RCMP seize marijuana, $5,250 in cash

Sorry.  I just can’t get excited about taking marijuana off the streets.  When are the stupid laws going to change so people who choose not to blow their health on booze can have an alternative to getting impaired?  Let’s face it, if you are planning to get wasted, high, impaired or whatever you want to call it, booze is a lot more damaging than cannibis.  The biggest problem with marijuana are the problems associated with the fact that it is illegal.

“We are excited at being able to take this quantity of illegal drugs off the streets of Whitehorse and hope the drug dealers get the message that they are not free to do business in the Yukon,” Rogers said.”

Bravo RCMP for taking that crap off of our streets. No slacking now, theres much more to be found, and you will.. whitehorse is to small of a city to hide

...Hey man… leave the green alone!!!  Why don’t you focus on the crack & meth heads in town??  All pot ever led me to was the fridge & serious giggle attacks!!!

Hey john, do you work for the RCMP? Any moron knows weed is safer than booze. Are you down at the liquor store protesting that they take that “crap” off the shelves that wrecks family’s, kills people, and potions them. Get your head out of the sand. Alaska decriminalized small amounts because they actually understand its not a threat and never will be.  And sadly the RCMP know what they are doing is wrong, it dosent make anyone safer. Bravo RCMP, you probably just put this guys life or family at risk now because money is now owed. So you just created a dangerous situation that was not present when he was selling a MEDICAL HERB.

Its funny how proud the RCMP are of themselves about taking Marijuana off the streets yet we have Coke blowing up in High Schools - comon RCMP start worrying about the real dangers out there not the weak stuff.

As a teen I noticed 90% of the kids go down 2 paths one Coke and the other Marijuana , Now look at the casses with Coke (rape, murder) compared to Marijuana ( no example cause there are not really any big ones)

So RCMP I ask you this which would you rather have on the streets?? cause from the looks of things its Coke

Alright,
Why can’t we just legalize the pot already. You can’t overdose off it, it’s not quite as damaging to lungs as ciggarets and not nearly as imparing and damaging as alcohol.

In all honesty it was a respected form of medicine way back in the day. Trust me, i wrote a college paper regading that fact and received an A on it so it’s not all stoner B-S it’s the truth.

Why don’t the RCMP quite wasting their time on the green and start focusing more and more time on the crack and cocaine and exstacy. Seriously, get rid of the hard drugs and lock up the drunks. Stoners don’t kill, rape and steal, they are way too lazy for that. All they want to do is sit around think about random things and eat munchies like there is no tomorrow.

As a woman I would prefer being alone in a room with a bunch of guys smoking pot over drunks any day. Which ones do you think would be more dangerous? If you said drunks you’re bang on and if not then you are an idiot.

It’s very obvious that the real problem in this town is cocaine??? What a waste of time and money to worry about pot. I mean seriously, who is more likely to kill someone, a stoner or a coke head? Gee I wonder what the answer is.

Im going to have to concur with the majority of the commenters here.  Our laws against marijuana are worse than useless—they impose a substantial financial and social cost on society and only empower organized crime for absolutely no gain whatsoever.  I can’t think of a more socially useless job than fighting the ‘war on drugs’.

Why is it the goverment of canada can grow and sell pot for medicinal purposes? why can"t we as taxpayers grow and smoke our own pot?Most people that i know who smoke pot do so cause it makes them feel better about themselves so there for it must be medicinal.It is the same as booze you have the choice take it or leave it.maybe if the goverment legalized it and put a tax on it our medical and education systems would not be in the condition that they are in today

Its nice to see so many people are thinking so clearly on this issue. 
So if people are barely opposed to marijuana and everyone can see the hypocrisy associated with it regarding the governments position on it(alcohol and cigarettes that is), why does prohibition exist.  Even the Americans are closer to legalization than we are(see California for example).  The RCMP will not win.  They don’t have a clue how many people are out there.  Its almost as useless as the war on terror.  The only reason its not is because the war on terror kills more innocent people for the same amount of ineffectiveness!  Seriously look at Amsterdam!  The devil took that place over a long time ago and they don’t have half the burgeoning hard drug problem as we have here in canada.

In all honesty, marijuanna is not an addictive substance, you cannot over dose on it and it does not influence aggression or anger. I view it more as an anti-depressant than anything else and a mild pain killer.

You’d be suprised at how many functional members of society that have good work ethic, pay taxes and hold respectable jobs smoke marijuanna. The fact is there are much worse things out there, even alcohol is more damaging.

