Cannabis Culture: Ignatieff Says Liberals Will Reintroduce Marijuana Decriminalization Bill

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CANNABIS CULTURE - Canadian Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff says his party will reintroduce legislation to "decriminalize" small amounts of marijuana for recreational use.

On September 27 in Montreal, the first night of his cross-country Open Mike tour, the Opposition Leader told an audience of over 200 people that the Libs would bring back Martin Cauchon's decrim bill that would eliminate criminal penalties for possession of under 15 grams of cannabis and replace them with fines.

Liberal Critic for Justice, Montreal MP Marlene Jennings, who joined Ignatieff at the event, added that she will push for Health Canada to streamline the process of granting medical marijuana permits.

Introduced in 2003, the original Cauchon bill would have lessened or removed penalties for possession of small amounts or cultivation of under 25 plants, but increased penalties for growing more than 25 plants.

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http://cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2010/09/30/Ignatieff-Says-Liberals-Will-Reintroduce-Marijuana-Decriminalization-Bill

[IntravenousDemilo]

1. It's legal for medical patients, but not anyone else.

This situation, I think, is discriminatory against people who are not sick, and possibly unconstitutional. It divides Canadians into two classes.