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(M.R). [1998] 3 SCR first, who told the school or the school prin-
393) has held that cipal, who then brought in the police. Either
it is reasonable to way, nothing was found, so you are not
have a subjective charged with anything and there is no evi-
expectation of pri- dence to exclude as the remedy under sec-
vacy in one’s per- tion 24(2) of the Charter. You could apply
Dear Mr Conroy, son. However, this expectation may be for an “appropriate and just remedy” under
I am a grade 11 student in a rural high diminished in some circumstances and it is section 24(1), but it would probably not be
school in Saskatchewan. Last spring on a specifically lessened for students attending worthwhile economically. This case pro-
Friday at about 1:30 pm, the school alarms a school. This diminished expectation was vides a good example of how the law will
were sounded and all the students were found to exist based on students’ knowl- often apply different standards where “chil-
asked to leave the school. As we sat and edge and acceptance of the fact that the dren” or “young people” are involved, on the
stood around on the lawn, the RCMP school authorities have to provide a safe basis that they are immature and in need of
brought dogs into the school and searched school environment for them and maintain protection until they reach adulthood. Even
a number of lockers. The principal said that order and discipline there. This means that John Stuart Mill acknowledged this excep-
they had reports of students selling mari- the students know that they will be some- tion to “the harm principle”.
juana. By the way, no marijuana was found. times subject to search of their person and John Conroy, Q.C., CONROY& COMPANY
My question is, what are my rights as a 17 personal effects, including their lockers and Barrister and Solicitor
year old student? Can they just search any prohibited items found, subject to 2459 Pauline Street, Abbotsford, BC V2S 3S1
through my packs, lockers and personal seizure. The court substantially lessened Telephone: (604) 852-5110
belongings? Is it a possible constitutional the usual requirements, including the need Fax: (604) 859-3361
issue? J.K. for a warrant. Website: www.johnconroy.com
Answer: While this case stands for the proposition
Whenever “the State” or one of our gov- that searches and seizures by school
ernments through their agents or repre- authorities are subject to section 8 of the BACK TO
Charter as they are part of “government”,
sentatives claim authority to intrude into
an area or place in which someone has a this diminished expectation of privacy ZERO TOLERANCE
“reasonable expectation of privacy”,
Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of
reduces the likelihood of a court excluding
any prohibited items found in the search AT THE BORDERS
Rights and Freedoms, which forms part of from the evidence at trial. U.S. Federal DEA spokesman Will Glaspy
our Constitution, comes in to play. It pro- This case only applies to school authori- said in a recent interview: “If it contains
vides that everyone has the right to be ties, even though a plain clothes police- THC and it’s meant for human consump-
secure against unreasonable search and man was present as a matter of school tion, then it’s an illegal product. Congress
seizure. policy. The court held that the vice princi- does not make allowances for trace
pal in the circumstances of the case was amounts. The law specifies that any
The person who claims a violation of their
not acting as agent for the police. amount of THC is illegal.”
constitutional rights bears the onus of prov-
Consequently, if the police search and With their livelihoods threatened, Nutiva, a
ing the violation in court. This includes
seize at a school - without a warrant or U.S. company that converts hemp seeds
establishing a “reasonable expectation of from Canada into snack bars and oil sold
privacy” in the relevant place that was with a warrant, but still in an unreasonable
in 1,200 health food stores nationwide, and
searched in addition to the unreasonable- manner - and perhaps getting the teach-
six other hemp businesses joined with the
ness of the search itself - that it was not ers to act as their agents - then the full
Hemp Industries Assn. of America to sue
authorized by law; that if it was, the law requirements of section 8 apply.
the DEA in the hope of blocking the ban.
itself is unreasonable; or, that the manner in Therefore it sounds like your section 8 The case is now before the U.S. 9th Circuit
which it was carried out was unreasonable. rights may have been violated. The police Court of Appeals in San Francisco, consid-
However, you have to pass the first stage of did the searching and you make no men- ered one of the nation’s more liberal ven-
the inquiry before it proceeds to the sec- tion of a warrant. Clearly the school authori- ues. A decision is expected soon.
ond. The Supreme Court of Canada (in a ties supported the police, but it is unclear
should be celebrated by Christians with a shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love
clear conscience. An encouragement to worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore
Kati Medford Christians alienated for their appreciation love is the fulfilling of the law [of God].”
of cannabis, the site spawned a move- Romans 13:9b-10 (KJV). Prohibition laws
ment among religious circles to end mari- are undeniably “working ill” to society, and
juana prohibition. Said one visitor:“It’s the Christians For Cannabis movement is
Jennifer Wallace has about time we had a voice…” Because of crucial to exposing and changing that.
