A judge who is truly a prince:
Québec Judge Protests Canadian Cannabis Law
In a ruling that both protests the severely broken war on marijuana and reflects Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau’s position on weed, a judge in Québec fined a man $1.30 for 30 cannabis plants.
Judge Pierre Chevalier
delivered the symbolic ruling to Mario Larouche, who was arrested for possession of 30 marijuana plants.
“We are in a society where people are accused of possession and use of marijuana while more than half the population has already consumed. These are laws that are obsolete and ridiculous. When one is in the presence of laws which would have more than half of the population has a criminal record in Canada… And probably most Crown Attorneys and defense, and perhaps judges, but I will not comment on it,” said Chevalier.
Mario Larouche, 46, had tried numerous times to get a prescription for medical marijuana, unsuccessfully. So few doctors are willing to prescribe marijuana for pain relief, despite the mountains of evidence proving its effectiveness without the disastrous side effects of prescription painkillers.
This forced Mr. Larouche to break the law in order to treat his pain.
Chevalier protested Canada’s system, “Monsieur is in a broken system where it does not give people access to a natural medicine that goes back centuries, millennia.”
The newly elected Liberal party of Canada vowed to legalize marijuana, and the
wheels are already in motion.
However, the process is slow, and marijuana is still considered illegal in Canada for the moment. Despite it still being an illegal substance, some courts are simply sick and tired of these unjust laws and are exercising their power to ignite change.
Mario Larouche, unable to secure a prescription for medical marijuana, resorted to growing 30 plants himself.
Larouche, a resident of the province of Quebec, was charged with possessing the plants, and lawyers for the province requested a sentence of $250 and 90 days in jail. Quebec Judge Pierre Chevalier, however, delivered a more lenient sentence of just a $1 fine plus 30 cent surcharge.
In explaining his sentence, the Judge welcomed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's plan to legalize and regulate marijuana, remarking on the ubiquitousness of cannabis in Canadian society, as well as the archaic laws governing possession of the plant.
He also suggested the current laws, if fully enforced, would result in criminal records for more than half the population - including government lawyers and "perhaps judges."
"We are in a society where people are accused of possession and use of marijuana while more than half the population has already consumed. These are laws that are obsolete and ridiculous." (translated from La Presse article by Google Translate)
http://www.lapresse.ca/le-droit/actualites/palais-de-justice/201511/26/01-4925229-un-juge-denonce-les-lois-desuetes-et-ridicules-sur-le-cannabis.php
