Items tagged with canada
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| Rethinking the global war on drugs [25.04.2016] | The U.S. is in the untenable position of violating the existing treaties — now that four states have legalized the sale of recreational marijuana. Th ... |
| Vancouver prescriptions for addicts gain attention as heroin and opioid use rises [20.04.2016] | Vancouver’s Crosstown Clinic, the only medical facility in North America permitted to prescribe heroin at the center of an epidemic raging across the ... |
| B.C. declares public health emergency as overdoses surge again [13.04.2016] | British Columbia has declared a public health emergency after another surge in drug-related overdoses and deaths, making it the first province in the ... |
| Canada on drugs at the UN: Standing up for a long-overdue policy shift [12.04.2016] | The applause persisted until the chair of the session eventually gavelled it to an end. The occasion? Canada’s statement at the UN Commission on Narc ... |
| How Canada got addicted to fentanyl [07.04.2016] | The supply chain for illicit fentanyl begins in China, but the problems Canada is experiencing start right here at home: No other country in the worl ... |
| Canadian official causes stir with ‘progressive’ speech at UN narcotics conference [15.03.2016] | The Liberal government used its first foray into the global anti-narcotics arena this week to signal a clear shift away from the war-on-drugs philoso ... |
| France has highest (number of) teen cannabis smokers [14.03.2016] | France and Canada have the highest percentage of 15-year-old cannabis smokers among 42 well-off nations surveyed by the World Health Organization. Wh ... |
| Health Canada flagged nine key considerations in legalizing marijuana [04.03.2016] | As the Liberal government began moving on its commitment to legalize marijuana, Health Canada flagged nine key considerations – from health risks and ... |
| Majority of Canadians agree pot should be legal: poll [29.02.2016] | A strong majority in Canada agree with the Liberal government’s plan to legalize marijuana, and half of them feel users should be able to grow their ... |
| Marijuana advocates say ‘next fight’ is legalizing storefront dispensaries [24.02.2016] | The federal government should use a court decision ordering it to rewrite the rules on medical marijuana as an opportunity to legalize the storefront ... |
| Federal prosecutors maintain hard line on pot as legalization looms [21.02.2016] | As Canada heads toward a new era of legal marijuana use, federal prosecutors are still trying to jail people who grow small amounts of cannabis in th ... |
| Legal pot has its benefits, but little economic impact [17.02.2016] | Each week, there seems to be a new headline declaring that piles of cash will soon flood into the economy once legalization comes into effect. The la ... |
| The right way to do drugs [12.02.2016] | It is like a hash-induced hallucination: row upon row of lush, budding plants, tended by white-coated technicians who are bothered by the authorities ... |
| Liberals’ vow to legalize pot creating chaos, police say [06.02.2016] | Canada’s frontline officers and police chiefs are alarmed by the growing chaos in the marijuana industry, saying the Liberal Party’s promise to event ... |
| Canada’s medical pot producers set sights on recreational users [28.01.2016] | Canada’s producers of medical marijuana are sitting on a seven-tonne stash of weed, with the inventory steadily growing as supply exceeds demand in t ... |
| Tax revenues from legal pot could reach $5-billion a year: economist [27.01.2016] | A new report from CIBC World Markets says Canada’s federal and provincial governments could reap as much as $5-billion annually in tax revenues from ... |
| Medical cannabis market shows growing pains [26.01.2016] | The Czech Republic took a bold step back in 2013 when lawmakers agreed to legalise the sale of medicinal cannabis or marihuana. But the development o ... |
| Canadian investors show interest in local ganja [12.01.2016] | Following the lead of several US states in holding referendums which have been supportive of reducing the legal restraints on the use of the drug, Ja ... |
| Legalizing marijuana will come with strict controls, MP Bill Blair says [11.01.2016] | Liberal MP Bill Blair wants to make it clear the growth and sale of legal marijuana in Canada will not be a free-for-all. In an interview, the chief ... |
| Ex-colleague will lobby MP Bill Blair to restrict field of pot growers [10.01.2016] | A former high-ranking colleague and friend of MP Bill Blair, the Liberal government's point man on marijuana legalization, will lobby the ex-Toronto ... |
| Legalizing pot in Canada will run afoul of global treaties, Trudeau warned [04.01.2016] | The Liberal government will have to do substantial work on the international stage before it can follow through on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s pr ... |
| The right (and wrong) way to legalize cannabis [22.12.2015] | The Trudeau government’s proposal to legalize cannabis will no doubt generate heated debate. The question of how to legalize is likely to receive les ... |
| Justin Trudeau and the cannabis factory [18.12.2015] | Many consumers obtain their marijuana through storefront "dispensaries", which have sprung up across Canada, encouraged by liberalisation in the Unit ... |
| Cannabis regulation is coming to Canada — here are five things to know [15.12.2015] | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promises to regulate recreational cannabis use in Canada. From the inclusion of cannabis policy reform in the speech fr ... |
| Canada’s next big move? It may be legalizing pot [05.12.2015] | The new Liberal government has promised to act quickly to legalize marijuana for general use, which would make Canada the first Group of 20 country t ... |
| Safe-injection sites are cost-effective to health system: study [29.11.2015] | A new Canadian study about safe-injection sites for intravenous drug users concludes that they are cost-effective to the health-care system — an argu ... |
| Majority approve of legalized, regulated, taxed cannabis [07.11.2015] | In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll among 1256 Canadian voters, the majority, close to 6-in-10, approve of the Liberal gov ... |
| Pot legalization looks certain for Canada [20.10.2015] | Carrying a torch for marijuana legalization, the Liberal Party of Canada emerged like a phoenix from parliamentary election to an absolute majority i ... |
| Canada's newly elected Liberals may legalize marijuana [19.10.2015] | With the Liberal Party's electoral victory in Canada, the US's northern neighbors could soon undertake an enormous change in drug policy: marijuana l ... |
| Marijuana legalization urged for open debate [11.10.2015] | Marijuana has emerged as an issue in the federal election campaign in Canada. The Liberals promise legalization, the NDP pledge at least to decrimina ... |
| Marijuana prohibition can do more harm than good, doctors tell federal parties [20.09.2015] | If Canada's new government chooses to legalize marijuana beyond medical use then it should get into the business of controlling its supply and sale t ... |
| Majority of Canadians support decriminalizing marijuana: poll [18.08.2015] | More Canadians than ever support decriminalizing marijuana, according to a new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Global News. Ipsos found 65 per cent ... |
| Tories' false claims about pot laws put youth at risk: drug policy centre [11.08.2015] | Conservative Leader Stephen Harper has made Canada’s approach to marijuana laws an election issue, contrasting his government’s tough approach agains ... |
| Vancouver’s pot bylaw ignores major concerns [28.06.2015] | Vancouver City Council and the police department have clouded the national debate on cannabis with their approach to pot and are pumping money into t ... |
| Vancouver to weed out illegal marijuana dispensaries [24.06.2015] | Vancouver changed the landscape of Canada’s cannabis culture, becoming the first city in Canada to regulate illegal marijuana dispensaries. The actio ... |
| Vancouver becomes first Canadian city to regulate growing marijuana market [23.06.2015] | Vancouver has approved new rules to license and regulate illegal marijuana stores, making it the first city in Canada to attempt to control the burge ... |
| Drug users should be able to get heroin from the health system [13.04.2015] | No fewer than six randomised controlled trials – in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Canada, and England – concluded that heroin assiste ... |
| Canadian company to tap into Jamaica for medicinal cannabis supply [04.04.2015] | A Canadian company is seeking to tap into the Jamaican market for the supply of dried marijuana to the medicinal marijuana industry in Canada. Market ... |
| Why Canada is no longer a leader in global drug policy [26.02.2015] | Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s statement about the failures of Canada's drug policy is mostly on point. It’s just the last bit he gets wrong: “I thi ... |
| Give back safe smoking room to Vancouver crack users, study says [09.02.2015] | For three years, the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users’ (VANDU) operated an unsanctioned, peer-run “safer smoking room” for crack users in a small ... |
| High hopes: Legalized pot is on the way [29.01.2015] | Moving from illicit to licit requires regulations that allow enough of a legal market to dry out the black one – ideally, while bringing in much-need ... |
| Does your politician have a drug policy problem? [07.01.2015] | "Your politician is showing all the symptoms of 'Drug Policy Abuse,'" reads the CDPC website. "They refuse to engage in an open and honest discussion ... |
| Canadian lawyers scent profit as medical marijuana industry prepares to go legit [06.01.2015] | Since 2001, Canada has allowed patients to grow their own marijuana or designate a grower to do so on their behalf, but a policy change established t ... |
| Drugs policy in Canada: Local heroin [05.12.2014] | Some European countries prescribe heroin for the most severe cases of addiction. Patients taking heroin are less likely to use illicit drugs and drop ... |
| As B.C. heroin flap shows, drug laws are not about improving health [28.11.2014] | If you’ve ever had surgery, you owe a debt to heroin-assisted therapy, and not because you were probably doped up on morphine in post-op. Rather, it’ ... |
| Vancouver addicts soon to receive prescription heroin [21.11.2014] | In a North American first, heroin addicts in Vancouver will soon receive prescription heroin outside of a clinical trial. Doctors at the Providence C ... |
| Marijuana: Yes to more steps toward decriminalization [19.08.2014] | Peter MacKay, the Minister of Justice, is broaching the prospect of a marijuana bill that would verge on decriminalization. Well, better late than ne ... |
| Canada's doctors decline to join anti-marijuana campaign [15.08.2014] | The main groups representing Canadian doctors have declared they will not participate in Health Canada's upcoming anti-drug campaign targeting young ... |
| Marijuana crime: Are police turning 'a blind eye' to pot charges? [12.08.2014] | In Canada there appears to be "just a lack of enthusiasm on the part of police" to enforce possession laws. "There's a huge amount of discretion. It' ... |
| It’s time to talk about MDMA [10.08.2014] | Another summer festival season, another slate of tragic overdoses and a few overwrought reactions about the need to ban electronic music parties. “Pa ... |
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