created a haven for this voice, soon religious leaders every- Joined by a handful of denominations
Christian cannabis users at where could be faced with the hypocrisy including The Presbyterian Church (USA),
www.ChristiansForCannabis.com. Once a of their stance, hopefully to return to the the Unitarian Universalist Association of
skeptic of the plant, she started her pot teachings of Jesus. Congregations, the Philadelphia Yearly
research out of concern for a friend who The group’s true number is difficult to Meeting of the Religious Society of
was a user. Being a devout Christian, measure because many still live in fear of Friends and the Progressive Jewish
Jennifer even conducted a Bible study. persecution from peers and authorities. Alliance, these Christians are working for a
Contrary to her notions about the dan- Following Jennifer’s lead, Christians For more compassionate approach to fighting
gers of "reefer," or "the devil’s weed," mar- Cannabis are speaking out and making a drug abuse, hopefully ending the violence
ijuana was not a menace. In fact, the Bible difference in the battle for drug policy of prohibition. Kati Medford reporting
did not support the idea that use is wrong reform. They are active in spreading the from West St. Paul, MN
or sinful. Jennifer found that cannabis doctrine of Jesus as stated by Paul:“Thou
Phantom
Phantom next big problem,“PHANTOM PAIN”! What through the emotional torment of seeing
became painfully obvious in hindsight was dad thrown in jail and him returned to his
that if I couldn’t kill the pain , I was going
to kill myself one pill and one drink at a
mother. I then went to see my regular fam-
ily doctor to get access to a legal source. I
Pain
Pain time! So I went searching for answers
again and I realized that when push came
to shove, one thing helped before when
all else failed. It hadn't dawned on me to
was referred to a shrink for my phantom
pains! I then went to another doctor and
while he was sympathetic to my plight, he
was unable to help under the new
Oct 1st,1985 was the day my life as I try marijuana for my pain! I went in search statutes called for by our government. It
know it was turned upside down. I was of my elusive saviour and turns out I need two
working as an oil field worker and came quickly found out that specialists to agree
into contact with 14,400 Volts of electrici- instead of quelling the They do concede that that this is my best
ty.The accident cost me my right arm pains that become a rou- there is overwhelming option for pain relief.
below the elbow and the right leg below tine part of my life, I could ‘anecdotal’ evidence of Turns out that
the knee. While hospitalized I went from a completely avoid them by its effectiveness. besides there being
200 lb rock to 123 lb of wilted flesh, so bad regular doses of about 4- no doctors who spe-
as to have my doctor worried that I was 5 grams of marijuana a cialize in the field of
about to die the second time in so many day! This was unbelievable good luck but medicine relating to phantom pain, the
months. I was prescribed beer and a curse at the same time.The street prices doctors who do specialize in the field of
peanuts because that was my favourite of the drug where beyond the reach of my pain are unwilling to prescribe marijuana
thing in the world to have that was calo- budget. under advice of the Saskatchewan medical
rie-laden.The big problem was, I had little I then bought books from High Times association, saying that there is yet to be
appetite for anything. A true friend came Magazine that detailed how I could easily credible evidence of marijuana’s effective-
to the rescue with a little stash of pot and grow my own medicine. My life turned ness.They do concede that, although
a pipe, because my ability to roll was not from desperate seeker to becoming self- there is overwhelming ‘anecdotal’ evi-
forthcoming. sufficient producer! My life became man- dence of its effectiveness, there is yet to be
ageable again to the point of any medical evidence! Does anyone smell
learning how to downhill ski the pharmaceutical companies that send
and riding horses.The down- these doctors on vacation junkets to dis-
side was I was a true bona tant places involvement in our medical
fide criminal and this wore on communities decisions to make an effec-
my marriage to the point of tive herb unavailable? Well, I have found
no return. In March of ‘93 my that through all of my struggles there is
wife and I divorced. Even one thing that separates us from the rest:
though I was the person that “It is not how far you fall, it is really how
was at home raising our chil- well you bounce that counts!”With that in
dren, I lost them because she mind, my brothers and sisters, though it
was able to blackmail me and sounds as ridiculously impossible as me
tell the courts this man is a feeling limbs long gone, I do feel your pain
user of illegal drugs. What and frustration of not knowing where to
next, I thought? I went about find the strength to fight the good fight.
rebuilding my life once again Maybe the answers are the same as put-
and it did include me produc- ting a double amputee at the top of a
ing my own medicine. I’ve mountain and telling them to get down
been quite successful in my themselves. One precious foot at a time
do-over. I bought an acreage and Alan Shepherd’s prayer,“Oh God, don’t
and started breeding Golden let me screw up!”
