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Ow, you touched a sore spot, we Canadians did exactly the same thing by extraditing a fellow who was selling grass seeds by mail to US citizens. Strangely (sarc

Ow, you touched a sore spot, we Canadians did exactly the same thing by extraditing a fellow who was selling grass seeds by mail to US citizens. Strangely (sarcasm intended), we have refused such requests for the operators of online pharmacies, who employ a lot of people and generate sales for some big and influential Pharma companies in Canada.

cperciva 15y ago
It's not strange at all: Canada extradites people if the actions they are accused of are crimes in Canada. Drug trafficking, for all that it generally isn't enforced in the case of marijuana, is illegal in Canada; so a Canadian accused of trafficking drugs into the US was extradited. Selling prescription medications to patients with proper prescriptions is legal in Canada.
- bryanlarsen 15y ago
  But selling marijuana seeds is not (was not?) illegal in Canada.
  - cperciva 15y ago
    Viable marijuana seeds are included in Schedule II of the CDSA. The law isn't enforced, but it's still there.
    - redthrowaway 15y ago
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Drugs_and_Substances_Act#Schedule_II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Drugs_and_Substances... It appears that, while non-viable seeds are explicitly legal, there does not appear to be any prohibition against viable seeds, unless they are considered a marijuana "preparation". I suspect there's some case law floating around where a court has decided whether or not cannabis seeds are considered a marijuana preparation. Edit: Erowid is somewhat helpful in this regard, although the linked article is broken: http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_law.shtml http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_law.shtml
      - cperciva 15y ago
        I am not a lawyer, but I would be very surprised if Canadian courts didn't interpret that text in accordance with the general principle that all words have meaning -- i.e., explicitly stating that non-viable seeds are legal implies that the intention was that viable seeds are not legal.
      - nkassis 15y ago
        I was under the impression that the law prohibited viable seeds but due to a loophole (you can't be certain a seed is viable or not) they couldn't stop people with any seed. I might be remembering this all wrong.
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cperciva 15y ago

It's not strange at all: Canada extradites people if the actions they are accused of are crimes in Canada. Drug trafficking, for all that it generally isn't enforced in the case of marijuana, is illegal in Canada; so a Canadian accused of trafficking drugs into the US was extradited. Selling prescription medications to patients with proper prescriptions is legal in Canada.

bryanlarsen 15y ago
But selling marijuana seeds is not (was not?) illegal in Canada.
- cperciva 15y ago
  Viable marijuana seeds are included in Schedule II of the CDSA. The law isn't enforced, but it's still there.
  - redthrowaway 15y ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Drugs_and_Substances_Act#Schedule_II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Drugs_and_Substances... It appears that, while non-viable seeds are explicitly legal, there does not appear to be any prohibition against viable seeds, unless they are considered a marijuana "preparation". I suspect there's some case law floating around where a court has decided whether or not cannabis seeds are considered a marijuana preparation. Edit: Erowid is somewhat helpful in this regard, although the linked article is broken: http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_law.shtml http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_law.shtml
    - cperciva 15y ago
      I am not a lawyer, but I would be very surprised if Canadian courts didn't interpret that text in accordance with the general principle that all words have meaning -- i.e., explicitly stating that non-viable seeds are legal implies that the intention was that viable seeds are not legal.
    - nkassis 15y ago
      I was under the impression that the law prohibited viable seeds but due to a loophole (you can't be certain a seed is viable or not) they couldn't stop people with any seed. I might be remembering this all wrong.
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