A retired judge proposes legalizing and regulating drugs, says government plans to put more police officers on the ground won’t lessen the danger to ordinary citizens
HALIFAX - Vancouver has always been the hotbed of marijuana activism in Canada, but now a group of Nova Scotians is hoping to revive the campaign for looser cannabis laws, not with public protests and civil disobedience, but with a familiar East Coast export: music.
Students, faculty, media, politicians, activists and interested public across Canada are joining Marc-Boris St-Maurice, Executive Director of NORML Canada as he embarks on a national fact-finding tour to introduce "The National Resolution for the Legalization of Marijuana".
Lawyers representing users of medicinal marijuana say the government is producing an ineffective drug and unfairly restricting access to the medicine from other sources
Please read this entire article -- or at least the bold parts! It is VERY important to keep Canada away from following the US on prison, police, and drug policies!