Pubdate: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 Source: NOW Magazine (CN ON) Copyright: 2007 NOW Communications Inc. Contact: http://www.nowtoronto.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/282 Section: Up Front POT COPS COME WITH GUNS BLAZING After newspapers reported that pot arrests across the country have increased sharply since the Tories took power - by 20 to 50 per cent in T.O., Ottawa and Montreal - Chief Bill Blair was quick to attribute the spike in possession charges here to busts of gangs, not of rec tokers. We should all get a little more brazen with our blazing and gum up the courts then. Maybe that would slap a little sense into the Cons and cops wasting our time and taxpayers' money on pot charges. - --- MAP posted-by: Steve Heath