DRUG TRAFFICKERS FACING MANDATORY JAIL TIME

(CNS) - A federal bill to impose automatic jail terms for drug
crimes, for the first time in canada, is headed for passage in the
House of commons in a final vote that could happen today.

The proposed legislation would strip judges of their discretion on
whether to incarcerate drug traffickers, including offenders who grow
and then sell as few as five marijuana plants.

Two American critics warned minimum mandatory sentences for drug
crimes have flooded U. S. prisons in the past 25 years.

The Liberals, who teamed up with the tories on the bill, will vote in
favour, said MP Brian murphy.