Retrievers! A hobby became
It was as if someone waved a magic a business and the next
wand and the nurses were kept busy get- thing I know I have a website, amulet-
ting me beer and peanuts. Shortly after goldenretrievers.com, and I’m shipping
that I was strong enough for my doctors Goldens all over Canada and the USA. I
to perform the double amputation to save was really starting to hit my stride when
my life. I was released from hospital on my 13 year old son came to live with me
Dec10th in ‘85, still in bandages and full time.Yes, you guessed it, because of
incredible pain. My friend, who had helped the prospect of being lead out of my
me in the past, was no longer available, so house in handcuffs I pulled the plug on
I was unfortunately left to my own my personal growing room. What should
devices. Well, it was a long time of using be my biggest triumph has thrown me
and abusing prescription drugs mixed back into a world of pain because as a
Editor’s Note: Our apologies to the world-wide to date. It is very readable for use of medical marijuana violate constitu-
“Patients Out of Time” for calling them the the layman and meant to be used as a tional rights.
“People out of time” in our previous issue. teaching tool and reference source to be The trials, expected to start within two
Our apologies for the typo. circulated widely for U.S., Canadian and weeks, will include 32 patients with HIV
Keep up the good work! European patient advocates. The com- infection. It is intended to look at whether
On October 9th, 2002 Patients Out of plete text is at www.drugscience.org the drug can stimulate appetite and
Time, in conjunction with The Coalition for weight gain in the patients, and will take
Rescheduling Cannabis, filed a reschedul- 1st CLINICAL POT TRIAL TO USE place over a six-month period.
ing petition with the Drug Enforcement U.S. STASH
Administration (DEA) of the United States. OTTAWA: Canada’s
The Coalition is only concerned with the first clinical study on
use of existing federal laws and procedures the use of medicinal
for assessing the legal and scientific justifi- marijuana will use
cation of the scheduling of cannabis under cannabis grown in
the Federal Controlled Substances Act. the United States
The Coalition has advanced a detailed sci- while a large canadi-
entific argument that marijuana has an an-grown stash of the
accepted medical use in the U.S., is safe for drug sits on ice.
use under medical supervision, and has The United States
both a lower dependency liability and National Institute on
potential for abuse than drugs such as Drug Abuse has
cocaine and metamphetamine. The agreed to supply the
Coalition argues that cannabis does not drug for a Toronto-
meet criteria for either schedule l or ll based trial, even
drugs, and that the scientific record sup- though that country’s
ports the rescheduling of cannabis to drug czar disap-
schedule lll or a less restrictive schedule. proves of the pro-
The Coalition challenges the DEA deter- gram.
mination that cannabis has no medical Meanwhile, about
value in the U.S.; that cannabis is addic- 200 kilograms of
tive; that cannabis is a toxic substance. cannabis grown with
The DEA, by its own rules, must accept or Ottawa’s sanction
reject the petition. If accepted, the DEA in an abandoned
must study the petition’s text, references Manitoba mine sits in
and any other material deemed important storage and will not
to the subject matter of the petition. be used on patients,
While the petition is expected to be Health Canada says.
accepted by the agency, there is no defin- “It’s ridiculous,” said
itive timetable by which the DEA must act Alan Young, a Toronto
to resolve the request. lawyer who is fight-
Patients Out of Time recommends that ing the federal gov-
you read the entire text of the petition. It ernment in court,
is an excellent and complete recapitula- arguing that regula-
tion of therapeutic cannabis research tions controlling the
the Closet
By Allen Town
have always wanted to grow my own from
the day my friend’s older brother showed
us some seedlings that he was taking out
converted an unfinished closet space in
the basement into two individual ones.
The larger (B) of the two is about 36” by
in the bush to plant. I once tried growing 40” square and 60” high. The smaller (A) is
I'll admit it. I have smoked marijuana
in an old army ammo box lined with tin 36 by 36” square and 40” high. In the B
recreationally as a youth. And now, 25
foil with a 60W lightbulb mounted in it. My closet there is a 400W HPS bulb for bud-
years later, I am still enjoying the high and
mom found it, and for some reason didn’t ding and A closet has a 24” dual fluores-
the relaxation as well as the pain relief of
believe it was a science tomato project! cent fixture for rooting and early
past injuries it gives to both my wife and I.
