Dan Mulligan, like many Canadians, is in favour of legalizing marijuana. Big deal, right? It is to his employer: the Ontario Provincial Police. The 33-year OPP veteran is at the mercy of the professional services bureau, facing two counts of insubordination and discreditable conduct, because he had the audacity to be a speaker at the 2015 Not by Accident conference in London. Technically, he's on "trial" not because of his presentation but because he disobeyed an order from his superior not to speak at the conference. [continues 447 words]
Cop faces hearing over removal of cat from stoned owner's home An award-winning Durham Regional Police officer who rescued a "cowering" kitten from a stoned pet owner's home will face a police tribunal on Monday, charged with discreditable conduct. Const. Beth Richardson is accused of "removing a kitten from a residence without the owners'" knowledge or consent on Jan. 12, 2016. "She was dispatched as a back-up officer to attend an Oshawa home to check on the well-being of a female who had been using drugs (crystal meth) for several days," the notice of hearing says, adding Richardson "observed a kitten cowering under a table and (believed) it was not being properly cared for." [continues 683 words]
'It's such a silent killer that nobody knows about,' mom says It's the end of November and the light is woolly, the forest barren, still, out behind the Dolman place, perched on a ridge in North Gower. The house is tidy, quiet enough to hear a newspaper rustling. Sandi Dolman, 62, is at the kitchen table talking about her son Neil, 33, because talking about Neil is all she can do now. He died April 1 from an overdose of fentanyl, another victim of a horrible mistake. [continues 958 words]
Bill Blair and Ann McClellan blather on about a strictly regulated marijuana market. Ask yourself, "Is there a high school student anywhere in Canada today who can't get a joint at lunch?" During the 50 years that I have been a daily marijuana smoker, billions have been squandered on enforcement. Tens of thousands of lives have been ruined. However, criminal regulation does not have the slightest impact on marijuana consumption and never has. Since 1968 the inflation-adjusted price is down two-thirds while quality is radically improved. Availability is universal. [continues 89 words]
Re: Fentanyl a 'game changer': Larkin - Dec. 1 Why is the availability of the drug fentanyl on our streets a "game changer" for Police Chief Larkin or for anyone else concerned about the welfare of those among us who choose to take illegal drugs? If the prevention and eradication of street drugs is indeed a game, then maybe our game plan is not working so well. Instead of facilitating street drug use by establishing "safe" injection sites, providing free needle programs, and seeing to it that the available illegal street drugs don't kill you right away, as fentanyl apparently does, would these efforts and resources not be better spent in intensifying drug use prevention and in more help for those who want to break their dependency on drugs? [continues 142 words]
Considering that the Trudeau government already has a growing problem with election promises, the last thing it wants is to wobble on marijuana legalization, which will come to fruition sometime in early to mid-2017. A task force, bureaucrats and politicians are working a legislative framework to go before Parliament next spring with a rollout plan to follow. But there are a couple of large flashing yellow lights on the road to legalization that the government needs to come to grips with first. [continues 388 words]
The wrong way to go The Toronto Transit Commission has had five years to make a convincing case that there is a serious drug or alcohol problem among its staff that is putting public safety at significant risk. So far it hasn't. But that hasn't stopped the commission from announcing last week that it would go ahead with its misguided plan, originally approved in 2011, to randomly test thousands of transit workers for drug and alcohol consumption with invasive mouth swabs and breathalyzer tests. [continues 372 words]
Study set to test oral cannabis treatment in children with rare and debilitating form of epilepsy that begins in infancy Researchers at Toronto's TORONTO Hospital for Sick Children are poised to begin a clinical trial using cannabis extracts to treat children with severe epilepsy whose seizures can't be controlled with existing medications. The trial is believed to be the first in Canada to test an oral preparation that contains both CBD and THC, compounds in marijuana that have been shown in the lab and through anecdotal reports to have anticonvulsant properties in children with treatment-resistant epilepsy. [continues 558 words]
