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Argument Goes To Pot
Posted by FoM on October 06, 1999 at 06:51:22 PT
The Ottawa Sun
Source: By CP
TORONTO Smoking pot should be legal because it's harmless, a lawyer will argue today before Ontario's Court of Appeal.Alan Young is challenging a lower court ruling which convicted recreational pot smoker Chris Clay despite the trial judge's finding that the drug didn't do any harm.
Young argues Parliament has no constitutional right to criminalize marijuana because it's so benign."Whatever evidence there is of harm is so inconsequential that it is not worthy of criminal law attention," Young said."This substance has been called by learned academics, scientists and jurists as one of the safest drugs in the history of mankind."In 1997, Clay, 28, was convicted of drug possession and trafficking for selling cannabis to an undercover police officer.Clay, former owner of the Hemp Nation boutique in London, Ont., launched a constitutional challenge to Canada's marijuana laws. Wednesday, October 6, 1999 Copyright © 1999, Canoe Limited Partnership.The Compassion Clubhttp://www.thecompassionclub.org/ Pot Too Mild To Be Criminal, Lawyer Argues - 10/05/99http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread3160.shtml
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Comment #1 posted by Hardey on October 07, 1999 at 09:46:16 PT
Weed
Ain't nuttin wrong wit tokin a bit of tweed, if you ask me. 
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