Pubdate: Thu, 02 Nov 2006
Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)
Copyright: 2006, The Globe and Mail Company
Contact:  http://www.globeandmail.ca/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168

NEW ALBERTA LAW TARGETS CHILDREN EXPOSED TO DRUGS

Calgary -- Police in Alberta are now able to charge parents with 
exposing their children to drugs under a new law that is the first of 
its kind in Canada.

The Drug Endangered Children Act, which came into effect yesterday, 
allows officers to seize and hold for two days any children found 
living where drugs are being sold or produced. That includes 
methamphetamine labs and indoor marijuana grow operations.

A charge of willfully causing a youngster to be a drug-endangered 
child carries a maximum fine of $25,000 or two years in jail.
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