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Challenging prohibition: a missing perspective
Read more: Challenging prohibition: a missing perspectiveTonight the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional affairs heard from a huge variety of…
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Discretion in Bill C-10 Part II: Ministers versus Judges
Read more: Discretion in Bill C-10 Part II: Ministers versus JudgesToday’s Senate committee hearings into Bill C-10 focused on testimony from three lawyers regarding amendments…
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3 strikes effective? Think again
Read more: 3 strikes effective? Think againThe Senate hearings into Bill C-10 opened today with two passionate voices for victims’ rights.…
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Book Review-The Political Economy of Narcotics: Production, Consumption and Global Markets
Read more: Book Review-The Political Economy of Narcotics: Production, Consumption and Global Marketsby Craig Jones Former Executive Director, The John Howard Society of Canada. The Political Economy…
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Talk – Ending Drug Prohibition and Emancipating the Addict: The Last Frontier in a Struggle for Enlightenment
Read more: Talk – Ending Drug Prohibition and Emancipating the Addict: The Last Frontier in a Struggle for EnlightenmentTime to wake up – Time to get busy – Time to step up –…
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Three drug policy stories to watch in 2012
Read more: Three drug policy stories to watch in 2012Insite opens the door North America’s only sanctioned safe injection facility was the big news…
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Calling for community health and safety in BC.
Read more: Calling for community health and safety in BC.This fall the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition joined the recently formed Stop the Violence Coalition…
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Sir Richard Branson: ‘Time to end the war on drugs’
Read more: Sir Richard Branson: ‘Time to end the war on drugs’Ten years ago the Portuguese Government responded to widespread public concern over drugs by rejecting…
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Count the Cost Report: The War on Drugs: Creating crime, enriching criminals
Read more: Count the Cost Report: The War on Drugs: Creating crime, enriching criminalsFar from eliminating drug use and the illicit trade, prohibition has inadvertently fuelled the development…
