A decade ago, Canadians were a lot happier: Their government seemed to be on the brink of decriminalizing marijuana, and it was also instituting a nationwide program to meet the needs of med-pot patients. But that progress has become mired in bureaucracy and political grandstanding.
Canada's crime rate is the lowest in nearly 40 years, according to Statistics Canada, as the volume of crime dropped five per cent in 2010 from the year before.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Watch Cannabis Culture News LIVE for the latest news and views on pot politics and the marijuana community. In this episode: Canada's medical marijuana dispensaries are indispensable! Jeet-Kei Leung from the The Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries (CAMCD) joins the show in-studio to talk about the "Dispensaries are Indispensable" campaign to have med-pot providers recognized by Health Canada.
CANNABIS CULTURE - The Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries (CAMCD), a newly-formed advocacy group for med-pot providers, is asking patients who use marijuana as medicine to tell Health Canada that "dispensaries are indispensable".
CANNABIS CULTURE - Statistics Canada today released their annual crime statistics for Canada, revealing a startling increase in the number of simple marijuana possession arrests.
Injured drivers taken to B.C. hospitals over the next five years will help answer the question: Do those who are high on marijuana cause more crashes than sober drivers?