The illegal drug trade and substance abuse must be stripped of their myths and put front and centre on the political agenda, Liberal MP Keith Martin argues
Just three songs and 15 minutes into a concert in Vancouver on Wednesday night, Britney Spears stopped a concert and walked off stage, citing smoke in the air.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Two Canadian women are facing four years’ jail in Indonesia after being arrested while allegedly smoking a marijuana joint during their holiday, police said Thursday.
As world leaders scramble for ways to resurrect the dwindling economy, it seems that even marijuana is not being ruled out as a possible economic stimulus.
A longtime advocate for the use of medical marijuana has agreed to give up a fight that has seen him battle the justice system as far as the Supreme Court of Canada.
Bill C-15 is a government Bill calling for mandatory minimum sentencing for drug crimes, including the possession of one marijuana plant if it is deemed to be for the purpose of trafficking. Libby Davies and the NDP oppose this Bill. Mandatory minimums have been an expensive failure in the United States, divert needed resources from prevention, treatment, and harm reduction measures, and further criminalize what must be recognized as a public health issue.
Attorney-General Wally Oppal spent the weekend focused on gangs -- meeting first with his western provincial counterparts and then with Mexican officials to share intelligence.