Ah, memories! vegetative growth. The door on each has
I do not have, or have ever had, the urge to
The cost of buying is enough reason to hidden magnetic catches with a nice
move on to the harder drugs. I do not con-
grow, but the consistency of the strength wood trim framing a poster and a cork-
sider myself a criminal for smoking -
board to help mask the fact of anything
being behind it.
I started the project with a no smell/no
see system in mind. Unlike the friend’s
booth, mine would be out of sight and,
hopefully, out of mind. So then the pri-
mary concern was the venting of any
odours. I purchased a quiet, low vibra-
tion fan of 6”diameter and enclosed it in
a homemade manifold I designed so
that both rooms could vent with the
same fan. The manifold is in B closet
with a 4” flexible dryer hose going to A
closet. The fan runs on A closet’s sched-
ule, so B closet has extra venting even
during lights-off for added fresh
air/odour venting during flower time. I
exhausted this to the outside wall of the
house with a common dryer vent with a
door flap that prevents insects from get-
ting in. The closet doors are not airtight,
but while the fan is on causing a nega-
tive pressure inside the closets, any
odour will be pulled out the vents and
not escape into the house. If the odour
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StoneHemp Mix1 is non-hygroscopic (unlike Portland
plaster on OSB: Cement-based materials); it does not
This is a first! The attract and retain moisture. This means, it
StoneHemp plas- is an ideal material for ceramic tile setting
ter is applied and grouting.
directly to a stan- canwall2: The e-ship’s greywater recycle
dard 2x6 stud growing area under construction.The can-
wall covered wall on the left is held together with
with oriented StoneHemp plaster. The tirewall (on the
e-ship2002-91 Strand Board right) and the floor structure are cobbed,
and the whole inner
StoneHemp Mix1 has been used in many sheeting. No wire, no surface plastered.
ways to make this EarthShip. tar paper, only some Krystal T1 &T2 for water-
e-ship2002-91: As a finishing plaster, its 9/16" staples shot proofing.
one-coat applica- into the boards to stonehemp floor2:
tion and slow set- act as ‘keys’, and StoneHemp flooring,
ting time allows the the usual metal sanded flat five days
creation of free- stucco separators after application to
form shapes in and starter strips. make the hemp hurds
both walls and A one-coat finish more visible. Finished
other structures. with major reduc- with 3 coats of oil-
This plaster is an tions in labour canwall2 based polyurethane.
artisan product and and material StoneHemp™ has been
has to be properly costs. Finished developed through an
cured in a warm, with a mineral oxide coloured quick- exhaustive testing program. The results so
moist environment, lime wash, and sealed with far have well exceeded our expectations
but the results can tile setting ‘HydroStop’ from the Kryton Group. and the EarthShip allows us to field test
be carved and pol- cistern 2: A 2,000 gallon water con- both materials and application proce-
ished for up to a week after initial setup, tainer made from cobbed tires, finished dures.
and our compression testing still gives with 3/4 “ of StoneHemp Mix1 plaster and If you are interested in finding out more
1,200 psi+ for long-term durability. waterproofed with applications of Krystal about any aspect of this project, e-mail
StoneHemp plaster on cobbed tires: The T1 & T2 from the Kryton Group. Now oper- “Dave Cull” <nozone@uniserve.com).
plaster flows easily ating as part of the ‘tail-
around the curved sur- race’ for the e-ship’s
faces and reduces the cistern 2
micro-hydro system.
amount of cob needed flashing details:
to prepare the tire walls. StoneHemp plaster has
(Cob is made from clay the flexibility and strength
slurry, earth, sand and to handle complicated
chopped straw - it’s a structural details, such as
major effort to mix and roof flashing.
apply, so the less one has tile setting: StoneHemp StoneHemp plaster on cobbed tire wall
to use, the better).
with hemp ed. Most of the audience were men, which is pretty
much what you get in agricultural fields, so of the
many people there, most of them didn’t bake bread.
By Arthur Hanks
Undaunted, and committed to his anecdote, the min-
ister plunged ahead and said that he made the bread
At a recent industry conference held in a snow-swept with his hemp oil. The cold-pressed hemp oil used in
prairie province, the minister of technology sur- the bread was delicious, in fact, according to him, it
prised me by smuggling into his otherwise proforma was the best tasting bread he had ever made.