What has weed did for humanity? Absouletly nothing, decriminalize weed, might as well decriminalize every other drug out there as well. Thats the rollercoaster many people cannot comprehend and have no refuting arguments against it.

Booze has well documented stats, but what of weed? Prove to me that inhaling smoke into your lungs is a good thing. Car exhaust is mainly water vapor, but do you sit down and inhale those carbon credits? On another note, people drive to slow and are over cautiouous, introducing more dumbing down stimulants enhances this problem. I also do not see any kind of big support for decrim of weed, lemme guess 50 people outside the gov’t building. Wow, let the minority dictate the land.

The attacks on booze? Well lets go down history lane, John A Mcdonald, our first PM was a alcoholic, nuff said, after all, on his historical benders he MADE CANADA. What has weed did? Bunch of crappy movies that nobody can’t or do not want to remember.

Stoners do not commit crimes, thats like saying politicians are not corrupt. Get a grip and smoke a joint in reality and I guarantee you, your ‘innocent stoner’ fantasy is false.

The stupid point of “lets make it legal and tax it, the gov’t could make so much money” First of all, they cannot even manage the money they have now, and you idiots want to give them more? Lets ‘dumb this down’ so many of you decrim people can understand. The gov’t collects more then half of the price of a pack of smokes, this has continued for years. Has any situation in education and health improved? Besides the sad little anti-smoking posters one can say yes, but those posters must be printed on really expensive paper. I’ve asked the Federal gov’t on how much money they collect from taxes on ciggaretes, guess what? No answer. But the Czech Republic with less than 1/4 population whom smoke. The taxes collected can pay for health care 3X and over. Canada has the highest smoke tax there is and shot up over the liberal gov’t reign, must be one of those Chretien honeypot dealy things that we regular folk cannot understand.

We already have booze and smokes that are damaging to society as is, why introduce more? If people can’t draw a picture because of weed, well I then question your drawing abilities.

Please ignore my above statements and attack me why the RCMP are doing a useless job. The RCMP are only following the legislation that was given by your elected gov’t. The same elected gov’t that displays and holds your values. Low voter turnouts proves the point. So stop the rhetoric with ’ I rather be in room full of stoners then drunks’ You must sit down and observe and question whom your friends with.

If you need a stimulant to make you feel happy or enjoy yourself, please give that money to me; MR HAPPY, and Ill send you a BE HAPPY card that will fill your day with happiness without addictions, lost causes and drug-induced fantasy realms because your imagination lacks and need stimulants to WOW us.

Prohibition wasn’t effective in curtailing alcohol consumption and it won’t work for any other drug either. All this is doing is pouring more money into over zealous law enforcement AND organized crime, instead of having the same money go into health and education via pot taxes. Substance abuse is a health issue, not criminal.

You can thank Harper and his fundamentalist supporters for perpetuating this madness that is resulting in anything but making our families safe. You can also thank the Liberals for supporting Bill C-15 that will impose mandatory 6 month prison terms for anyone convicted of growing a single pot plant, should this deeply flawed piece of legislation be passed.

One more step in stripping us of our rights while imposing their the fascist beliefs via a police state. Exactly what our ancestors put their lives on the line to fight against during both world wars.

in the end, pot is illegal

im glad these hard working RCMP are stomping down on drug dealers… Yes i agree though that more needs to be done with harder drugs as well.  The yukon is small enough to find out whos selling or growing what

I’m reading these posts and can see that this situation is a passionate topic. The green is a 60s drug and promotes peace, love and helps many cancer patients find the appettite to eat and get thru their pain. Like anything, moderation is the key. I don’t think there have been many deaths caused by smoking weed, unlike booze which is a major cause of car crashes, rapes and murder. But the government can’t control the production of weed in private homes thus wouldn’t be able to control the market on this mild drug. How many anti depressent pills do the doctors dish out that are messing up our societies. Most are misdiagnosing.  Causeing problems in the long run.  Who is going to own up to that?  Destroying our bodies from the inside out.

This whole situation has me a bit frazzled because my boyfriend had gone up to the Yukon to work on his mining claim he started up there last summer and was bringing some equipment back to get ready for this summer.  While he is up there staying at a friends place, these so called,“street crime reduction team” barged in the house without producing a warrent right away. Sounds like they were rough on a yound lady that was there.  My boyfriend was staying at this house.  He was told not to worry, we aren’t here for you.  I understand they have to go thru the precedure of taking him in and questioning him. They say,“We received our information and we acted on it” Well they received info and acted on it with assumptions and guesses.  He has been held for a week now and not being released because they assume? Is it because he is first nations and not from this province? Or maybe the system is racist.  He says the guys in there are 90% native and are also getting the run around. Maybe it has to do with money and a new facility they are building?  It isn’t right. thanks for letting me vent

Arn,

I think us “stoners” need to dumb things down for you a little bit. Did you know that marijuanna smoke is less harmful than ciggarette smoke to your lungs? Did you know that the THC found in marijuanna is a form of treatment for glocoma? Did you know that they have developed synthetic forms of the THC to use as pain killers for cancer patients?

