A global group of leaders wants to end what it says is a failed policy and instead focus on legalising use and putting people’s health first, writes Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill.
CANNABIS CULTURE - I'm honoured, and very happy, to be asked to blog for Cannabis Culture. Thanks so much to Jeremiah and Jodie for this opportunity! I believe that drug policy reform is one of the most important political issues in Canada and the world today, but I have never had the chance to talk about it with more than a few people at a time.
The political debate over marijuana legalization in Canada could soon intensify, following a New York Times editorial that calls for the U.S. federal government to repeal its 44-year ban on pot.
CANNABIS CULTURE - What is arguably the most influential and respected newspaper in the United States is ready to free the weed. In a Sunday editorial, the New York Times called forthrightly for the end of federal marijuana prohibition.
It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates arose and flourished.