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Beefed-Up Tory Senate Reconsiders Drug Bill

by on 24/10/10 at 2:42 pm

A Conservative bill to jail offenders caught growing five or more marijuana plants was back before the Senate Wednesday, a year after it watered down the government’s proposals by raising the bar to 200 plants.

Justice Minister Rob Nicholson ignored the Senate amendments when he resurrected the legislation, and the upper chamber, which has fewer Liberals than it did a year ago, has less muscle to balk this time around.

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