StoneMtn 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2010 Sunday, May 2, 20105 marijuana plants = 6 months mandatory prison? Tough on crime on the provincial dime ...Leave aside the obvious point -- five plants is more likely a kid in college than a small grow op -- note the sentence will send the hapless marijuana cultivator to Provincial custody. Tough on crime but on the provincial dime. So long as Canadian law keeps marijuana illegal, grow ops will continue and they are dangerous. But grow ops have at least 60 plants -- usually far more. The cut-off of five plants is absurd. Tories may revive minimum pot sentences as part of tough-on-crime agenda By Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The Tories are poised to revive a bill that would impose mandatory-minimum sentences on people convicted of growing small numbers of pot plants. The Conservative government will re-introduce its drug bill this week in the Senate, as part of its continued re-tabling of tough-on-crime legislation that died when the last Parliament was prorogued. Justice Minister Rob Nicholson dropped broad hints Sunday that the new legislation would revive a controversial provision — a mandatory six-month sentence for people convicted of growing as few as five pot plants. Posted by James C Morton at 10:06 PM http://bit.ly/cIaYDL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phishtaper 5 Report post Posted May 3, 2010 what about drunk driving and in possession of cocaine? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StoneMtn 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2010 It sounds to me like you need to call a lawyer for yourself, phishtaper. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nibbler 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2010 -it won't be a problem for you so long as you're a registered member of the Conservative Party Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northern Wish 63 Report post Posted May 3, 2010 Or join the Conservative Party!Hmmm, so plant 4 of some extreme variety that produces a pound per plant. I believe Power Plant and White Rhino would do nicely.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
localcrew 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2010 It's not hard to come to the conclusion that the Conservatives are in the pocket of organized crime..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carstairs 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2010 I couldn't possibly have anything to do with the Harper government's agenda of setting up a U.S.-style private prison system. http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n157/a05.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
