:16 +0000

Ah yes, there is no love lost between the RCMP and myself either. What an epic waste of time!

By: nikk

nikk — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:00:56 +0000

Shannon your level of cool amazes me. If cops had come to my house treating me like that I would have probably not been able to keep my cool.

In california medical weed is pretty damn good. most of its better than the street stuff I’ve smoked.

What are the general rules on growing in vancouver? Here since I have a med card i can grow 15 plants at a time.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:11:58 +0000

You may be interested in an episode of White Coat, Black Art, a radio program on CBC. It aired on December 12th called, the Problem with Pain. They discussed chronic pain and the problem faced by those who aren’t getting they’re needed pain killers to manage the pain.

https://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/whitecoat_20091212_24417.mp3

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:57:21 +0000

Elizabeth, no, it’s not LEGAL, it’s just that the authorities treat it as largely decriminalized and on the whole don’t prosecute personal use (recreational or medicinal). They’ve made the decision that it’s not what they want to spend their police resouces on — but the can arrest if they choose to as far as I know. I’m sure there’s a good wiki entry that explains the fuzzy reality.

By: J@son

J@son — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:21:40 +0000

Respect to your calmness Glider.
I’m constantly amazed at all the english speakers who don’t understand plain english enough such that they flame me over the web for what I say even though I didn’t say it.
If the cops appeared at my door as a result of that I think I would be apoplexic!

I respect the ability to stay calm in the face of adversity and absurdity.

By: Joan

Joan — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:44:40 +0000

wow when I first started to read this I was concerned that it had something to do with my “procedure” that was taped for BME and released that you blogged about

Stupid and pointless, all of it

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:27:26 +0000

Isnt it (marijuana) legal in Vancouver?

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:38:57 +0000

Joshua, no, I’m not on any list according to them. They just mentioned that I “could” be if they wanted to be asses.

By: wlfdrgn

wlfdrgn — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:23:38 +0000

I wonder if you could take the marijuana you can get legally, then distill it (check out the process for making your own “liquid smoke”) to get rid of the negative effects.

By: Zandelion

Zandelion — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:36:59 +0000

I’m already on some kind of flight list, although it’s not too inconvenient. I simply cant use the automatic check in machines even if I’m only taking carry-on luggage. I always have to go up to a desk.

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:15:40 +0000

I can’t recommend the “Don’t talk to cops” videos enough.

By: Joshua Bartalomy

Joshua Bartalomy — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:01:40 +0000

Dammit, this was my fear for you. The world is not fair. I hope you’re future travel plans don’t get problematic but I can’t say I’m surprised that they may.