I must congratulate the minister for his increased risk of heart attacks. No wonder Don’t overdo it.
culinary adventures, but his story does that some fast food restaurants are now Definitely, you can add hemp oil to
raise a very interesting question. Can and changing their cooking oils and trying to cooked foods - a tablespoon of hemp oil
should you cook with hemp? Certainly! bring their TFA content down. They may over steaming rice, pasta al dente, toasted
Cooking with hemp oil adds flavour to all get some publicity, but they will never whole wheat bread, or your morning oat-
foods and helps to fuse ingredients into a reach their goal, as all cooking oils are meal is delicious.
synergistic whole. commonly refined, bleached and deodor- OK, so more to the point: Can I bake with
Who, except the warm West Coast raw ized.While these processes make oil much hemp oil?
food crowd, would reject a hot, well- more “shelf-stable” - which is useful for As noted, you will have some degradation
cooked meal, especially during a commerce - they eliminate many of the of the hemp oil, if you cook at high tem-
Canadian winter? best nutrients found in oils. peratures for a sustained period of time.
But cooking also changes the constituents Interestingly, hemp’s health benefits lay But in baked goods, the degradation will
of food, and hemp oil is no exception. not just in the food itself, but what the be limited to the browned outer layers of
Now, one of the best parts of hemp seed is body does with hemp. Normally, enzymat- crust; the inner layer should remain moist
the oil content, which is about 35% of the ic reactions help convert EFA’s into other and unaffected. So, what you are doing is
seed. This oil contains the Omega-3 and metabolic products that the body needs. If making a trade-off between degrees of
Omega-6 essential fatty acids (EFA’s) that heat changes the structure of these EFA’s, health and taste. Extra conscious folk may
help make hemp such a wonderful health then essentially the body gets confused; want to cut off the crusts, but that’s prob-
food and nutraceutical. Hemp is reactive necessary enzymes are not produced as ably overdoing it for many. Is there a
to both heat and light, which is why you the metabolic pathways are blocked. happy medium here? I think there should
usually buy hemp oil packaged in dark So, knowing this, some common sense be. A healthy, active lifestyle will help the
bottles and stored in a fridge. Cooking advise to follow is: “If it’s too hot to eat, it’s body process small amounts of TFA’s. And
(and heat) alters the particular molecular too hot for hemp oil.” So you shouldn’t if you eat fresh, uncooked fresh-pressed
geometries of these fatty acids, straight- think of hemp as a frying or cooking oil hemp oil already as part of your diet, you
ening out the chemical bonds in the (whether or not you should even bother should be all the better prepared to deal
food’s compounds and transforming frying any oil is outside of the scan of this with those small amounts. As with every-
them into unhealthy trans-fatty acids article). But you can warm hemp oil at a thing, moderation is key.
(TFA’s). And the more EFA’s in a food, the low temperature for short periods of time. Arthur Hanks is a Saskatchewan writer who
more to be transformed into TFA’s. Until we know more, experts suggest that never grows tired of hemp for some reason. He
TFA’s have been linked to many degenera- hemp oil can be briefly heated to temper- can be reached at hcfr@sk.sympatico.ca
tive physical conditions, like diabetes and atures of between 100-150 degrees C.
PIONEERS
Substances Act of 1970. This has been a Kiev, who had designed a process of pulp-
very long, expensive and fruitless effort. In ing the whole stalk of hemp (and flax,
John Stahl makes spite of complying with all procedures, kenaf and similar non-wood fibers) that
paper by hand at his laws and guidelines, his application was very efficient, clean and economical.
mill in Northern (including four separate $875 non- Since that time, he has sponsored the
California. He spoke refundable fees) was summarily rejected engineering work which has continued to
on the Paper Panel at without being allowed a hearing. Full the point where it is now ready for con-
the first Vancouver details of this adventure are published on struction. The cost to construct a 15 ton-
Hemp Symposium, his website at www.tree.org/a2.htm. per-day mill is about $4 million, and can
he has written numerous articles on In 1994 he went to Ukraine in pursuit of be financed on about $1 million. The cost
hemp and he is a frequent speaker at low THC seed for his proposed hemp of the pulp produced will be about $360
hemp events. Since about 1990, he has farm. He brought seed back (to the sur- per ton, and the market for the premium
used “anonymous local donations” of prise of the International Hemp quality non-wood pulp produced will be
hemp stalks provided by local growers. in Association in Holland, where he left his about $700 to $1500 per ton. Several proj-
1993 he first applied to the DEA for a per- seeds for safe-keeping), but he was also ects are under negotiation, but there is
mit to cultivate hemp for his paper mill, introduced to the work of Dr. Krotov of still time for financial participation by
under the terms of the Controlled the Pulp and Paper Research Center in interested investors.
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