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November 19, 2012
11/19/2012
UN Drug Watchdog “Concerned” with Marijuana Legalization Votes

UN Drug Watchdog “Concerned” with Marijuana Legalization Votes

01:31pm The president of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) Thursday voiced “grave concern” about the votes legalizing marijuana in the US states of Colorado and...
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November 13, 2012
11/13/2012
British Columbia Marijuana Activist Wins $25M Lottery Jackpot

British Columbia Marijuana Activist Wins $25M Lottery Jackpot

CBC News is reporting that Robert Erb, a construction worker living in British Columbia who once ran for office on the B.C. Marijuana Party ticket, won $25...
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November 8, 2012
11/08/2012
Canadians Want to Legalize Marijuana, Too

Canadians Want to Legalize Marijuana, Too

It’s a rare day when Canada looks to the United States as a picture of liberalism. On Tuesday, voters in Washington state Washington state and Colorado approved initiatives legalizing the recreational use of...
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November 7, 2012
11/07/2012
BC Politicians, Marijuana Supporters Condemn Bill C-10′s Tough New Drug Laws

BC Politicians, Marijuana Supporters Condemn Bill C-10′s Tough New Drug Laws

If you grow six marijuana plants in BC, prepare to spend six months in the slammer. Canada’s drug prohibition laws got tougher as a component of Bill C-10...
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November 5, 2012
11/05/2012

British Columbia Public Supports Marijuana Legalization

04:11pm Support for marijuana legalization in British Columbia has reached a whopping 75%, according to a new Angus Reid poll commissioned by Stop the Violence BC, a coalition of...
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October 2, 2012
10/02/2012
Canada Health Ministry Bans “Bath Salts” Drug

Canada Health Ministry Bans “Bath Salts” Drug

05:42pm The Canadian government has banned MDPV (methylenedioxypyrovalerone), a synthetic stimulant commonly found in “bath salts” drugs. The ban went into effect last Wednesday, the same...
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October 2, 2012
10/02/2012
British Columbia Local Governments Call for Marijuana Decriminalization

British Columbia Local Governments Call for Marijuana Decriminalization

03:29pm Municipal leaders across British Columbia last week endorsed a resolution calling for the decriminalization of marijuana. The move came at the meeting of the Union...
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September 24, 2012
09/24/2012
Colombia Okays Prescriptions for Addicts in Bogota

Colombia Okays Prescriptions for Addicts in Bogota

02:09am President Juan Manuel Santos has given the go-ahead to Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro’s plan to prescribe otherwise illicit drugs to addicts in the Colombian capital,...
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September 24, 2012
09/24/2012
British Columbia Marijuana Decriminalization Initiative Approved

British Columbia Marijuana Decriminalization Initiative Approved

05:29pm British Columbia election officials announced Thursday that they had approved, in principle, an initiative petition that would decriminalize the possession and use of marijuana by...
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September 21, 2012
09/21/2012
Marijuana Activist Dana Larsen Launches BC Canada Pot Petition

Marijuana Activist Dana Larsen Launches BC Canada Pot Petition

Marijuana activist, and former New Democratic Party leadership candidate, Dana Larsen has launched an initiative petition to stop British Columbia police from enforcing simple possession laws for...
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August 31, 2012
08/31/2012
Pot Smoking Driver in Saskatoon Canada Deemed Not Impaired

Pot Smoking Driver in Saskatoon Canada Deemed Not Impaired

A Canadian woman who admitted to using marijuana before getting into her car has been acquitted of impaired driving, with the Saskatoon judge saying “I would have...
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August 16, 2012
08/16/2012
Canadians Among Top Buyers, Sellers on ‘eBay’ for Illegal Drugs

Canadians Among Top Buyers, Sellers on ‘eBay’ for Illegal Drugs

Canadians are among the top sellers and buyers of marijuana, steroids, cocaine and other drugs available at the click of a mouse on an anonymous website called...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012
Hope For Industrial Hemp? Group Of Senators Seeking Legislative Sanity

Hope For Industrial Hemp? Group Of Senators Seeking Legislative Sanity

According to Washington, D.C. Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill, a group of bipartisan Senators, led by Oregon Senator Ron Wyden (D), have filed legislation seeking to exempt...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Canadian AIDS Doctors Join International Call to End ‘War On Drugs’

Canadian AIDS Doctors Join International Call to End ‘War On Drugs’

Two prominent Canadian doctors, Dr. Evan Wood and Dr. Julio Montaner, in British Columbia have joined an international campaign including Sir Richard Branson calling on world leaders to...
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July 20, 2012
07/20/2012
Video: North Island Compassion Club Challenging Canada’s Constitution

Video: North Island Compassion Club Challenging Canada’s Constitution

CTV News reports on British Columbia’s North Island Compassion Club who say they will be challenging Canada’s medical marijuana laws because they are unconstitutional. Club owner Ernest Yacub was in...
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July 18, 2012
07/18/2012
Medical Marijuana Takes Another Step Towards Legitimacy in Alberta, Canada

Medical Marijuana Takes Another Step Towards Legitimacy in Alberta, Canada

Medical marijuana takes another step towards legitimacy in Alberta, Canada, thanks to Alberta Health Services deviating from their federal government’s hostile stance. Thanks to AHS, the Sheldon...
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July 2, 2012
07/02/2012
Poll: Two-Thirds Of Canadians Say Decriminalize Marijuana

Poll: Two-Thirds Of Canadians Say Decriminalize Marijuana

Nationwide survey in Canada shows 2/3 support decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana.  Read more at The Windsor Star.
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June 26, 2012
06/26/2012
Jodie Emery Speaks Out for Marijuana Legalization

Jodie Emery Speaks Out for Marijuana Legalization

Jodie Emery, wife of marijuana activist Marc Emery, gave a rousing speech at Toronto’s  ideacity conference on how marijuana prohibition laws are becoming as damaging in Canada as they...
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