News Clippings

Canada

• CN ON: Gang Targeted City
  Sudbury Star (06/21/17)



• CN BC: Drug Users Need To Be Part Of Solution To Overdose Deaths
  Prince George Citizen (06/21/17)



• CN ON: Editorial: Ontario Should Open Up On Pot Planning
  Beacon Herald, The (06/21/17)



• CN MB: OPED: Province Should Control Marijuana Sales
  Winnipeg Free Press (06/21/17)



• CN BC: Column: Downtown Eastside Tours Objectify Those Living With
  Vancouver 24hours (06/19/17)



• CN NS: OPED: How Prepared Are Police For Drug-Related Impaired
  Amherst News (06/19/17)



• CN NS: Column: How To Best Treat Society's Most Vulnerable?
  Amherst News (06/19/17)



• CN BC: Editorial: Uncertainty Lies Ahead On Marijuana Issue
  Peace Arch News (06/19/17)



• CN ON: Editorial: Pot Plan Needs Clarity
  Ottawa Citizen (06/19/17)



• CN ON: Smoking Out Strategies
  Ottawa Sun (06/19/17)



• CN ON: Province's Pot Strategy Wrapped In Platitudes
  Ottawa Citizen (06/19/17)



• CN ON: A Hard Climb
  Ottawa Citizen (06/19/17)



• CN ON: OPSEU Workers Will Be Covered For Medical Pot
  Toronto Sun (06/19/17)



• Canada: Demystifying A Instead Of Decrying A Drugs For Teens
  Globe and Mail (06/19/17)



• CN ON: Legalizing Cannabis Could Reduce Opioid Use: Experts
  Record, The (06/19/17)



• CN AB: Beltline Tabbed For Safe Site
  Metro (06/19/17)



• CN AB: Plans Inch Ahead For City's First Safe Drug-Use Site
  Calgary Herald (06/19/17)



• CN BC: Editorial: Making P.G. Pot Central
  Prince George Citizen (06/19/17)



• CN ON: No Fentanyl In Local Marijuana: Cops
  Standard Freeholder (06/19/17)



• CN AB: OPED: Let's Keep Legalized Cannabis Profits At Home
  Edmonton Journal (06/19/17)

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International

• US NV: Nevada Still Plans To Issue Pot Licenses July 1
  Washington Post (06/21/17)



• US CA: California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra Announces Probe Of
  Los Angeles Times (06/21/17)



• US AZ: Marijuana Benefits Abound As New Policy Looms
  Tucson Weekly (06/19/17)



• US CA: Hills Like Home In Laos. And Now A Crop, Too.
  New York Times (06/09/17)



• Philippines: On The Run From Duterte's Crackdown
  New York Times (06/09/17)



• US: Drug Deaths In America Are Rising Faster Than Ever
  New York Times (06/09/17)



• US OH: As Heroin Infests Farms, A Grieving Parent Fears For The
  New York Times (03/17/17)

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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