Pubdate: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB) Copyright: 2007 The Calgary Sun Contact: http://www.calgarysun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67 Author: Pablo Fernandez, Calgary Sun PROVINCE LOOKS TO HANG UP ON DIAL-A-DOPERS WITH NEW LEGISLATION Selling drugs from the driver's seat will cost dealers their wheels under legislation which could be approved this year, the province's new solicitor general said yesterday. The new legislation, proposed last year by Red Deer MLA Mary Anne Jablonski, would see dial-a-dopers lose their cars on the spot. The drug dealer law is similar to Bill 206, which was implemented last Oct. 23 and gives cops the power to confiscate vehicles from johns caught soliciting prostitutes. Solicitor General Fred Lindsay said Bill 206 has been an effective tool and he thinks the dial-a-doper solution would also be successful. "Police already have the authority to do that ... the proceeds from crimes legislation is already in place," he said. "But this would make it even easier to do that." Dial-a-dopers carve niches by being available via telephone and delivering drugs. They are a large part of the booming market for crack cocaine in the city, according to police, as the drug becomes popular with people who tend not to frequent street dealers. Lindsay said he hopes the proposal will become law during the coming spring sitting of the legislature. - --- MAP posted-by: Elaine