Recreational Drugs
US President Donald Trump says he has signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold.
Ulbricht was convicted in 2015 in New York in a narcotics and money-laundering conspiracy and sentenced to life in prison.
Trump championed Ulbricht’s cause, joining libertarians who said the conviction was an example of government overreach. On Tuesday, he said he had called Ulbricht’s mother to inform her that he had granted a pardon to her son.
Silk Road, which was shut down in 2013 after police arrested Ulbricht, sold illegal drugs using Bitcoin, as well as hacking equipmen
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Read MoreFewer Canadians support decriminalization of cocaine and other narcotics following a failed experiment in British Columbia, says a Department of Health report. Researchers confirmed a majority of the public believe decriminalization perpetuates dangerous drug use.
“The belief that drug decriminalization would make communities less safe increased from 2023 by five percentage points,” said the report. It followed the abrupt suspension last May 7 of a B.C. experiment in decriminalizing public use of cocaine, opioids and other narcotics under the Controlled Drugs And Substances Act.
Asked, “To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: ‘I believe decriminalizing drugs would increase harms associated with drug use such as overdoses,’” a majority of 53 percent agreed. A total 48 percent said “decriminalizing drugs would make my community less safe.”
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Read MoreOne of the starkest emerging policy contrasts in Canada these days is between the entrenched progressive model of offering a “safe supply” of opioids to people with opioid addiction, and the alternative approach championed by conservatives, particularly in Alberta, of prioritizing treatment and recovery.
At present, however, decision-makers are still eager to promote the false hope of a “safe supply” of drugs, even as some physicians are fighting an uphill battle to save the lives of their patients without this controversial practice.
Safe consumption sites were set up for drug use under supervision, originally intended to reduce infection transmissions, but once linked with “safe supply” table
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Read MoreAuthorities in the Mexican state of Tabasco remain silent after a group of cartel gunmen left several dismembered bodies on a popular beach with a series of posterboards threatening a rival cartel, as well as the state police chief. The gory crime scene is attributed to an ongoing turf war between local cartels.
On Tuesday early morning, authorities responded to the Rosario beach in Tabasco in regards to several bodies that had been dumped. At the scene, authorities
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Read MoreRCMP arrest Montrealer, three others alleged to have extracted cocaine from cardboard By Paul Cherry
Four people, including a resident of Montreal, face criminal charges following an RCMP investigation in which the suspects are alleged to have extracted cocaine that had been soaked into cardboard boxes. “The investigation by the Airport and Federal Investigations Detachment began in December 2022, after the Canada Border Services Agency intercepted a package from Colombia containing 39 cardboard boxes soaked in cocaine. Laboratory
Read more at: https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/local-crime/article672985.html#storylink=cpy
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Read MoreA concerning trend is taking place in the central part of the border state of Tamaulipas as the Gulf Cartel has begun to abduct innocent laborers on their way to work. Authorities have been unable to provide answers to the cases while government officials continue to falsely claim that the region is safe and that “impunity has ended.”
The abductions began in December in the central part of the state, leading to a current total of six cases. Federal and state police
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Read MoreA report from Canada’s Department of Health revealed that almost half of the country’s young adults and teenagers are marijuana users.
According to a 2024 report from the Canadian Department of Health obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter, 48% of young adults under 24 and 40.5% of high schoolers reported using cannabis in the past year.
“Use of cannabis is common in Canada,” said the health department’s Canadian Cannabis Survey 2024.
The report surveyed 12,031 people nationwide and collected information from those who self-identified as marijuana users.
The report found marijuana use is most common in Western provinces, with 54% of
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Read MoreThe Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has dramatically reduced the prison sentence of a 35-year-old man who identifies as Métis – from five years to 30 months – after finding that the original sentencing did not take into account his lived experience as an Indigenous person.
Colin Umpherville was arrested at 29 years old in October 2019. Police entered a hotel room where Umpherville was present and discovered a .22 calibre handgun, 50 rounds of ammunition, a small quantity of methamphetamine, and a weigh scale in a backpack.
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Read MoreMortgage fraud and money laundering are growing worse despite new federal laws dating from 2020, cabinet said yesterday. The Department of Finance detailed new anti-fraud rules to take effect October 1, 2025 affecting realtors and title insurers.
“The Canadian real estate market has been identified as a sector highly vulnerable to money laundering,” the department wrote in a Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement. “Fraud, a well-known predicate crime to money laundering, is on the rise in the real estate sector with increased reporting of criminals using title fraud to steal ownership of a home to benefit from its value,” it added.
New rules under the Proceeds Of Crime And Terrorist Financing Act require that title insurers verify clients’ names, dates of birth and addresses. “Title insurers provide specialized insurance policies that insure residential or commercial property owners or their lenders against losses related to the property’s title or ownership,” wrote the finance department. “Although title insurance is not mandatory many lenders require its purchase as part of the mortgage agreement. Therefore title insurers are involved in most residential real estate transactions in Canada.”
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Read MoreThe raging cartel violence that has terrorized the state of Sinaloa for months led to the closing of IHOP restaurants in that region. The restaurant is one of numerous businesses that closed in that Mexican state, which continues to see brutal cartel fighting, targeted killings, abductions, and terror-style attacks. Public officials continue to claim public safety is improving.
This week, IHOP Sinaloa announced in a prepared statement that it was closing its locations in Culiacan, Sinaloa, due to the violence in the area. The continuing violence made it too unsafe for the restaurant’s employees and customers. The statement claimed the chain could reopen its doors when security improved in the region.
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