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Pot Laws Canada

Tories Introduce Strict New Medical Marijuana Rules

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 06.10.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - After two years of study and discussion, the federal government has finalized new rules for medical marijuana and granted a reprieve to pharm...

Pot Legalization In Canada Inevitable: Colorado Governor

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 03.29.2013 | Canada Politics

Marijuana legalization in Canada is inevitable, says the governor of a U.S. state that last fall voted to legalize pot. John Hickenlooper, the Demo...

Liberal Party: We Need Cheaper, Better Legal Weed

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 01.28.2013 | Canada Business

Legalizing marijuana in Canada would create thousands of jobs and become a significant new source of tax revenue, the Liberal Party says in a new draf...

Is Getting Legal Medical Pot About To Get Easier?

CBC | Posted 02.06.2013 | Canada Politics

The federal government is expected to unveil its new regulations for the medical marijuana program in the next few weeks and the expected changes have...

Tory Crime Law Tough On Small-Time Pot Offender

CBC | Posted 07.10.2012 | Canada Politics

A Nova Scotia man says the federal government's "tough on crime" law is making it impossible for him to restart his life. Chr...

End Prohibition, Mayors Demand

CP | By Keven Drews, The Canadian Press | Posted 06.26.2012 | Canada Politics

VANCOUVER - Mayors from eight B.C. communities have added their voices to calls to the provincial government to regulate and tax marijuana as part of...

Ban On Medical Pot Cookies Ruled Unconstitutional

CBC | Posted 06.13.2012 | Canada Politics

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has struck down a section of Canada's medical marijuana laws that said licensed users cannot possess pot cooki...

Harper Pressured To End Pot Prohibition

CP | Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.30.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The Global Commission on Drug Policy says it's "very weird" that Canada is taking a tougher line on marijuana when governments across the glo...

Harper Says No To Decriminalizing Pot

CBC | Posted 11.26.2011 | Canada Politics

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his government will never agree to the decriminalization of marijuana. Harper's comments came Friday in Vancouve...

Big Push To Change Marijuana Laws

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.23.2012 | Canada Politics

VANCOUVER - Four former Vancouver mayors say it's time B.C. politicians led the fight to revise Canada's marijuana laws.Mike Harcourt, Philip Owen, La...

Legalizing Pot Would Cut Gang Violence: Expert Panel

CP | Tamsyn Burgmann, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.27.2011 | Canada

VANCOUVER - A new coalition of high-profile health, academic and justice experts is mounting a campaign to legalize and regulate marijuana in British ...