Canada legalises recreational cannabis use

Re:Canada legalises recreational cannabis use by maym86 on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @12:05AM (#17352505)

Seems like with weed it's just a matter of time but in the case of the conservative government why change it if their older voter base isn't asking for it and a portion of them would have a negative reaction if they did. I guess they think the risk of loosing some of their base is too high.

I love the work of David Nutt, who was fired from the role of Government drug advisor in the UK for trying to change the government's policies. He cited papers about how some drugs are less harmful then alcohol, tobacco and horse riding (equacy). He spoke truth and backed it up with scientific research and the Labour government fired him because it was inconvient.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/oct/30/drugs-advis...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/453787...

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Re:Canada legalises recreational cannabis use by fredley on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @06:58AM (#17354166)

I recently read David Nutt's Drugs Without the Hot Air, which turned out to be very timely. A fantastic book that really sets out the case for evidence-based classification (and legalisation) of drugs, based on the approach of minimising harm (not minimising drug-use).

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Re:Canada legalises recreational cannabis use by windows_tips on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @01:31PM (#17357530)

UK government is unlawful.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/acts-ordinances-i...

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Re:Canada legalises recreational cannabis use by thinkingemote on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @05:23AM (#17353740)

The only way for it to come is via the medical route channel, as seen in the recent news story. "Think of the poor suffering innocents"

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