Victoria Times Colonist: Marijuana Resin

Liberal Party Dept: In 1967, a young Canadian man was convicted of a drug offence because police found marijuana resin in a pipe in his home. The judge, according to the Victoria Times Colonist, rolled his eyes in protest over having to hand down a sentence even a suspended sentence for such a petty offence, but that was the law under the Liberal government of the day, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Successive Liberal governments since 1967 the Trudeau, Chretien and Martin administrations did nothing to change Canada s drug laws in any effective way. Last weekend, at the Liberal party s policy convention in Ottawa, however, the Grits voted to support legalizing marijuana: After the revolution on marijuana today, there is going to be a group of even happier people in the Liberal party today, joshed interim leader Bob Rae and tED S. WARREN / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVES Last month that same Canadian was turned back at the Vancouver airport by U.S. immigration officials because of that 44-year-old conviction. Bad laws have long legacies. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.