Toronto has seen a 77-per-cent increase in overdose deaths between 2004 and 2014 Brooklyn McNeil was an Ontario scholar, singer, artist and harm reduction advocate. But the 22-year-old woman was also an injection drug addict who sadly died alone in June beside a dumpster in an east-end alley. It shouldn't have happened that way. McNeil was at the forefront of the movement to bring safe injection sites to Toronto, something that could have saved her life. [continues 373 words]
Queen's Park silent as Toronto moves to table proposal to feds The city and two local health providers will formally request federal permission on Wednesday to operate three supervised injection services in Toronto. Toronto would be the first Ontario city and third Canadian city to have supervised injection sites - something considered to be a huge triumph for advocates. It could also pave the way for other municipalities to open sites amid an overdose crisis in Canada. But as the city moves to submit applications to the federal government, which will be announced Wednesday, the province has been silent on its willingness to fund the program. [continues 576 words]
Drug dealers who sell narcotics containing fentanyl could face serious charges beyond trafficking if users are injured or killed. Charges could range from criminal negligence causing bodily harm or death to manslaughter and homicide charges. Insp. Zvonko Horvat, chief of the Norfolk OPP, spelled out the consequences during the Nov. 23 meeting of the Norfolk Police Services Board. "Police are looking at strategies to deal with this," Horvat said. "Unfortunately, we are not exempt from that in our community." The matter was raised at the PSB because of a spike in fentanyl overdoses in the local area recently. Paramedics in Haldimand and Norfolk responded to four fentanyl overdoses on Nov. 19, one on Nov. 20 and one on Nov. 21. [continues 334 words]
TORONTO - Canada's task force on legalizing pot concluded its highly anticipated report for the federal government Wednesday, but some marijuana producers believe pot-watchers need to chill expectations for legal recreational sales any time soon. "It's a long path to legalization," said Brendan Kennedy, CEO of private equity firm Privateer Holdings, which has a global portfolio of marijuana-focused investments. Speculation that the Task Force on Marijuana Legalization and Regulation report will kickstart a multi-billion dollar legal recreational market is a major reason for a recent frenzy in pot stocks - which has led to massive volatility in share prices of Canada's publicly traded licensed producers. [continues 698 words]
For its annual festive RIDE campaign, the local Ontario Provincial Police are trying to dispel the myth that driving while high on drugs cannot be detected by officers. The Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere( RIDE) campaign, which started on November 21 and runs through January 7, 2017, is working to convince the public, and those who choose to drive under the influence of legal or illegal drugs, that it' s not a safe alternative to driving while under the influence of alcohol. [continues 457 words]
Linda Birks was only a handful of kilometers away from her new home in Port Albert when she became caught in a thunderstorm and drove her car off the road, down a ditch and into a hydro pole. The trip was supposed to have been the beginning of a new start, she said. Her plan that night of Aug. 17 was to drive her car, loaded with most of her belongings, the two hours to her new apartment, unload and then head back to Guelph to care for her 10 cats and four ferrets that were waiting for her. [continues 1580 words]
There is no question that the recreational use of marijuana is coming, even though it will open the door to a number of serious health issues down the road. The Canadian Pediatric Society is advocating an age restriction for its use along the lines of what is in place for alcohol. Give me a break - if they think that younger people will adhere to the age limit they are pipe dreaming. Like booze, the younger set will just pay someone to purchase it for them. This pending legislation will open up a Pandora's Box of problems but the feds can't say the [sic] haven't been warned. Stephen Flanagan Ottawa (Fair point.) [end]
Chatham-Kent Children's Services working with independent review of case files When the Ontario government launched an independent commission earlier this year to assist families caught between flawed laboratory drug testing and the province's 46 children's aid societies, Chatham-Kent Children's Services (CKCS) opened its case files for more scrutiny. Between 2005 and 2015, CKCS used the Motherisk Laboratory operating out of SickKids Hospital in Toronto 76 times to conduct hair strand tests in cases of suspected drug use. [continues 388 words]
