Drug Legalization

• Public split on B.C.’s plan to decriminalize hard drugs, but support may be growing: poll

  Forty-nine per cent of respondents in B.C. said they supported the idea, compared to 39 per cent who were opposed.

  Health

  Jul 15, 2022
  
• Is the ‘War on Drugs’ over? Canada is seeing a ‘shift’ in its approach to drugs, experts say

  "The war on drugs has been a failure," said a professor. Now, amid rising overdoses, lawmakers across Canada are shifting their stance on opioids, magic mushrooms and other drugs.

  Canada

  Dec 8, 2021
  
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• Mexico minister to submit bill to legalize medical and recreational cannabis, documents suggest

  If the bill passes, Mexico would join Canada, Uruguay and a host of U.S. states that have legalized the drug.

  World

  Nov 6, 2018
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• ‘I don’t hear many calls for prohibition of alcohol:’ the case for legalizing hard drugs

  "[We need to] move towards the process that we use for literally every other substance. We regulate those substances."

  Crime

  Mar 7, 2018
• Canada is not set up to legalize all drugs. But it could be: experts

  “There’s this notion that the well has been poisoned and it’s time to take control of the supply.”

  Politics

  Apr 14, 2017
• London lawyer says it’s ‘high time’ marijuana was legalized

  It'll be up to municipalities such as the City of London to decide what kind of bylaws to put in place to regulate the buying, selling, growing, and recreational use of the drug.

  Consumer

  Apr 13, 2017