Alice in Wonderland comes to OttawaSUPREME COURT USES DECRIM TALK AS EXCUSE TO DELAY CANADIAN POT LAW CHALLENGECiting statements from the Justice Minister that marijuana will soon be decriminalized, the Supreme Court of Canada postponed until April 2003 a landmark appeal from three pot activists who are seeking the constitutional right to smoke marijuana.

If studies show cannabis drivers are safer than normal drivers, should it still be a crime to toke and drive? LAWYER CHALLENGES LAWS ON DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF POTRetired lawyer tackles the law on driving under influence of medical marijuana, arguing that toking up actually makes him a better driver.

MEET PROP 215 CO-AUTHOR ANNA BOYCE, R.N. CANADA TO PASS DECRIM BILLJustice Minister Martin Cauchon said Monday he wants to take steps to decriminalize marijuana within the next four months. A Commons committee studying the non-medicinal use of drugs released a report Monday calling for the government to relax current marijuana laws and possibly even allow Canadians to grow marijuana for personal use.

Marc Emery fills in as co-host while Steve is in the hospital.OREGON NARCS USING MILITARY STYLE ASSUALTS TO SERVE MARIJUANA WARRANTS45 heavily armed officers using flash grenades assualted three families and humiliated several women but found no marijuana. Unapologetic, police claim, "Society at large wants us to do this."JUDGE WIMPS OUT IN CORRAL CASEJudge says the US Federal Government has the right to steal medicine from patients but not to return it.EDITORIAL:

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TOP GROWER TIPS FOR MAXIMUM OUTDOOR YIELDS!RAND: MARIJUANA NO GATEWAYA new study by the RAND Drug Policy Research Center casts doubt on claims that marijuana acts as a "gateway" to the use of cocaine and heroin, challenging an assumption that has guided U.S. drug policies since the 1950s.

Eddy Lepp: Report from Amsterdam.MEDICAL MARIJUANA'S EFFECT ON CRIME DISCOUNTEDLaw enforcement officials in four of the states that allow medical use of marijuana say the laws have had minimal impact on crime-fighting, although they at times complicate prosecution of drug cases, a congressional report said yesterday.

MARC EMERY'S BLOW BY BLOW ACCOUNT OF DRUG CZAR ENCOUNTERFEDS TOO SOFT ON DRUGS: COPSOTTAWA -- Criminals are getting off too easy as neighbourhoods across Canada are endangered by huge secret pot-growing operations, police groups charged this Tuesday.

MARC EMERY COMMENTARYTEEN'S SUICIDE LINKED TO HOCKEY SUSPENSION FOR POTThe coroner's service is investigating the suicide of a 15-year-old hockey player -- apparently after he was told he was being suspended by his team for possessing marijuana.

DRUG CZAR FLEES VANSTERDAM AMIDST BOOS AND "LIQUID SPEWING" B.C. BUD! LOCAL POTHEADS SHOUT DOWN BUSH'S DRUG CZARAmerican drug czar John Walters was heckled repeatedly during a speech to the Vancouver Board of Trade yesterday. "Lies, lies," shouted members of the B.C. Marijuana Party, who got into the meeting by identifying themselves through their corporate entity and paid $750 for a table in the middle of the ballroom at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre.