Items tagged with canada
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| B.C. municipal leaders vote to work toward decriminalizing marijuana [26.09.2012] | British Columbia’s municipal politicians, sensing shifting emotional attitudes towards marijuana and a possible major new revenue source, voted to lo ... |
| Pot decriminalization debated by B.C.'s municipal leaders [23.09.2012] | Former B.C. attorney general Geoff Plant said the debate comes as Washington looks at a tax and regulation plan, and this is an opportunity for a coo ... |
| Fix to B.C.’s ‘drug problem’ is easy: legalize marijuana [20.09.2012] | With three western American states mulling legalized marijuana and the Union of B.C. Municipalities set to debate it, a new group wants the province ... |
| Hard drugs just minutes away for Vancouver users, study finds [14.08.2012] | Illicit drugs are easily and quickly accessible to users in Vancouver despite decades of aggressive drug law enforcement efforts aimed at suppressing ... |
| Medical marijuana growers uninspected by Health Canada [03.07.2012] | More than 15,000 people are licensed to grow medical marijuana in Canada, but Health Canada has no record of staff ever inspecting any of the growers ... |
| Most Canadians firmly in favour of decriminalizing marijuana: poll [02.07.2012] | Two-thirds of Canadians think the law should be changed so that people caught with small amounts of marijuana no longer face criminal penalties or fi ... |
| Feds hike danger rating on ecstasy while health officers urge drug policy reform [23.06.2012] | Several top public health officials are proposing a rethinking of current illegal-drug policies they assert spurs on a global problem involving ecsta ... |
| Pure ecstasy can be 'safe' if consumed responsibly: B.C. health officer [13.06.2012] | B.C.'s top health official says taking pure ecstasy can be "safe" when consumed responsibly by adults, despite warnings by police in Alberta and Brit ... |
| Ottawa drags out medical pot reform [11.06.2012] | The federal government's plan to revamp Canada's medical marijuana program and address court-raised constitutional concerns seems half-baked. The pro ... |
| Former Supreme Court justice blasts minimum sentences for marijuana offenders [15.05.2012] | Canada’s new mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders are based on “very bad criminal law policy” and constitute a threat to public health as w ... |
| What comes after the war on drugs [19.04.2012] | At the Summit of the Americas, Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed doubt about the war on drugs. “I think what everybody believes and agrees with ... |
| Improving community health and safety in Canada through evidence-based policies on illegal drugs [28.03.2012] | The use of illegal drugs remains a serious threat to community health. However, despite the substantial social costs attributable to illegal drugs, a ... |
| Ottawa's ideology-based drug policies under fire [28.03.2012] | A number of leading figures in Canadian public health are criticizing the federal government's approach to drug policy, suggesting political ideology ... |
| Whither a Progressive Pot Policy? [01.03.2012] | Cannabis has been taking centre stage in recent weeks. Former attorneys-general and Vancouver mayors in British Columbia have called for regulation a ... |
| Stephen Harper repeating same old mistakes with tougher pot laws, global group says [01.03.2012] | The Global Commission on Drug Policy says it’s “very weird” that Canada is taking a tougher line on marijuana when governments across the globe are r ... |
| The OxyContin disaster [24.02.2012] | Who is going to clean up the mess OxyContin has left behind in Ontario? Health Minister Deb Matthews' move to delist the addictive prescription paink ... |
| U.S. officials tell Tories war on drugs has failed [22.02.2012] | A high-profile group of current and former U.S. law enforcement officials has written to the Conservative government with a surprising message: Take ... |
| Why a former B.C. attorney-general is supporting the pro-pot movement [19.02.2012] | Geoff Plant has felt for years that the prohibition of marijuana is wrong. Now that the former B.C. attorney-general is out of government, he has dec ... |
| Legalize weed, yes, but the demon's in the details [16.02.2012] | Marijuana will be legal in Canada one day. It may not be for eons – or at least until the federal Liberals or New Democrats gain power, which could b ... |
| Former B.C. attorneys-general call for legalization of marijuana [14.02.2012] | Spurred in part by the point-blank shooting of a known gangster in an upscale Vancouver hotel, four former attorneys-general of British Columbia have ... |
| Policy pitfalls could quickly kill buzz around Liberal pot proposal [19.01.2012] | If Liberals are serious about presenting voters with a credible plan to legalize and regulate cannabis in the next federal election, they have a lot ... |
| Canadians in favour of relaxing pot laws: poll [17.01.2012] | The results come as the Liberal party voted overwhelmingly to support legalization of the drug at its biennial policy convention on the weekend, seem ... |
| Increased enforcement not curtailing marijuana use, report finds [22.12.2011] | Increased funding for anti-cannabis law enforcement does not meaningfully reduce the drug’s potency, price or availability and creates a lucrative op ... |
| B.C. medical group recommends pot legalization [22.12.2011] | Some B.C. medical health officials are now advocating for marijuana to be legalized, arguing that the government's costly enforcement activities are ... |
| Conservative senator opposes omnibus crime bill [16.12.2011] | Conservative Senator Pierre Claude Nolin says he can't support the massive Bill C-10 mainly because of a section that deals with growing marijuana pl ... |