Holy smokes! Veterans are getting punished for the acts of some shady medical marijuana companies. Last week, Vice News broke a story about the rising costs of medical marijuana for veterans and it shed light on the reasons for the drastic spike. The biggest? Some legal cannabis producers are milking the system and actively recruiting veterans in order to max out their orders with only the most expensive cannabis strains - knowing it's up to the government to foot the bill on veteran prescriptions. [continues 517 words]
TORONTO - Holy smokes! Veterans are getting punished for the acts of some shady medical marijuana companies. Last week, Vice News broke a story about the rising costs of medical marijuana for veterans and it shed light on the reasons for the drastic spike. The biggest? Some legal cannabis producers are milking the system and actively recruiting veterans in order to max out their orders with only the most expensive cannabis strains - knowing it's up to the government to foot the bill on veteran prescriptions. [continues 515 words]
A University of Ottawa student dropped into a marijuana shop on Rideau Street this week to buy some weed to help with her insomnia. She considered the dried bud on display in jars at Life Line Medicinals, and asked to see a variety called Girl Scout Cookies. The clerk opened the jar and she gave it a sniff. "Do you mind if I touch?" she inquired. Sure, he said. The clerk dipped his hands into the jar, scooped weed into a plastic cup and weighed it on a scale before popping it into a Ziploc bag for her. [continues 474 words]
Several economic myths have surrounded legalization of marijuana. This has maintained the illusion it would be a bonanza for federal and provincial treasuries because of the supposed enormous tax revenues that legalization would generate. The Parliamentary Budget Office in Ottawa is to be congratulated for blowing up some of these myths in its report, published this month, on projected pot tax revenues following legalization in Canada in 2017 or 2018. The first myth is legalization would "create" a market value of more than $20 billion. This number was offered in a recent Deloitte Canada report, taking into account investment. [continues 495 words]
What's in today's weed? It's what's missing that might count the most. The CBC's Marketplace tested the levels of some mind-altering chemicals in marijuana sold in Toronto dispensaries. The strains tested had much more THC - the active ingredient that provides pot's high - than the weed of decades past. Some strains reached as high at 30% THC; much higher than 3%-4% common in pot in the 1970s. [continues 368 words]
The WeeMedical dispensary on Rideau Street has joined a string of pot shops that have reopened after being closed by police raids. Four of the seven illegal marijuana stores that were raided by police three weeks ago are now back in business. All the seven raided stores are operated by a B.C-based outfit under the names Green Tree, WeeMedical and CannaGreen. Ottawa police had said they hoped the raids would serve as a warning to other illegal dispensaries in town. [continues 240 words]
OPP Festive RIDE campaign now underway, continues until Jan. 7 The Ontario Provincial Police launched its annual Festive "Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere" (RIDE) campaign Monday announcing officers will not only target drivers impaired by alcohol, but illegal drugs as well. The provincial police force is hoping for a successful campaign in which every single driver it pulls over in a Festive RIDE stop is a sober, drug-free driver. Briefing town council on the program Monday night, Inspector Mark Wolfe, detachment commander of the Upper Ottawa Valley OPP detachment said the ultimate goal is to ensure safe roads this holiday season by intercepting or deterring impaired drivers. [continues 500 words]
OTTAWA - The federal government is eyeing a number of legislative changes to address Canada's opioid crisis, Health Minister Jane Philpott said Saturday at the conclusion of a summit examining the issue. The federal government is actively trying to turn the tide of the crisis, Philpott added, noting it will require a whole-of-government approach. "This is a topic I have been working with alongside the minister for public safety, the minister of justice and the minister of foreign affairs," she said. [continues 325 words]
The city has found a funding partner to help study if Hamilton should offer supervised injection sites for drug users. A report that goes to councillors this week says the anticipated $250,000 cost of a study can be cut to around $90,000 thanks to a proposed partnership with a health program and institute at McMaster University. The report also shows 84 per cent of 1,690 respondents to a community survey supported the idea of having a supervised injection site in Hamilton. [continues 83 words]
