Items tagged with canada
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| Most Canadians want pot laws relaxed, poll shows [17.07.2014] | A strong majority of Canadians think the federal government should either legalize marijuana or decriminalize the possession of small amounts, accord ... |
| Canada's 'Prince of Pot' to be released from U.S. prison [06.07.2014] | When the poster child for marijuana legalization is released from a U.S. prison later this week, he'll be re-entering a world where many of his ideas ... |
| Decriminalize drug use and public health [27.05.2014] | Canada's war on drugs has caused serious harm, particularly for the nation's most vulnerable, according to a Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA ... |
| Medical marijuana users can continue to grow their own pot: judge [20.03.2014] | A Federal Court judge granted a temporary injunction to patients who are suing Ottawa because they are concerned about cost and quality of a commerci ... |
| Heroin addicts launch Charter challenge to prescription ban [12.11.2013] | Five people severely addicted to heroin are launching a constitutional challenge to the federal government’s ban on the prescription version of the d ... |
| Medical marijuana licences no longer a home-grown option [01.10.2013] | Starting next year, thousands of medical marijuana users will have to dig up their gardens and start buying only from suppliers approved and licensed ... |
| Report calls for decriminalizing both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ drugs [23.05.2013] | The personal use of illegal drugs, including heroin and crack cocaine, should be decriminalized as part of a federal-provincial strategy to tackle dr ... |
| NDP, Green party okay with research trial of marijuana use [02.05.2013] | B.C.’s New Democratic and Green parties say they would not oppose a research trial to evaluate the regulation of adult marijuana use, which would be ... |
| New Health Canada marijuana regulations may drive some into the bush [20.02.2013] | The Conservative government's new medicinal pot system may lead some patients to illicitly grow their pot outdoors. Under proposed changes taking eff ... |
| Battle over medical marijuana [11.02.2013] | More than a decade ago, after several court rulings, the federal government was forced to create regulations allowing people with legitimate needs to ... |
| The U.S. drug czar weighs in on Canada’s pot habit [10.02.2013] | Kerlikowske: "I think a patchwork of policies would create real difficulties. We still have federal law that places marijuana as being illegal. The a ... |
| Ontario’s top court upholds country’s marijuana laws in medicinal pot case [31.01.2013] | Canada’s ban on marijuana was effectively upheld when Ontario’s top court struck down the country’s laws related to medicinal pot much to the chagrin ... |
| Legalize pot and reap the benefit from influx of toking tourists: Liberals [26.01.2013] | Canada’s economy could benefit from an influx of toking tourists if weed is legalized, the Liberal Party of Canada says in a new analysis that backs ... |
| We enforced Ottawa’s pot laws. They don’t work [17.01.2013] | It is time to put ideology and politics aside in favour of a level-headed, evidence-based discussion about the failure of marijuana prohibition and t ... |
| Insite - Not Just Injecting, But Connecting [16.01.2013] | Last year the HCLU’s video advocacy group travelled to Vancouver, to make a film about Insite, the only legally-operating injecting facility in North ... |
| Bolivia wins a rightful victory on the coca leaf [11.01.2013] | Today the Plurinational State of Bolivia can celebrate a rightful victory, as the country can become formally a party again to the 1961 Single Conven ... |
| ‘It opens your heart’ [27.12.2012] | Exactly a century after ecstasy was first patented, Health Canada has approved the drug’s import for the first Canadian study using the illegal subst ... |
| Canada could learn from Colorado and Washington on pot [25.12.2012] | The decision by voters in Colorado and Washington to legalize marijuana represents a seismic shift in public attitudes. This historic reform will onl ... |
| Study: marijuana a susbstitute for prescription drugs and alcohol [10.12.2012] | Research being conducted by a former Victoria city councillor is poking holes in marijuana’s reputation as a gateway drug. According to an academic p ... |
| Pot is now legal in Washington state. Should we do the same? [05.12.2012] | Although Canada has long toyed with decriminalizing marijuana, that idea was shelved when Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper took office. Ear ... |
| Study shows legalizing pot could earn billions for B.C. [20.11.2012] | Legalizing marijuana in B.C. could generate $2.5 billion in government tax and licensing revenues over the next five years, according to a study publ ... |
| U.S. marijuana vote threatens to nip B.C. market in the bud [07.11.2012] | British Columbia’s multibillion-dollar marijuana industry could take a “significant” blow now that two U.S. states – including its closest neighbour ... |
| B.C. pot activists push for legalization after Wash. vote [07.11.2012] | Pot advocates in British Columbia (Canada) say now that voters in Washington have passed a law to legalize possession of marijuana, it is time for a ... |
| Op-ed: Approve I-502, legalize marijuana and cripple organized crime in B.C. [29.10.2012] | Passing Initiative 502 is one of the best ways to reduce international gang violence? Like the violent cartels gripping Mexico, British Columbia is a ... |
| B.C. favours sensible marijuana policy [05.10.2012] | Last week, delegates at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention voted in support of the decriminalization and taxation of marijuana. This vote wa ... |
| 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 ... |
| Chewing over Khat prohibition [10.01.2012] | In the context of a fast changing and well documented market in legal highs, the case of khat (Catha edulis) provides an interesting anomaly. It is f ... |
| 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 ... |
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