| Ten Years of Medical Marijuana in Canada [12.12.2011] | In Canada, possession of medical marijuana is controlled under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations, which came into effect in the summer of 2001 ... |
| Medical marijuana debate rages among researchers, doctors [11.12.2011] | Research into medicinal marijuana is undergoing a surge of interest, with more evidence emerging not only of its ability to ease human suffering, but ... |
| Equal access to medical marijuana eludes Canadians [09.12.2011] | Data obtained by the Ottawa Citizen through the Access to Information Act put a face to the typical medical marijuana patient for the first time, 10 ... |
| Legal changes cause questions for medical marijuana users [09.12.2011] | The Tories omnibus crime legislation casts a shadow on the future of the medical marijuana program. The toughening of drug trafficking laws means tha ... |
| It's time to end the phoney war on drugs [29.11.2011] | We are supposedly engaged in a "war on drugs." What war on drugs? A phoney war, because it provokes that which it proclaims to repress. Take three co ... |
| Dr. Evan Wood: There is nothing conservative about supporting marijuana prohibition [28.11.2011] | Imagine an extremely expensive government policy proven to be completely ineffective at achieving its stated objectives. Consider also that whenever ... |
| Four former Vancouver mayors back call for an end to pot prohibition [23.11.2011] | Four former Vancouver mayors have endorsed a coalition calling for an end to pot prohibition in Canada that they blame for rampant gang violence. Lar ... |
| Doctors refuse to OK marijuana use [01.11.2011] | A decade after Canada legalized the medical use of marijuana, most doctors are still refusing to sign the declarations patients need to get legal acc ... |
| Legalizing pot would cut gang violence: experts [28.10.2011] | A new coalition of high-profile health, academic and justice experts is mounting a campaign to legalize and regulate marijuana in British Columbia, a ... |
| Budding research may remove stigma around cannabis cultivation [20.10.2011] | Two Canadian researchers hope their work — mapping the cannabis sativa genome — will get rid of the stigma which they say surrounds the cultivation o ... |
| Breaking the Silence [01.10.2011] | This brief report outlines the links between cannabis prohibition in British Columbia (Canada) and the growth of organized crime and related violence ... |
| U.S. wanted Vancouver's supervised injection site closed [30.09.2011] | A diplomatic cable shows U.S. officials opposed the Insite supervised injection site in Vancouver and wanted the federal and municipal governments to ... |
| B.C. drug injection clinic can stay open, Supreme Court rules [30.09.2011] | The Supreme Court of Canada has opened the door to supervised drug injection clinics across the country in a landmark decision that ordered the feder ... |
| Medical marijuana law under review [29.09.2011] | Health Canada began two days of closed-door talks Wednesday about changes to the controversial medical marijuana law that has faced legal challenges ... |
| Canada needs a more realistic public health approach to cannabis, study finds [23.09.2011] | Canada's existing public health approach to cannabis use is unrealistic and should be adjusted to reflect the way the system approaches alcohol. An a ... |
| Bring back the free crack pipes [05.09.2011] | When you hear that your government is helping addicts shoot up or smoke crack, it's normal to wonder: how can this possibly be good? Until recently, ... |
| Lower Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines for Canada (LRCUG) [01.09.2011] | More than one in ten adults – and about one in three young adults – report past year cannabis use in Canada. While cannabis use is associated with a ... |
| Free crack cocaine pipes enable the saving of lives [21.08.2011] | In 2008, Safeworks, an outreach program of Alberta Health Services, began a harm reduction program aimed at mitigating the effects of sharing crack p ... |
| Free crack pipe service discontinued in Calgary [19.08.2011] | A decision to stop a clean crack-pipe distribution program has disappointed those working to rehabilitate street addicts. Since 2008, Alberta Health ... |
| Drug users to receive crack pipes as part of pilot project [02.08.2011] | Vancouver health officials will distribute new crack pipes to non-injection drug users this fall as part of a pilot project aimed at engaging crack c ... |
| Uptake, benefits of and barriers to safer crack use kit (SCUK) distribution programmes in Victoria, Canada [30.06.2011] | Crack use is prevalent amongst street drug users in Canadian cities, and associated with severe drug use, health and social problems. Whilst few targ ... |
| Insite’s next battle: supervised inhalation [14.05.2011] | Insite’s operators have twice applied for a federal health exemption to allow crack cocaine smokers to use the room – the request was rejected in 200 ... |
| No evidence to contradict studies that supervised drug injections save addicts’ lives [12.05.2011] | Under tough judicial grilling, the Harper government conceded it had no evidence to counter scientific research showing supervised drug injections sa ... |
| Former mayors speak out for Insite [11.05.2011] | Divided by politics but united by drug policy, five former Vancouver mayors have issued a last-minute plea to Ottawa to drop its appeal of earlier co ... |
| Globe editorial: Supervised injection for the sake of public health [11.05.2011] | Vancouver’s supervised drug-injection clinic, Insite, saves lives and prevents human misery. Providing addicts with a safe, sterile place to inject h ... |
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