Canadians favour marijuana legalization, curious about products, survey shows Canadians favour marijuana legalization, curious about products, survey shows Canadians appear to have an appetite for marijuana-infused munchies, according to a new survey that found a healthy majority both supported the legalization of recreational pot use but had clear concerns about children's access to edible products containing cannabis. The poll by researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax found that about 68 per cent of people across the country favour the impending legalization of pot, with the bulk of that support in B.C. and Ontario. [continues 417 words]
HALIFAX - Marijuana remains the drug of choice for members of the Canadian army, based on the Force's latest blind drug testing report that also found cocaine is gaining popularity among some members. The report, done between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2013, found the overall drug consumption rate has been relatively stable since 2010 but suggested young, non-commissioned members were more prone to do drugs. The findings, contained in a 42-page report obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, included testing for 11 controlled substances at 26 Armed Forces units across the country. There were 4,198 participants from most ranks and age groups. [continues 246 words]
HALIFAX * Marijuana remains the drug of choice for members of the Canadian army, based on the Force's latest blind drug testing report that also found cocaine is gaining popularity among some members. The report, done between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2013, found the overall drug consumption rate has been relatively stable since 2010 but suggested young, non-commissioned members were more prone to do drugs. The findings, contained in a 42-page report, included testing for 11 controlled substances at 26 Armed Forces units across the country. There were 4,198 participants from most ranks and age groups. [continues 295 words]
HALIFAX - Marijuana remains the drug of choice for members of the Canadian army, based on the force's latest blind drug testing report that also found cocaine is gaining popularity among some members. The report, done between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2013, found the overall drug consumption rate has been relatively stable since 2010 but suggested young, non-commissioned members were more prone to do drugs. The findings, contained in a 42 page report obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, included testing for 11 controlled substances at 26 Armed Forces units across the country. There were 4,198 participants from most ranks and age groups. [continues 200 words]
About 94 Per Cent of Soldiers Showed Clean in Testing HALIFAX - Marijuana remains the drug of choice for members of the Canadian army, based on the Force's latest blind drug testing report that also found cocaine is gaining popularity among some members. The report, done between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2013, found the overall drug consumption rate has been relatively stable since 2010 but suggested young, non-commissioned members were more prone to do drugs. The findings, contained in a 42-page report obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, included testing for 11 controlled substances at 26 Armed Forces units across the country. There were 4,198 participants from most ranks and age groups. [continues 335 words]
HALIFAX -- Police are trying to control what they say is a bloody rivalry in Halifax between drug gangs that has seen shots ring out in front of a children's hospital and another hospital's emergency department forced into lockdown twice in two weeks. The police department says it has devoted unprecedented resources into investigating the series of incidents, which also involves shots fired at a pizza parlour in nearby Spryfield. "We have seen violence in the drug trade before," Constable Jeff Carr said. "The difference this time is that they've brought their dispute into very public places, which is alarming." [continues 727 words]
Mafia, Biker Gangs Earning Huge Profits From Marijuana Farming, High-Tech Fraud HALIFAX -- Organized crime groups are extending their reach across Canada by merging with other outlaw gangs, using more sophisticated technology to perpetrate fraud and expanding lucrative marijuana-growing operations, according to a new intelligence report. Mobs and motorcycle gangs continue to rank as the most active criminal organizations as they move into high-tech, money-laundering pursuits and increase their involvement in illicit marijuana cultivation, says the document prepared by Criminal Intelligence Service Canada. [continues 614 words]
HALIFAX -- Organized crime groups are extending their reach across Canada by merging with other outlaw gangs, using more sophisticated technology to conduct fraud and expanding lucrative marijuana grow operations, says a new intelligence report. Mobs and biker gangs continue to rank as the most active criminal organizations as they move into high-tech money-laundering pursuits and increase their involvement in illicit marijuana cultivation, says the document prepared by Criminal Intelligence Service Canada. "The highest level of criminal organizations are involved in this and there are huge amounts of money being made," RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli said yesterday after releasing the report in Halifax. [continues 187 words]
HALIFAX - In an unusual legal case, a Nova Scotia judge ruled Tuesday that the rights of a man who uses marijuana to treat chronic pain would not be violated if he were sent to prison and cut off from his steady supply of the drug. Michael Patriquen, 49, of Halifax failed to convince the Supreme Court justice that she should delay sentencing him for drug trafficking so he could argue in a special hearing that his charter rights would be trampled if he were sent to a federal penitentiary and denied access to medicinal marijuana. [continues 716 words]
Nova Scotia Cabinet Minister Says Matter Is Now Irrelevant HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's education minister issued a stunningly honest statement yesterday detailing her addiction to intravenous drugs more than 20 years ago and the price she paid for it, including the loss of her son. Her voice cracking at times, Jane Purves told reporters she started using drugs in her teens, became addicted to hard drugs and lost custody of her only child for several years. She has since reconciled with her son, now 29. [continues 289 words]