Canadians have one of the highest rates of prescription opioid use in the world - five times higher than in the U.K., for example. This is a tragedy because we don't do any better at reducing chronic pain - just at creating addiction and an epidemic of overdose death. Many reasons have caused this, including the influence and marketing tactics of the pharmaceutical industry, the willingness of Canadian insurers to pay for drugs like OxyContin, as well as mistaken assumptions about opioids by prescribers and dispensers. [continues 588 words]
Two of the pot shops raided by police two weeks ago are back in business. The Green Tree dispensaries on Preston Street and Montreal Road opened on the weekend. Both were sparsely stocked Monday with a few jars of dried weed selling for $10 to $14 a gram. The popular edibles - cannabis cookies, brownies, candy and pop - will be available later this week, said a clerk at one of the stores. There's no ATM available yet, a clerk at the Montreal Road dispensary explained to one customer, pointing to the spot where police ripped it out of the floor during the Nov. 4 raids. [continues 374 words]
Politicians, policy-makers discuss ways to prevent overdoses OTTAWA - As people continue to die from overdoses, health experts, policy-makers and grief-stricken family members brainstormed Friday on a battle plan to take on Canada's opioid-abuse epidemic. The federal government has been asked to declare the crisis a national public health emergency. "During the course of this conference alone... probably six or seven Canadians will die from opioid overdose," Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins said Friday. "That will happen again tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. We have a tremendous responsibility as a country." [continues 772 words]
Canada's opioid crisis is worsening and health professionals and policy-makers are scrambling for a solution, a packed audience at an opioid conference in Ottawa heard Friday morning. The invitation-only conference, chaired by Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott and her Ontario counterpart Eric Hoskins, was organized to address the increasing number of overdoses and deaths due to the use of opioids. The conference heard that multiple doses of naloxone, the antidote administered to overdose patients, are now required when only a short time ago, just one dose was sufficient. "Breaking Bad is the reality," paramedic Pierre Poirier told the audience during the first panel discussion of the day. "We're not just talking about fentanyl. We're talking about what chemists are doing. We can't be callous about what's happening." [continues 631 words]
Minister says legislation on way to combat rising addiction, death rates OTTAWA- The federal government is eyeing a number of legislative changes to address Canada's opioid crisis, Health Minister Jane Philpott said Saturday at the conclusion of a summit examining the issue. The federal government is actively trying to turn the tide of the crisis, Philpott added, noting it will require a whole-of-government approach. "This is a topic I have been working with alongside the minister for public safety, the minister of justice and the minister of foreign affairs," she said. [continues 294 words]
A Brampton councillor wants the city to clamp down on licensed marijuana grow operations in residential neighbourhoods. "Even though there are legal marijuana grow operations happening in residential communities, the municipality has no legislative authority to inspect them for safety and compliance," said Regional Coun. Gael Miles. Miles won support on a motion at the Nov. 16 Community Services meeting directing staff to research what legislative powers the municipality can enact to counteract what she described "as a growing concern locally." [continues 289 words]
25-year-old part of a delegation making case for federal assistance OTTAWA - A 25-year-old recovered addict told her sad story on Thursday to federal cabinet ministers who are forging a national strategy against Canada's overdose crisis. Victoria resident Mikaela Mamer was part of Premier Christy Clark's delegation that is pushing for tougher measures to tackle overdoses killing two British Columbians a day. She shared the story of how, after years of alcohol and drug abuse starting in a small Saskatchewan town at age 13, she went into treatment at a clinic on Vancouver Island. [continues 742 words]
Bundle overdose-fighting naloxone with opioid prescriptions to save lives, area health unit urges It's been proven to be the most effective weapon in the fight to prevent deaths from opioid overdose, a major killer in Ontario. Now the Middlesex-London Heath Unit wants anyone who gets an opioid prescription to get access to and counselling on naloxone, the medication that reverses the deadly effects of an overdose by restoring respiration. The health unit board voted Thursday to make that recommendation to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. [continues 489 words]
