All students arrested during a recent drug bust on the grounds of Amherst Regional High School will go through the youth restorative justice system or adult diversion. "It gives them a chance to get their lives back on track," said Staff Sgt. Scott White, during a telephone interview Wednesday. A total of 33 male and female students, ranging from 14 to 19 years of age, were arrested at the school on April 10, or shortly thereafter, following a week-long investigation by officers from the Amherst and Springhill police departments and the RCMP. [continues 194 words]
Students At Amherst Regional High School Are No Different From Teenagers Anywhere Else In The Province. The arrest and suspension of 36 students as a result of a drug raid at the school last week could happen at any high school, say the town's mayor, police and school board officials. "This issue is like the spoiled apples in a great big barrel," Mayor Robert Small said Thursday. "This is a school of high achievers, with great kids and a great staff and a small percentage of those who are doing wrong. [continues 298 words]
The Amherst-area man who believes marijuana cures cancer says he is seeking political refuge in Europe. In a video on his Phoenix Tears website, Rick Simpson said police raided his home Nov. 25 and will charge him in connection with items they seized. "If I return home, I will be arrested and put in jail without bail or medicine," Mr. Simpson wrote on his website. He travelled to Amsterdam last month to accept an award at the infamous Cannabis Cup festival, where marijuana growers vie for the approval of thousands of judges. [continues 360 words]
Legion Trouble Helping To Get Message Out About 'Amazing' Oil MACCAN - Rick Dwyer says officials with the provincial command of the Royal Canadian Legion were wrong to revoke the local legion's charter but he figures the action will nonetheless help all Canadians. "The attention to this story is going across Canada and that means people will find out about this hemp oil and what it can do to save lives," Mr. Dwyer said Sunday. He was referring to an essential oil a local man produces from the buds and leaves of the hemp plant. [continues 530 words]
TRURO -- The RCMP's drug section here will remain intact, but will be moving to neighbouring Bible Hill. Despite suggestions early this year that a review of RCMP resources could spell the end of the Truro section, an RCMP spokesman said Monday no officers from the drug section of the RCMP will be reallocated. "The decision was made not to move any positions. . . . That notion was abandoned," Const. Frank Skidmore said. Local politicians didn't know how to react to the news. [continues 368 words]
Charges Pending Against Two Men, Two Women After Raid, Police Say TRURO - Police have shut down what they allege was a crack house right across from an elementary school. Neighbours are breathing easier with the arrest of two men and two women in a 10 p.m. raid Thursday that netted police quantities of crack cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. "Look, I don't know anything about what happened and I don't want to know but I sure am glad things are quieter here," said one neighbour who asked not to be identified. [continues 245 words]
Supplement Approved But Health Canada Investigating Middle Sackville - Med Marijuana Inc.'s owners might have been spared a lot of grief if they'd sold their edible oil supplements under another name. Although the cannabis sativa oil gel caps, or hemp oil supplement, are a legal health-food supplement, Michael Patriquen and Melanie Stephen of Middle Sackville chose to keep the word marijuana in the company name. Health Canada says the company is under investigation about health claims suggesting, among other things, the supplement may thin the blood, which may prevent blood clots, heart attacks and stroke. [continues 428 words]
Health Canada Probing Low-Potency Pill Marketed By Marijuana Party Member Truro - Health Canada is investigating a Bedford company headed up by a key member of the Marijuana Party of Canada that is soliciting dealers for a food supplement made out of marijuana seeds. Michael Patriquen of Med Marijuana Inc. said his company is absolutely within the law to seek out potential marijuana "dealers" for a gel capsule containing oil from the pressed seeds of the cannabis sativa plant, more commonly known as marijuana. [continues 412 words]
