A report on jury reform is expected to be released in April, outlining the types of support needed for jurors.
Source: ‘I pulled away from my wife, my family,’ Jennifer Pan murder trial juror recalls
Maine State Trooper Saves Driver From Overdose on Interstate – This is uplifting. Good job, guys.
Douglas Cropper, a Maine state trooper, was hailed a hero after dramatic footage showed him pulling a driver over only to discover that he was overdosing on heroin. Cropper was on Interstate 295 in Portland at 6:15 a.m. when he spotted a Volkswagen Jetta traveling 15 mph over the speed limit. When he pulled the […]
Source: Maine State Trooper Saves Driver From Overdose on Interstate
WILL I BE ABLE TO TAKE WEED ACROSS THE BORDER WHEN IT’S LEGAL IN CANADA? – Duh. NO. Nothing has changed. “A Canadian whose clothes or car smells of pot will be hauled over for secondary questioning by American border officials.” Just like it is now.
“It becomes an issue if you make it one, but there’s no need to make it one because the border rules have not changed.”
Source: Canadian legal pot “should not be an issue” at U.S. border, Goodale says
PASSPORTONLINE.CA – If you need to renew your passport and think you can do it online, make sure you know that Passport Online is NOT a government agency.
A former employee of Passport Online and Pardons and Waivers of Canada tells CBC News the companies train workers to get as much money as possible from Canadians who could get the same services from the government for free.
Source: Canadians continue to be fooled by website that mimics government agency | CBC News
DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIJUANA? NOT REALLY! – Many criminal offences will remain. Learn what you can and cannot do and be careful out there! “An adult who possesses more than 30 grams of marijuana in public is a criminal. A youth who possesses more than five grams of marijuana is a criminal. An 18-year-old who passes a joint to his 17-year-old friend is a criminal. An adult who grows five marijuana plants is a criminal. And anyone who possesses non-government-approved marijuana is a criminal.”
Last week, the Liberal government’s half-hearted cannabis legislation passed second reading in the Senate.
Source: Pot bill’s sober second thought | Canadian Lawyer Mag
“GOOD PEOPLE DON’T SMOKE MARIJUANA” Jeff Sessions – The failed war on marijuana is back with a vengeance in the U.S. “Legal Marijuana is Supported by Every Group in America Except Jeff Sessions, Republicans, and Old People.”
LSD & PSILOCYBIN – Everything old is new again. It may be time that we look at a totally new, comprehensive and informed drug policy.
Researchers hope to open more minds about the potential of psychedelic drugs to combat anxiety, depression and other maladies
Source: LSD: A wonder drug once again?
BUDTENDERS – While police continue to arrest and charge these employees the Province of Ontario is hiring its own budtenders. Hypocrisy or an attempt to dominate the market?
Both police and the courts are beginning to question the wisdom of arresting illegal marijuana dispensary workers while the shops’ owners continue to thrive.
Source: Why arresting ‘budtenders’ won’t stop illegal pot shops | CBC News
HIV CRIMINALIZATION – The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has determined that “people with a low viral load are at negligible risk of transmitting the virus even if not using a condom, and therefore do not have a legal duty to disclose their status.”
The case affirms that people with a low viral load are at negligible risk for transmitting HIV
Source: Why this Nova Scotia boxer’s acquittal is big news for Canadian HIV criminalization
Youth Justice and the New Toronto Courthouse – This is an interesting view of the workings of our youth court system.
Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General is building a new courthouse in Toronto that will combine most of the city’s criminal courts, including all three youth courts, in one location downtown. Designed by a world-renowned architect and filled wit