By Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press, Posted: 01/19/2012 OTTAWA – 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 of work to do. Even some of the…
READ MORECigarettes do more damage, study suggests CBC News Posted: Jan 10, 2012 Smoking marijuana occasionally doesn’t seem to damage the lungs as cigarette smoke does, a new 20-year study suggests. The study was published in Wednesday’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical…
READ MORECBC News Posted: Jan 10, 2012 Cigarettes do more damage, study suggests Smoking marijuana occasionally doesn’t seem to damage the lungs as cigarette smoke does, a new 20-year study suggests. The study was published in Wednesday’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical…
READ MOREOld Hippie, November 18, 2011 UPDATE: This post has been the target of some controversy in the comments section, where there has been some confusion of whether Switzerland is indeed allowing the growth of 4 cannabis plants in someone’s home. Since we are one of…
READ MORECBC News Posted: Oct 27, 2011 Prohibition benefits organized crime, group says A coalition of prominent B.C. police officers, health professionals, legal experts and academics is calling for the legalization and regulated sale of marijuana. The group Stop the Violence, which includes former B.C. Supreme…
READ MOREThe Canadian Press Posted: Oct 25, 2011 Study finds about one in six grow-op convictions results in jail time, but mandatory minimums will put more behind bars Only about one of every six people convicted in marijuana grow-op cases goes to jail, says…
READ MORECBC News Posted: Sep 23, 2011 Minimum sentences in the federal government’s new “tough on crime” legislation are going to overwhelm B.C.’s overcrowded jails with small-scale marijuana growers, according to the province’s prison guards. If passed, the federal government’s new law will mean a…
READ MOREBy Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press Posted: 09/21/2011 OTTAWA – Almost three quarters of all cases handled by federal prosecutors last year involved drugs, according to the annual report from the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. The service, responsible for pursuing everything from…
READ MOREBy Meagan Fitzpatrick , CBC News Posted: Sep 21, 2011 The RCMP is now publishing online the addresses of homes where marijuana grow-ops and other drug production operations were found. The new page on the RCMP’s website is part of a stepped up effort…
READ MOREBy Erik Kain Jul 5, 2011 Drug warriors often contend that drug use would skyrocket if we were to legalize or decriminalize drugs in the United States. Fortunately, we have a real-world example of the actual effects of ending the violent, expensive War on Drugs…
READ MOREBy Steve Elliott Saturday, May 21, 2011 Prohibited from holding a “March for Marijuana,” cannabis advocates in Brazil’s largest city had agreed with police to protest instead in defense of freedom of expression. But minutes after allowing the march, the Military Police brutally attacked…
READ MORERalph Mechoulam: The ‘Grandfather Of Marijuana’ Who Discovered THC From Business Insider When Raphael Mechoulam first asked the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a grant to research cannabis back in 1963, the top U.S. public health agency was quick to show him the door. “They told me,…
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