POT BILL FINE-TUNED

TORONTO (CP) -- Smoking pot while driving would not be a crime and
penalties for minors would be lower than for adults according to draft
legislation decriminalizing the possession of marijuana, the Globe and Mail
reported yesterday from Ottawa.

The Cannabis Reform Bill was to have been introduced to Parliament this
week, but sources told the Globe that Prime Minister Jean Chretien ordered
it delayed until the end of May to give caucus members more time to
consider it -- and to let Justice Minister Martin Cauchon fine-tune its
provisions.