Chrétien ready to ease pot possession law
Calling his government “activist” and “not afraid to take on controversial issues,” Prime Minister Jean Chrétien cast a nod at youth last night and vowed that marijuana would soon be decriminalized.
It was the first public pronouncement from Chrétien that possessing small quantities of marijuana would be decriminalized in Canada.
“We will soon introduce legislation to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana,” he told a Liberal party fundraiser. Amid applause, he quipped, “Don’t start to smoke it right away! We’re not legalizing it.”
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/
Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1051643346136&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154