Don't ignore their specialized training in harm reduction, says Marilou Gagnon. Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott is hosting two events in Ottawa this week. The first, a conference, will be held today and will feature presentations by physicians, pharmacists, politicians, chief medical officers, police officers and researchers, just to name a few. Then, on Saturday, a summit will be held. It is unclear who has been invited to attend the summit, but according to the website, it "will bring together individuals and organizations that have the authorities and commitment to take action to combat the opioid crisis." [continues 389 words]
PETAWAWA - Municipalities will have some say in the selling of marijuana should Parliament legalize the narcotic as has been promised by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Petawawa council learned Monday. Recently, the Petawawa Police Services Board discussed the implications of federal legislation concerning marijuana. Upon advice from law enforcement, the board drafted a series of sample bylaws and passed them along to staff. In last year's federal election, the Liberals campaigned on a promise to legalize, regulate and restrict access to marijuana. The issue is being studied by a government panel, however, the Liberals do not plan to decriminalize marijuana, arguing it gives a legal stream of income to criminal organizations. At this time, simple possession of marijuana remains a criminal offence. [continues 232 words]
Two of the pot shops raided by police two weeks ago are back in business. The Green Tree dispensaries on Preston Street and Montreal Road opened on the weekend. Both were sparsely stocked Monday, with a few jars of dried weed selling for $10 to $14 a gram. The popular edibles - cannabis cookies, brownies, candy and pop - will be available later this week, said a clerk at one of the stores. There's no ATM available yet, a clerk at the Montreal Road dispensary explained to one customer, pointing to the spot where police ripped it out of the floor during the Nov. 4 raids. [continues 371 words]
It no longer sells marijuana, but Cannabis Culture reopened Saturday to sell drug paraphernalia with an aim of becoming a community hub for pot smokers. The chain store at 282 George St. N, drew long lineups of recreational and medicinal smokers after opening as a marijuana dispensary in September before being shuttered following a pair of police raids, first on Sept. 15 and then on Sept. 29. The premise behind opening to sell products such as rolling papers, pipes and bongs is to pay the bills, but more importantly, to ensure the community is aware the location is here to stay, new store manager Eamon Cyr said Monday. [continues 205 words]
Magna Terra Health Services planning third outlet despite city crackdown Marijuana dispensaries have been closing across the city after police raids and robberies, but one local entrepreneur is expanding. Franco Vigile and his partners plan to open a third Magna Terra Health Services outlet. A storefront at 29 Montreal Rd. will be open "in the near future," Vigile says. The other Magna Terra outlets are on Carling Avenue and in Stittsville. Six of the city's 17 dispensaries closed after raids by the police drug unit on Nov. 4. Another shop run by the same B.C.-based chain was evicted by its landlord. [continues 565 words]
Device can be used for surveillance, chief says The Chatham-Kent Police Service expects to have a new tool in place. Three years after police chief Gary Conn raised the idea of purchasing a drone, approval was granted at Tuesday's meeting of the Chatham-Kent Police Services Board. Conn said the RFP is expected to be ready within a month and told board members money for the estimated $110,000 to $120,000 purchase has been set aside in reserve in the fleet budget. He said the goal is to have 12 officers trained and have the drone operational by early 2017. [continues 451 words]
Substance-free world a fantasy; best to permit, but discourage, he advises It's time to admit we've lost the war on drugs - and to take the radical course of legalizing all of them, University of Windsor law professor emeritus Bill Bogart says in his new book. "Look, there is no perfect answer here. We will always have people using substances," said Bogart, whose book Off the Street: Legalizing Drugs was released Nov. 12 on Dundurn Press. "The notion of a drug-free world is a fantasy. And so we have to figure out the least harmful way to address substance consumption." [continues 432 words]
