Bill C-15 Senate 11/04/09 Eugene Oscapella 2of2

Eugene Oscapella is an Ottawa lawyer and founder of Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy - http://CFDP.ca

The Senate Committee studying Bill C-15 (mandatory prison sentences for low level cannabis offenses i.e. growing 6 plants)

For *transcripts* of these hearings visit:
http://www.cannabisfacts.ca/SenateCtteeMtgs_BillC-15.html

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Bill C-15
• Senate
• Eugene Oscapella
• mandatory minimums
• marijuana
• cannabis

[cavemanboborj]

I should very much like to hear the Q&A of the witnesses.

[CannabisFactsForCdns]

I'm working on adding some of the Q&A with Senators but it will have to be some "best of" segments.

Far too much video to convert/upload.

[CannabisFactsForCdns]

FYI... 3 video clips of the Q&A with Craig Jones of the John Howard Society has been uploaded recently.

[debb4563]

So well said , I wonder if Eugene would speak to America's policy makers , perhaps it would make to much sense go over their heads so to speak. After all America wont do anything regarding this unless some billionaire thinks it's worth while , after all America is ran on GREED

[FaithBane]

A lot of good this did... now the conservatives have a majority and their new c-10 crime bill. These are the opinions of a professor; carefully reasoned and thought out. How do the conservatives respond? "Derp, lets keep doing the same shit. It's been over a hundred years, but I feel lucky this time..." I'm embarrassed to be a member of the same species as these people.

[wizzard1221]

@TheSkinzilla Oscapella is not arguing for the legalization of cannabis, he is calling for the decriminalization of cannabis, in addition to creating regulations for distributing it as a commodity. With the effects of prohibition lifted, some of the problems associated with drugs (such as its relationship with violent crime) can be degraded to cause less harm to society.

[ppappixx]

I SAY, indeed, indeed!!!!

[TheSkinzilla]

Actually, there's lots of American politicians that support drug war reform(Ron Paul, Jesse Ventura, Barney Frank, Dennis Kucinich, etc). Plus, they have a billionaire(Warren Buffet) that supports legalization of cannabis. There's more debate on outright legalization of cannabis in America than here. The public(U.S. and Canada) are ahead of the policy makers on this issue, so hopefully they'll start to listen to the public ASAP. Plus, the U.S is going broke, they'll have to legalize soon, lol.