Senate Waters Down Minimum-Sentence, Pot-Growing Bill

The Senate has watered down a proposed law-and-order bill by axing a requirement that smalltime marijuana growers serve a mandatory minimum six-month sentence.
Vancouver police Insp.  Brad Desmarais said Wednesday that the department can’t support the Senate’s amendments to the drug legislation.
The law – controversial Bill C-15 – was designed to sentence [...] http://bit.ly/7CYsTz