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Mounties
Back
Canadian
Marijuana
Decriminalization
Effort
5/7/99
(reprinted from the NORML
Foundation, http://www.norml.org)
May 6, 1999, Ottawa, Ontario:
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced their support for a
recent proposal to remove criminal penalties for the possession of small
amounts of marijuana. The RCMP said they "fully support" the
position adopted last month by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
(CACP) in favor of decriminalizing minor marijuana offenses. The
CACP recommended that first time marijuana offenders receive a ticket and
pay a small fine in lieu of arrest or criminal penalties.
Their proposal persuaded
MP Keith Martin (Reform Party-Esquimalt) to introduce legislation in the
House of Commons last week that would decriminalize marijuana.
For more information, please
contact Allen St. Pierre or Paul Armentano of The NORML Foundation at (202)
483-8751. The RCMP's and CACP's position statements appear online
at: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/html/rcmp-cacp99.htm.
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