Policing-Sensitivity-Lesbian-Homosexual-Community, Paper Trail and Ecstasy
Two different rules of law -- Toronto "is a city that subscribes to the group hug theory of fighting crime" -- a "must read" article
Two different rules of law -- a "must read" article Arthur Weinreb, Dec. 22, 04. Arthur Weinreb is an author, columnist and Associate Editor of Canada Free Press. His work as appeared on Newsmax.com, Men's News Daily, the Drudge Report, Foxnews.com and The Rant. He can be reached at cfp@canadafreepress.com
[. . . . .] In 2002, a Provincial Court Judge found that the women’s right to privacy had been contravened and said that the conduct of the officers amounted to a strip search and constituted violations under the Charter of Rights.
[. . . . .] The settlement of the civil suit effectively means that there is now one law for gays and one for heterosexuals. So much for the notion of equality.
Paper trail led to drugs -- Sales of hot-tub chemicals traced to ecstasy labs -- "safrole and piperonal"
TORONTO -- York Regional Police used some new-fangled detective work to make a "shocking" Ecstasy bust -- the largest in Canadian history. By tracing the sale of chemicals commonly used in hot tubs, deodorants and air fresheners -- which also happen to be key ingredients for illicit drugs -- police uncovered a complex, organized Ecstasy ring and with it 1,000 kilos of liquid and powder MDMA (Ecstasy).
The seized powdered drug was 96% pure and packed in vacuum-sealed bags, likely ready for shipment to the U.S. It's worth $100 million but has a potential street value of half a billion dollars and is more than the total amount seized in all of the U.S. in 2003, police said.
[. . . . ] Ecstasy is a semi-synthetic compound that can be made relatively easily by anyone with more than two years of college chemistry. The precursor chemicals for MDMA are tightly controlled in the U.S. But, in Canada there are no restrictions on buying them. [. . . . ]
