Your Government on Weed: Health Canada to Spend Another $1.5 Million on Anti-Drug Ads
OTTAWA – Health Canada is spending $1.5 million to air recycled ads on prescription drugs and pot in the run-up to the fall federal election.
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Harper Government Moves to Block Supervised Injection Services For Drug Users in Canada
Today, the House of Commons passed Bill C-2, the Respect for Communities Act. Pretty title, but like so much Conservative legislation, the meaning of the title, like the bill, is cruelly ironic.
Harper Government’s 12-Week Anti-Drug Ad Blitz Cost $7 Million
Newly released figures show the Conservative government spent more than $7 million on a 10-week, anti-drug advertising campaign that wrapped up at the end of last month.
Anti-Marijuana Ad’s Dubious Claim a Scary Hit With Parents
Anti-marijuana ads tested with parents get strong reaction for IQ claims, despite researchers' doubts
Health Canada Approves Heroin Maintenance
Last Friday, Health Canada used some creative rule-reading to approve a program that would provide prescription heroin to a small number of hard-core users, and the Conservative health minister isn't happy.
Belize Asks Canada to Help Fight Spillover of Mexican Drug War
MP Chris Alexander says Canada working with Americas to prevent spread of drug trade
Ottawa’s Proposed Changes Would Cause More Illegal Activity
A group representing medical marijuana users says the Conservative government’s proposed changes to the medicinal pot system will lead to more law breaking, not less.
Canadian Medical Marijuana Users Won’t Be Able to Grow at Home
Ottawa is prohibiting growing your own pot, privatizing drug in 2014
Canadian Medical Association Decries Medicinal Marijuana Changes
New program proposed by Health Canada takes federal government out of the equation