It's Just A Joint - How You Could Get Life Over A Toke In Canada

There were certain issues we talked about as friends, and issues I knew others talked about too. Remember wondering if a hit of 'e' could really get you life in prison? Remember saying weed was just a misdemeanor and no one cared, but you could go for life over just one ounce of coke?

We couldn't have been farther from the truth. The truth is much different. Canadian law states the second time you're caught with weed, and are sentenced within 10 years, you are liable for a life sentence. Quite a price to pay for a couple of joints. Lets not speculate like a bunch of teenagers. Lets dig into the letter of the law itself, after-all, that's how we're going to solve these problems, if we're to solve them at all.

We look to the Controlled Substance Act:

(2) No person shall seek or obtain

    (a) a substance included in Schedule I, II, III or IV, or

    (b) an authorization to obtain a substance included in Schedule I, II, III or IV

(3) Every person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2)

    (a) subject to paragraph (a.1), if the subject matter of the offence is a substance included in Schedule I or II, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life, and

        (i) to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of one year if

            (A) the person committed the offence for the benefit of, at the direction of or in association with a criminal organization, as defined in subsection

467.1(1) of the Criminal Code,

            (B) the person used or threatened to use violence in committing the offence,

            (C) the person carried, used or threatened to use a weapon in committing the offence, or

            (D) the person was convicted of a designated substance offence, or had served a term of imprisonment for a designated substance offence, within the previous 10 years

Now Let us note where you get your life sentence over weed, if you haven't been paying attention.

(3) Every person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2)

    (a) subject to paragraph (a.1), if the subject matter of the offence is a substance included in Schedule I or II, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life, and 
    
(D) the person was convicted of a designated substance offence, or had served a term of imprisonment for a designated substance offence, within the previous 10 years

 See that in the beginning? Contravenes means to break, or break the law in that section. Let me show you one simple quote from section 1 that constitutes breaking the law in that section:

(2) No person shall seek or obtain

• (a) a substance included in Schedule I, II, III or IV

Guess what one of the substances is in section II? Cannabis. 

Lets put all that law in simple terms:

The second time you are caught with 1-3 grams of pot within a ten year period, and are convicted, the second time you can be handed a life sentence.

It's that simple...

It's not just weed, it's your whole life. Once in prison, there's no getting out. To a Christian who still smokes, it means so much more. If they chip prisons, and the beast mark of revelations holds any truth, you've sold your soul for a few grams.  

 Don't believe me?

Read it yourself.

http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-38.8/