[news] Six Months in Jail for One Pot Plant: Conservatives Unveil Mandatory Jail for Growing Marijuana

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

The Conservative government unveiled legislation Tuesday to create the first mandatory prison terms in Canada for people convicted of trafficking illicit drugs, including those who grow marijuana for profit...The new bill proposes...[a] mandatory six-month sentence for growing as little as one marijuana plant for the purposes of trafficking, sure to be felt in B.C., where marijuana-growing operations are common and fines are the usual penalty.  


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