http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/241/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/audio/cannabis-qa-halifax-police-chief-jean-michel-blais/16943 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Why is the total number of drug charges up in HRM while the number of marijuana charges is down? </div> </div> </div> <p>Federal marijuana laws may be growing stricter, but local enforcement of those laws is mellowing out, <a href="http://www.halifax.ca/police/AboutHRP/HRPLeaders.html" rel="nofollow">HRP Chief Jean-Michel Blais</a> told the Halifax Media Co-op last week.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/audio/cannabis-qa-halifax-police-chief-jean-michel-blais/16943" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/audio/cannabis-qa-halifax-police-chief-jean-michel-blais/16943#comments Hilary Beaumont Governance Police et prisons cannabis law enforcement marijuana policing Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:55:06 +0000 HBeaumont 16943 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/halifax-police-crack-down-medical-marijuana-club/16906 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Licensed members unsure where to turn for legal cannabis </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/thcc_press_conference_2_0.jpg" alt="" title="Club president Sherri Reeve reads from a press release. (Photo by Hilary Beaumont.)" width="450" height="675" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/thcc_press_conference.jpg" alt="" title="Club vice president Chris Enns responds to the charges against him. (Photo by Hilary Beaumont.)" width="450" height="322" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/thcc_press_conference_3.jpg" alt="" title="About 25 people crammed into the tiny room to hear the press conference. (Photo by Hilary Beaumont.)" width="450" height="306" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/thcc_club_outside.jpg" alt="" title="The exterior of the club and Grow-Op Shop, previously a tanning salon. (Photo by Hilary Beaumont.)" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/cancer_patient.jpg" alt="" title="Cancer patient Oliver Glattfelver isn&#039;t sure where to get his cannabis now that the club has stopped dispensing it. (Photo by Hilary Beaumont.)" width="450" height="662" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>A mix of sweet incense and marijuana smoke hung like a fine Nova Scotia fog inside <a href="http://www.facebook.com/THCClub" rel="nofollow">the Halifax Compassionate Club</a> on March 21. Members smoking fat joints leaned on the kitchen counter talking quietly in pairs. The countertop held a fruit and veggie platter and a vaporizer, and on a table nearby sat an emptying box of Timbits.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/halifax-police-crack-down-medical-marijuana-club/16906" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/halifax-police-crack-down-medical-marijuana-club/16906#comments Hilary Beaumont Santé Police et prisons Halifax marijuana Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:18:27 +0000 HBeaumont 16906 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca