News Clippings

Canada

• CN AB: $1.2m Pledged For Supervised Drug-Use Site
  Calgary Herald (08/19/17)



• CN AB: Editorial: Facing Up To Ugly Truths
  Calgary Sun, The (08/19/17)



• CN AB: Fentanyl Deaths In Fort McMurray Already Nearing 2016 Total
  Fort McMurray Today (08/19/17)



• CN ON: Policy Lessons Re: Pot In The Workplace
  Daily Press, The (08/19/17)



• CN ON: Spike In Overdoses Alarms Health Unit
  Barrie Examiner (08/19/17)



• CN ON: Oped: Cannabis Legislation Will Better Protect Children
  Oakville Beaver (08/19/17)



• CN AB: Editorial: Facing Up To Ugly Truths
  Edmonton Sun (08/19/17)



• CN ON: City Councillor Asks Police Chief To Close West-End Pot Shop
  Ottawa Sun (08/19/17)



• CN ON: A Tale of Two Shootings
  Globe and Mail (08/19/17)



• CN ON: Column: Decriminalizing Drugs No Fix For Opioid Crisis
  Ottawa Citizen (08/19/17)



• CN ON: Column: Legalizing Illicit Drugs Won't Solve Opioid Crisis
  Sudbury Star (08/19/17)



• CN BC: Health Authority Issues New Opioid Plan
  Globe and Mail (08/19/17)



• Canada: Column: Safe Injection Safest Answer We Can Devise
  National Post (08/19/17)



• CN ON: Health Board Like A Drug Cartel: Mammoliti
  Toronto Sun (08/19/17)



• CN ON: Editorial: City Hall Creates Its Own Problems
  Toronto Sun (08/19/17)



• CN ON: Hamilton Grow-Op Couple Still Guilty, Despite Charter Issue
  Hamilton Spectator (08/19/17)



• Canada: Weed Legalization A Budding Dilemma
  Toronto Star (08/17/17)



• CN ON: City Will Open 3 Injection Sites
  Toronto Sun (08/17/17)



• CN ON: Toronto Rushes To Open Interim Supervised Drug-Use Sites
  Globe and Mail (08/17/17)



• CN ON: City To Open Interim Safe-Injection Site
  Toronto Star (08/17/17)

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International

• US TN: Harwell 'Open' To Medical Marijuana Law In Tennessee
  San Francisco Chronicle (08/17/17)



• US TN: Opioid-Related Hospitalizations More Than Triple For Tennessee
  Knoxville News-Sentinel (08/15/17)



• US: Marijuana States Try To Curb Smuggling, Avert Us Crackdown
  Philadelphia Daily News (08/15/17)



• US TX: Texans May Be Able To Buy Medical Cannabis Oil By January
  Ft. Worth Star-Telegram (08/14/17)



• US AZ: Column: Dead Letters
  Tucson Weekly (08/12/17)



• US OH: Marijuana Cultivation Warehouse Approved For North Toledo -
  Blade, The (08/12/17)



• US NJ: Editorial: Adding One More Needed Medical Marijuana Dispensary
  Herald News (08/05/17)



• US KS: We'll Never Be The Same
  Ada Evening News, The (08/01/17)



• US OH: Toledo Residents Ambivalent On Marijuana Greenhouse Near Their
  Blade, The (07/25/17)



• US MA: Legislators Send Pot Overhaul To Governor
  Boston Globe (07/25/17)



• US CA: Editorial: L.A. Voters Want To Legalize Marijuana, So Why
  Los Angeles Times (07/25/17)



• US As Trump Wages War On Legal Marijuana, Military Veterans Side With
  Los Angeles Times (07/25/17)



• US OH: Heroin, Cocaine Are Cheap, Potent And Widely Available
  Columbus Dispatch (07/14/17)

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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