KITCHENER — A judge gave a young Kitchener pot smoker a small lecture on Friday while alluding to the Liberal promise to legalize marijuana.

Justice Colin Westman told Goran Jazic, 19, that marijuana has medicinal value but, similar to alcohol, it can have a "negative impact," especially with long-term use.

Jazic, who attended Wilfrid Laurier University for a year, is intelligent, the judge said.

"Don't compromise it with this stuff," Westman told him. "To succeed in this world, you have got to have all your wits about you."

Westman noted the Liberal government will likely legalize marijuana soon.

Why do we need to decriminalise cannabis to recognise its medicinal qualities?

That’s the question posed by the Health and Social Care Minister who’s responded after the issue sparked a debate in the House of Keys.

Qualified chemist, and Speaker of the House, Steve Rodan agrees – he says self-medicating is unwise, but it makes sense to extract benefit from the drug.

Drugs with cannabinoid ingredients are already available on prescription – Howard Quayle says his stance is clear:

BAY CITY, MI — A Bangor Township couple is facing felony charges due to police alleging they ran a large scale illegal medical marijuana operation.

Sandra K. Dabrowski, 63, and David A. Dabrowski, 64, are both charged with delivering or manufacturing marijuana. The charge is a four-year felony.

According to court records contained in police reports, the Bay Area Narcotics Enforcement Team — or BAYANET — received a tip via CrimeStoppers that the Dabrowskis were running an illegal marijuana operation out of their home in the 2900 block of Bangor Road. The tipster estimated there were about 100 plants, according to court records.

Agartala, Nov. 6 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF), along with state administration, police and forest officials, on Friday destroyed 1.25 lakh Marijuana plants worth approximately Rs. 19 crore at Sitakola Kamlasagar village in Sepahijala district of Tripura.

Based on a specific input from field G team of the BSF Gakulnagar, the forces seized Marijuana.

The team was led by N P Singh, DC (G) BSF, and assisted by police, TSR, civil administration and forest officials.

This is the third big destruction of marijuana plants in less than 15 days in Sephijala district.

A Rugby man who turned an empty flat into a drugs factory has had his Appeal Court challenge to his prison term kicked out by top judges.

Malkesh Lad, 28, was caught out after police raided a flat in Biart Place and found it had been converted for growing cannabis last December.

Although he claimed it was his home, police said the flat appeared to have no function other than to produce drugs.

Lad pleaded guilty to cannabis production and was jailed for two years at Warwick Crown Court in August.

He appealed, but was told by top judges that the sentence was richly deserved.

Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled on marijuana use on November 4. 

In a 4-to-1 vote, the first chamber of Mexico’s Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling on November 4 that allowed for limited legalization of recreational marijuana use. While the ruling only grants legal rights to the original four plaintiffs in the case, proponents of the ruling see this as the first step in a chain that could bring legalization to the whole country.

Below, we break down what you need to know about marijuana prohibition in Mexico and what are the next steps.

Supporters of a Saskatoon marijuana dispensary that was raided continue to call the crack-down an injustice. A handful of supports of the Saskatchewan Compassion Club picketed Wednesday in front of Saskatoon city hall.

Last week, the club was raided by police. The owner, Mark Hauk, and three others were arrested and face trafficking charges.

Supporters said the federally-regulated program is archaic and doesn’t have as many options as compassion clubs.

However, not everyone shares that view.

Brent Zettl, the CEO of CanniMed – a medical marijuana producer in Saskatoon, said the government’s program has improved over the years, specifically when it comes to efficiency.

Annual drug seizures across England and Wales have fallen dramatically to the lowest number in almost a decade, official figures show.

There were 167,059 seizures by police and Border Force staff across the two countries in 2014/2015, down from 194,346 in 2013/14.

The 14% drop reflects the largest year-on-year fall since 2006/07, when comparable records began.

Drug offences also fell by 14% in 2014/15 against the previous year, the Home Office figures reveal.

Policing Minister Mike Penning said drugs seizures by Border Force officials had gone up by 71% since 2011/12, stopping dangerous drugs from entering the UK and harming communities.

Authorities in Paraguay say people in a northern town seized a truck loaded with marijuana that had been confiscated by drug enforcement agents.
Paraguay’s anti-drug office said the agents found the pot hidden under logs Wednesday in the town of Jose Felix Lopez, some 370 miles (600 kilometers) north of the capital.
It said that on Thursday a crowd surrounded the agents and disarmed them, then drove away the truck with the pot.
The weapons were returned after the truck was out of sight. Officials said the agents hadn’t had time to weigh the load.
No one has been arrested.

Support for making marijuana legal is increasing around the world, and that is a good thing. Earlier this week, the Mexican Supreme Court opened the door to legalizing the drug by giving four plaintiffs the right to grow cannabis for personal use.