Canada renews plan to decriminalise pot possession
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The Canadian government has signalled its intention to re-introduce legislation to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
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OTTAWA, Nov. 1 -- Canada&#39;s Liberal government reintroduced legislation Monday to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, drawing criticism that this could prompt a clampdown at the US border.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Impatient pot-heads, high enough to think they can force the legalization of marijuana, are ruining a relaxed relationship with police by brazenly buying and selling weed in a downtown cafe, says one legalization activist.
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Canada&#39;s governing Liberal Party re- introduced a bill decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana and hashish, in contrast with harsher US penalties.
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The United States could drain Canada of  its cheaper prescription drugs as the result of new U.S.  measures, the Ontario Pharmacists' Association said on  Thursday.
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Canadian Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh on Tuesday said that national authorities would continue a &quot;crackdown&quot; against online pharmacies that sell prescription drugs to US residents, but provincial officials appeared &quot;to adopt a softer line&quot; with the
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Scotland's drugs minister announces he is "sympathetic" to the reclassification of cannabis.
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Two in five 15-year-olds has in the UK has tried cannabis, which is more than anywhere else in Europe, figures show. About one in 10 of this age group have smoked pot at least 40 times in the last year, says
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Second review in two years into whether cannabis should be reclassified.
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The mayor of the Dutch city of Maastricht wants to ban all 16 cannabis cafs in the city centre and set up a "weed boulevard" to keep drug tourists and criminals out of town, his spokesperson said on Friday.
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Marijuana use in Canada doubled over the last decade, according to the newly released Canadian Addiction Survey. It found that 14 percent of respondents used marijuana in the last year, compared to 7.4 percent in 1994, the Canadian Press reported.
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California's "ganja guru" will not have to go to jail but still plans to appeal felony marijuana convictions with the aim of renewing a courtroom fight over state and federal laws that are sharply at odds.
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The British government will introduce new laws to fight crime, terror and drugs in the run up to the next general election. The legislative programme outlined in the Queen&#39;s speech includes plans to introduce
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Federal agents trailed Sparky Rose as he drove a Porsche Carrera convertible to his medical marijuana clinic. Under California law, clinics are supposed to dispense marijuana just to seriously ill people and clinic owners are to get only "reasonable compensation." But to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the sports car suggested that Rose might be pocketing big money from his purportedly nonprofit clinic, New Remedies Cooperative.
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Canada to ban and restrict toxic chemicals    OTTAWA, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Canada will seek to clean up the environment by banning and restricting dangerous chemicals in a four- year chemicals management program, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Friday.
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The federal government has reintroduced a bill to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. It means persons caught with 15 grams of marijuana or less will face a fine rather than a criminal charge.
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Canada's lower house Wednesday passed a revised anti-terrorism law that remains one of the country's most contentious, allowing the government to detain foreign terror suspects indefinitely without disclosing evidence against them.