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Premier no fan of pot motion

02.04.07|winnipegfreepress.com

PREMIER Gary Doer says he is not a fan of the idea of decriminalizing marijuana.
A resolution up for debate at the NDP's weekend convention called for small amounts of the drug to be decriminalized. The issue is within federal jurisdiction so the resolution specifically calls for the provincial government to push for the decriminalization.

The former Liberal government had begun moving in that direction but the idea was shelved when the Tories took office in January 2006.

And Doer said Saturday he doesn't think it should be revisited because it would affect Canadians' ability to cross the U.S. border.

"I'm not in favour of decriminalizing marijuana because I think there is a real issue of Canada-U.S. relations," said Doer. "We're trying to deal with issues of the border and issues of passports and trying to have an agreement with the United States and I don't think this helps it at this point in time."

The premier said he's never tried marijuana.

 

reggie_the_dog

come on, stand up for yourself, and say that you live in Canada and you don't give a damn the US government will hassle you, and remind the USA that cannabis is legal in Alaska, which shares a frontier with Canada, and that perhaps you might want to tighten border crossings with the USA as a result.

Buzzby

The Canadian government has much more important things to worry about than the freedom of people to smoke pot. Canada and the US are major trading partners and anything that threatens to interrupt that relationship could have serious negative impacts on the economy.

Where did you get that idea? In Alaska you can't be prosecuted if you have an ounce or less in your own home. Walk out the door with any amount and it's a possession offense.

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reggie_the_dog

Even in public, if it is in your pocket its in private. If you are smoking in the street it is in public view. Also you can grow 20 plants in your yard if you want, so that one ounce limit is trumped by the 20 plant limit. The constitution of Alaska nullifies the law, its about privacy. The law cannot limit your privacy so the law was declared unconstitutional.

Canada is not talking about legalizing, they would just put their laws more in line with states like California, Ohio, Colorado.

lilgrasshoppah

because a trading partner is trying its hand at extortion....

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Buzzby

The Alaska law specifically states that in order for that ounce to be legal it must be in your residence.

reggie_the_dog

Ok, but still, the USA is crying about Canada PERHAPS going decrim.

Well, medical cannabis is legal in Washington, Alaska, and Montana, they border Canada. In addittion cannabis is decriminalized in Minnesota, Maine, New York, Alaska, and Ohio (where you can have 100 grams and get a ticket of 100 dollars, or 200 grams and get a misdemenor fine of 200 to 400 dollars). These states all border Canada.