decrimminalization in CANADA!

[harris7]

First of all, decriminalization does not mean legal. You still get tickets when caught under decriminalization. You donâ??t get charged under Criminal law, you get charged under civil law.

This change does benefit the user in some ways, and harms them in others.
In one important way the user will not have a criminal record.
But, it is Much Much easier to get charged under civil law. So eventually more people will get charged.

Furthermore the level of necessary proof is significantly lower under civil law. Under criminal law you must be proven guilty without a reasonable doubt.
In civil it is â??the balance of probabilitiesâ?�. IE. Who ever has a better argument!

So, more people will be charged and more people will be found guilty! (bad)

Another important point is that the process in Civil vs criminal are different.
In criminal you will get a jury But in Civil you only get a jury if you could get jail time of 2 years less a day. So now when your in court the power to punish isnâ??t in your peers. It will rest with a judge who is very influenced by political pressures.



Growing cannabis will remain 100% illegal and may carry higher penalties, following the argument â??were not going after the user, only the supplier)

So, no more people will grow their own dope. This will further entrench our societies dependence on Gang produced weed, which brings enormous harm to society.

Now do you understand?

[MacWQ33]

Spout off all the bullshit that I'm not even going to bother reading you want. Give me a ticket anyday over probation ($100..fine with me..even though 95% of officers won't even bother with that). Doesn't effect me anyway..so I don't give a fuck. I smoke walking down the street anyway. Legalization might happen in a long time or never in our lifetime. For now...decriminalization is better than having a possession charge on your record and being drug tested. It's not something to go out on a limb over (unless you're like an activist or something, then cool)...it's simple...like I said with decriminalization...no ones even going to waste there time...it's the lowest priority for law enforcement...good stuff.

All I said anyway...was the person up above was right about the 12 states being decriminalized. I never said if it's good or bad...frankly I don't give a shit..but I think it's good.

[wheresthebongski]

decriminalization in canada means nothing! my best friend got arrested (under the liberals,who were supposed to be for marijuana?) and they wanted to put him on 3 years probation unless he went to drug councelling. for his first fucking offence!

in amsterdam its technically illegal, but the police and government tolerate it.. that makes much more sense.

whats it like in other major canadian cities? toronto and montreal seem pretty chillin with smoking herb