News Clippings

Canada

• Canada: Canadian Study Finds A Link Between Starting Medical Cannabis
  Regina Leader-Post (10/29/20)



• Canada: Oped: Canada Faces Its Own Opioid Crisis. It Should
  Washington Post (09/15/20)



• CN BC: Are More B.C. Tokers Finally Looking To Legal Cannabis Over
  Victoria News (07/25/20)



• Canada: Oped: Tough-On-Crime Anti-Drug Moralizing Does A Disservice
  Globe and Mail (07/25/20)



• Canada: Editorial: National Post View: Listen To The Police
  National Post (07/22/20)



• Canada: Pot in Canada: Legal, But Not Profitable
  New York Times (12/20/19)



• Canada: The Verdict Is In, And Year One Of Legalized Cannabis In
  Globe and Mail (10/18/19)



• Canada: Oped: Medical cannabis: Strengthening Evidence In The Face Of
  Canadian Medical Association Journal (08/22/19)



• CN BC: Editorial: Abstinence Works Best
  Daily Courier, The (08/20/19)



• CN BC: Column: Legalizing Pot Is Proving To Be A Public-Health
  Victoria Times-Colonist (08/11/19)



• Canada: Oped: The Unbearable Whiteness Of Weed
  Globe and Mail (08/02/19)



• CN BC: B.C.'s Largest First Nation Accuses Province Of Conflict On
  Province, The (06/24/19)



• CN NS: NSLC Snaps Up Cannabis Edibles Contract
  Chronicle Herald (06/24/19)



• CN ON: As New York Mulls Legalizing Pot, Toronto Tokes Up
  Buffalo News (06/22/19)



• CN AB: Oped: Drug Users Will Die Without Supervised Consumption Sites
  Calgary Herald (06/04/19)



• Canada: Canadian Cannabis Company Tilray Stacks Advisory Board With
  Philadelphia Daily News (12/18/18)



• Canada: Federal Government Approves First Device For Testing Drivers
  National Post (07/30/18)



• Canada: Dreams Of Fortune, And Fears, As Canada Embraces Marijuana
  New York Times (07/09/18)



• Canada: Cannabis Dispensaries Get Real Oct. 17, 2018 Municipal
  National Post (06/27/18)



• Canada: Oped: This Is Who We Are, Unfortunately
  Vancouver Sun (06/27/18)

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International

• Mexico: Oped: End The War On Drugs Now
  New York Times (11/20/20)



• US: Oped: 50 Years After The Start Of The War On Drugs, Americans
  Hill, The (11/20/20)



• US PA: Oped: Philadelphia Case Could Clear The Way For Safe Injection
  San Francisco Chronicle (11/18/20)



• US: Column: Republicans and Democrats Agree: End The War On Drugs
  New York Times (11/08/20)



• US: 4 States Ready To Roll With Recreational Pot
  USA Today (11/05/20)



• US OR: Oregon Votes To Decriminalize All Drugs, Allow Psilocybin For
  Wall Street Journal (11/05/20)



• US: State Ballots Show A Shifting Debate On Legalizing Drugs
  New York Times (10/27/20)



• US: Marijuana May Trip Up The Heart
  New York Times (10/27/20)



• US: Pot Stocks Stage A Muted Election Rally
  Wall Street Journal (10/21/20)



• Lebanon: Crisis Erases Farmers' Income From Reliable Crop: Hashish
  New York Times (10/19/20)



• New Zealand: Oped: Canada's Legalisation Experience
  Gisborne Herald (10/15/20)



• US NJ: Marijuana Is On The Ballot In New Jersey. Who Knew?
  New York Times (10/06/20)



• US: Parents' Little Helpers
  New York Times (10/04/20)



• US AZ: Lawsuit Seeks To Keep Recreational Marijuana Off AZ Ballot
  Arizona Daily Star (07/25/20)



• CN SK: Criminalization Of Simple Drug Possession Has Had 'Devastating
  StarPhoenix, The (07/25/20)



• US CA: When California Declared War On Cannabis Growers
  San Francisco Chronicle (07/25/20)



• New Zealand: Oped: Opinion As Well As Science Informs Policy Advice
  Otago Daily Times (07/25/20)



• US CA: California Weighs Steep New Fines To Combat Illegal Cannabis
  Los Angeles Times (07/25/20)



• US: Lester Grinspoon, Influential Marijuana Scholar, Dies At 92
  New York Times (07/04/20)



• US CA: L.A. To Dismiss 66,000 Pot Cases
  Wall Street Journal (02/14/20)

See the stories (updated daily) on the Media Awareness Project web site. See also the excellent materials at DRCNet (Drug Reform Coordination Network). These are excellent sources of current information about drug policy developments in Canada and around the world. If you hear about a major news story on drug policy, chances are it will reproduced at one of these sites.

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