tracking the end of the war on drugs

Friday, October 30, 2015 | | 0 comments

  • 1976 Netherlands legalize the sale of cannabis
  • 2006 Bolivia legalizes the sale and cultivation of coca plant (not cocaine) for traditional use.
  • 2009 Mexico decriminalizes the possession of small amounts of commonly used drugs.
  • 2001 Portugal decriminalizes all drug use
  • 2012 Washington state legalized cannabis for adult use
  • 2013 Colombia stops penalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana and cocaine.
  • 2014 Uruguay becomes the first country in the world to create a legal, regulated market for recreational marijuana.
  • 2014 Oregon legalized cannabis for adult use
  • 2014 Alaska legalized cannabis for adult use
  • 2014 Washington DC legalized cannabis for adult use
  • 2014 Vancouver Police Department state they will not enforce the new federal cannabis law
  • 2015 Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe legalized cannabis for adult use
  • 2015 Vancouver police public report justifies their decision to not enforce cannabis law

 

Just 11 pot shop applicants eligible: Vancouver

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 | | 0 comments

 

 

 



Just 11 pot shop applicants eligible: Vancouver
24 Hours Vancouver
October 26, 2015


 

 

Sign this petition to thank the Vancouver Police Department

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 | | 0 comments

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Thank_the_Vancouver_Police_Department_for_their_position_on_the_pot_shops_Sign_the_letter_below/

 

Hi all,

The broken link (and text) are now fixed.  Please spread this widely.

Cheers,

Mark Haden

Adjunct Professor UBC School of Population and Public Health

Mark@markhaden.com

 

 

 

cannabis / supervised injection in the news

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 | | 0 comments

Sign this petition to thank the Vancouver Police Department

Sunday, October 18, 2015 | | 0 comments

Thank the Vancouver Police Department for their decision stop using enforcement against the pot shops – see attached report:
Sign using the link below
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Thank_the_Vancouver_Police_Department_for_their_position_on_the_pot_shops_Sign_the_letter_below/?mZQsBgb

Please spread this petition widely!!!

Thanks so much,

Mark Haden

Psychedelic drugs on CBC Ideas - Oct 2015

Saturday, October 17, 2015 | | 0 comments

See corrected dates below

 

CBC Radio One – 690 on the AM dial


HIGH CULTURE, Three part series
LSD.  MDMA. Magic Mushrooms. The demonized drugs of the 1960's, some of them banned over four decades ago, are back. But now they're on the front-lines of medicine, as scientists around the world explore their healing properties. LSD for alcoholism. Psilocybin (magic mushrooms) for anxiety.  MDMA (Ecstasy) for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In this 3-part series, IDEAS producer Mary O'Connell takes a trippy path into the world of psychedelic drugs. Turn on, tune in, and heal thyself!  

 

Part 1 airs Thursday, October 22 – 9:00PM

Part 2 airs Thursday, October 29 - 9:00PM

Part 3 airs Tuesday, November 24 - 9:00PM

Psychedelic drugs on CBC Ideas - Oct 2015

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CBC Radio One – 690 on the AM dial


HIGH CULTURE, Three part series
LSD.  MDMA. Magic Mushrooms. The demonized drugs of the 1960's, some of them banned over four decades ago, are back. But now they're on the front-lines of medicine, as scientists around the world explore their healing properties. LSD for alcoholism. Psilocybin (magic mushrooms) for anxiety.  MDMA (Ecstasy) for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In this 3-part series, IDEAS producer Mary O'Connell takes a trippy path into the world of psychedelic drugs. Turn on, tune in, and heal thyself!  

 

Part 1 airs Thursday, October 22 – 9:00PM

Part 2 airs Thursday, October 27 - 9:00PM

Part 3 airs Tuesday, November 24 - 9:00PM

Tom Mulcair says NDP government would move to legalize marijuana #cannabis

Thursday, October 15, 2015 | | 0 comments

 

 

 

 

 

Tom Mulcair says NDP government would move to legalize marijuana
Legalization 'is the direction that it is going in. Look at Oregon. Look at Colorado,' NDP leader says
CBC News
October 13, 2015

LĂ©galisation de la marijuana: une voie d’avenir selon Mulcair
Le Journal de Montréal
Le 14 octobre 2015


 

 

Victoria Will Be Australia's First State to Legalize Medical Marijuana

Thursday, October 8, 2015 | | 0 comments

More people using pot as substitute for pills and booze #cannabis

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Study is attached

 

 

 

 

More people using pot as substitute for pills and booze
Global News
October 7, 2015


 

 

Thousands of US inmates convicted of drug crimes set for early release #drugpolicy

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 | | 0 comments

 

 

 

 

 

 



Thousands of US inmates convicted of drug crimes set for early release
Global News
October 6, 2015


 

 

 

 

Is marijuana 'infinitely worse' than tobacco? and 6,000 People to Be Released From Federal Prison

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 | | 0 comments

the war on the war on drugs

Monday, October 5, 2015 | | 0 comments

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-p-malito/the-war-on-the-war-on-dru_b_8234908.html

Abbotsford runs pot shops out of town while Vancouver regulates #cannabis

Friday, October 2, 2015 | | 0 comments

Cannabis in the news

 

 



Abbotsford runs pot shops out of town while Vancouver regulates
Abbotsford pot shops weeded out as mayor says they are illegal
CBC News
October 1, 2015

Oregon pot shops see brisk sales on opening day
Customers say they've been waiting all their lives for a moment like this
CBC News
October 1, 2015


 

 

 

 

Liberals 'committed' to legalizing marijuana: Trudeau #cannabis

Thursday, October 1, 2015 | | 0 comments

 

 

 

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Liberals 'committed' to legalizing marijuana: Trudeau
CTV News
September 30, 2015



Marijuana not a gateway drug, says UVic study
Cannabis 'safer and less addictive than many substances,' according to research
CBC News
September 30, 2015