Here we go again

Well,the news is out and it's every bit as depressing as I expected.Under the headline:"Ottawa cracks down on illegal drugs",our government announced THIS:1.a one year mandatory minimum sentence for dealing drugs while using a weapon,or for dealing drugs in support of organized crime.2.a two year mandatory term for dealing cocaine,heroin or methamphetamines to young people,or for dealing them near a school or anyplace young people congregate.3.a mandatory six month sentence(and this is my personal favorite)for growing as little as one marijuana plant for the purposes of trafficking.4.a two year mandatory minimum sentence for running a grow op of at least 500 plants.5.doubling the maximum prison term for cannabis production from seven to fourteen years.Now,this is Canada,so the gun thing will include long guns that a person may have for legal purposes.God help you if you didn't go hunting the year you get popped.Just having a gun in the house will qualify.I know this from personal experience.Saying a school OR ANY PLACE WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CONGREGATE ,MEANS EVERY WHERE.Since when is one plant enough to merit a charge of trafficking?When the Conservatives are in power,thats when.Guess who decides?Same with organized crime.You'd be amazed how little proof they need to assert a claim of crime being organized.Like if the crime includes two people,that's organized.There was an announcement that exceptions could be made if the person agreed to go into treatment.We all know how successful forced treatment is.This is a classic example of pandering to the masses.There's already an out cry that this will just be an opening for organized crime when the mom and pop grows fold out of fear.Organized crime knows no fear.I've got the inside on that one too.If this bill passes,we lose thirty years of grinding out small bits of progress in the fight over drug prohibition.These basta88s are trying to garner votes on the backs of doppers.What else's new?