I am a functional member of society, I don’t drive slow like you suggest be it I don’t drive while stoned as that’s just as bad as the drunks around here. In all honest I prefer to stay at home or in the company of friends when smoking pot.

You are such an idiot if you think booze isn’t as bad. Hello liver failure! Also, having an alcoholic in the family was devastating, I find your love of booze to be an insult to those of us who have suffered do to abuse of alcohol within our famalies. I think you should get your head out of your A** and try to develope a little understanding on the topic before you fly off the handle. Enough said.

FYI, I am also a straight A student, pay all of my bills on time and have much to show for it. Guess what I am a stoner. How many drunks do you know can say their lives are so great?

Interesting that no one commented on the minors who were present, and facing charges as well. I can understand the sides presented here on alcohol vs. pot, but either way, it is never acceptable to drink with, smoke with or sell to minors. This was a 42 year old man and a 46 year old woman, hanging out with the under 18 crowd…really? Some heads need to be given a shake.

face it people, mary jane wiil never become legal in this great country of ours.

Your argument anonymous may be compelling on a personal level but still doesn’t justify why should it be legal. Any argument you have made in driving paragraph can be said for booze too. According to Stats Canada most accidents are caused by sober drivers which most are distracted. This proves ‘most’ drivers in Canada cannot drive let alone involving stimulants to enhance the problem. The latter statement reflects all attacks on drunk driving by previous posters. I do not think you can see the big picture, how many of these drivers were comboing out on other stimulants like weed? Variables is an wonderfull thing and I guarantee you when you or anybody is busted by the cops for impaired driving, you are not going to let the authorities know you have been smoking weed prior. I’ll let you think that one through.

There are many other legalized drugs herbs and spices that can help with those ailments, so dont parade marijuana as the wonder drug of our time. Wow, alcohol has benefits but I’m not going to say them because a lot of people know them, common sense has ruled the day.

Again, your hopeless personal insults to prove your ridicolous points on booze. I’ve seen what chronic weed consumption has done to people, friendships and so on but do I use that to prove a point? Why should I? You take to the extreme on alcohol consumption everytime but never dare you touch extreme weed consumption. I find you quite bias and therefore your points invalid.

How many drunks can say there life is so great? That is the best you can do? What a pity. According to your stoner fantasy every person whom has had alcohol touch their tongue turns into this raging, low life, drunk driving, raping, murdering attitude. Such a sad state your mind is in. Please walk into a bar or the liqour store and tell them they are those things and wait for the response. Another fact from Stats Canada, higher alcohol consumption equals higher income, proven fact, but then again you like to point to the familiar faces that stroll to the riverbank to prove your bad booze fantasy. If you want hilarious weed facts, please refer to the weed fiend documentry presented by the cop convention on the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas movie, nuff said and wash those pants.

Keep it illegal and let people enjoy it themselves. Have you ever asked yourself how many officers of the law has used their discretion to actually help people from getting charged for weed use like a joint or so? Again, an officer is not going to use those powers for 7kgs.

So stop acting like a forum troll to debate by saying I have no understanding and using sad insults because once again, face to face in a real debate you and many others would flop after the first sentence but others such as our first Prime Minister, Sir John A MacDonald built a great nation on drunken speeches, so please, just give it up on attacking booze.

Barb and Arn, Look into the facts on marijuana and the stupidity of the outcomes of the ‘war on drugs’, before you state that throwing people in jail for 6 months for growing a plant is such a hot idea.  Just because something is a law does not make it right.  It used to be illegal for different ‘races’ to marry each other.  It used to be illegal for women to vote.  Facist laws need to be changed, Harper gets more and more polarized when his view (and yours Barb)is threatened.  That view being that ‘Obedience to the law’ is more important than relatively harmless freedom. You do not take people’s freedom away lightly!  And the impacts of marijuana on people who use it do NOT justify the reaction of Stephen Harper, Arn, or Barb!  There is no doubt that booze is worse than pot, there is no doubt that the worst effects of marijuana are the results of the fact that it is illegal.  (gangs and costs to society).  Get over it already and let people make their mistakes, or enjoy pot, however you want to look at it.

Please educate yourselves.