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What if Weed Was Legal and Booze was Banned?

Dana Larsen | Posted 06.06.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Cannabis, Sensible Bc, Grow-Ops, Marijuana, Prohibition, Alcohol, Canada British Columbia News
Dana Larsen

In 1920, marijuana was legal in British Columbia, but alcohol was not. What if that was still the law today? Can we imagine a parallel world where alcohol prohibition never ended, and marijuana prohibition never began? In that world, provincial politicians promote B.C.'s vibrant marijuana industry, posing with brand-name joints of B.C. bud, while also calling for longer sentences against brew-ops and wine dealers, to protect youth against the dangers of liquor.

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The Callousness of Marijuana Prohibition

Benjamin Morris | Posted 12.22.2012 | Canada Alberta
Read More: Stephen Harper, Rachel Hoffman, Marijuana, Patricia Spottedcrow, Jodie-Emery, Mitt Romney, Norman Smith, Barack Obama, Clayton Holton, Prohibition, Canada Alberta News
Benjamin Morris

I have met family men and women who smoke marijuana after a hard day of work. They hang out with their kids, put them to bed, and smoke a joint. Should these men and women be put in jail for choosing to inhale a substance that is safer than alcohol? The answer is no.

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Who Do We Blame for Bath Salts? William-Sonoma, or Government Drug Policies?

Dan Werb | Posted 08.22.2012 | Canada
Read More: Victims, Faces, Ecstasy, Drug Policies, Cannibalism, Eating Faces, Heroin, Bath Salts, Miami, Prohibition, Death, Cocaine, Canada News
Dan Werb

WIth the recent cases of cannibalism as a consequence of using bath salts, a synthetic drug that's now easily found on the streets, people are wondering: Is this the beginning of the zombie apocalypse? Or is this merely the consequence of slow-moving, half-witted drug policies that in fact encourage this type of drug economy?

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Dopey War on Drugs

Paul Mott | Posted 12.14.2011 | Canada Politics
Read More: Drug Cartels, Drug Policy Alliance, Drugs, War on Drugs, Lamar Smith, Prohibition, Tough on Crime, H.R. 313, Mexico, Drug Laws, Canada, Canada Politics News
Paul Mott

I don't buy for one second that the big minds on the House Judiciary Committee actually believe this bit of nonsense will help turn the war on drugs, an effort that was doomed to failure from the get-go. People want what people want, and no number of laws, no matter how strictly enforced, will stop them from getting it.

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