FEDS CLAIM POT LAW VALID

OTTAWA -- Justice Minister Martin Cauchon says Canada's pot possession law
is still valid, even though judges in three provinces have ruled to the
contrary.

Provincial judges in Ontario and P.E.I. have tossed simple possession
charges, prompting Cauchon's department to stay all such charges in those
provinces.

Another ruling by a Nova Scotia judge Monday will likely lead to a similar
stay while the decision is appealed. Still, Cauchon insisted: "The existing
legislation is the law of the land and ... we will keep enforcing that
legislation."