Addiction can hit close to home for some people - and can often end tragically for those involved. This week, the Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse, in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) and other participating organizations, will be holding their annual education campaign, National Addictions Awareness Week. This year's theme, Addiction Matters, will draw attention to substance misuse as a chronic health issue that impacts individuals, families and communities across Canada. CMHA Oxford executive director Mike McMahon said six-million Canadians will meet the criteria for substance abuse disorder in their lifetime. [continues 323 words]
Despite a decline in area crystal meth operations the substance continues to arrive from large urban centres in other forms that are part of a larger drug problem. "It's coming in a pill form and it's also coming in and being mixed with other chemicals . . . for example in marijuana," said Barb Fedy, co-chair of the Grey Bruce Task Force on Crystal Meth and Other Drugs during a recent presentation to Bruce County council. "We recognize that we have more than just (crystal) meth to deal with; it's a bigger more complex issue. We're looking at a broader scope, multiple forms of drugs and recognizing that different communities have different forms of problems. But the strategies that we are building we want to use in all communities in Grey and Bruce counties." [continues 417 words]
New legislation around medical marijuana - including its licensing and distribution - is expected in April, 2017. And it will be created after a task force that is working right now provides a report, Northumberland Peterborough South MP Kim Rudd told Hamilton Township councillors Tuesday. The council had asked the MP to the council session to answer questions about marijuana because of past complaints about grow ops in the township of which they knew nothing, members said, until they received a phone call from a neighbour. [continues 406 words]
Belleville man prevented from using prescribed cannabis at Kingston hospital A Belleville man says he was prevented from using doctor-prescribed cannabis in hospital following spinal surgery at Kingston General Hospital. Nate Craig, 35, underwent spinal fusion surgery on Friday, Oct. 14, to address chronic pain he has suffered since being involved in a car crash in 1999. "When I found out I was going in for surgery, I knew it would be an issue," he said, adding that he contacted the hospital ahead of time and spoke to several directors and managers about his cannabis use, even arranging to have his wife bring in fudge containing the drug for him to eat. He asked prior to his operation if he could use a vaporizer, but he said that request was turned down. "A lot of people were informed." Craig has had a prescription for medical cannabis for 16 years but said the arrangements he had made with the hospital didn't get passed along to the medical staff working on the weekend following his Friday surgery. [continues 454 words]
KGH staff wouldn't let man use prescribed cannabis following painful spinal surgery A Belleville man says he was prevented from using doctor-prescribed cannabis in hospital following spinal surgery at Kingston General Hospital. Nate Craig, 35, underwent spinal fusion surgery on Friday, Oct. 14, to address chronic pain he has suffered since being involved in a car crash in 1999. "When I found out I was going in for surgery, I knew it would be an issue," he said, adding that he contacted the hospital ahead of time and spoke to several directors and managers about his cannabis use, even arranging to have his wife bring in fudge containing the drug for him to eat. He asked prior to his operation if he could use a vaporizer, but he said that request was turned down. [continues 498 words]
Arrest nine employees in bid to curb illicit trade Ottawa police raided six marijuana dispensaries Friday morning, closing a big chunk of the city's pot shops in one fell swoop. It's the first police action against the dispensaries that have been popping up in Ottawa, and is bound to ratchet up the heated debate over what to do about the illegal shops. Teams of police officers, some in black balaclavas, descended on six dispensaries shortly after 10 a.m. and emerged with plastic bags stuffed with jars of dried weed and cannabis cookies, candy and pop. A search warrant on a seventh dispensary, which had already closed due to an eviction, was executed Thursday. [continues 1192 words]
Bracing itself for the possible legalization of marijuana, Pembroke will be looking at ways to regulate cannabis retail operations through its zoning bylaws. On Tuesday, Colleen Sauriol, planning and building department manager, told the planning and development committee city council received a request from the Pembroke Police Services Board to consider putting in place some sort of control over where such stores could be located. She said the police board is concerned about possible marijuana retail stores setting up within the city in inappropriate areas, such as near schools. The board is requesting council give consideration to providing controls over the retail sales of marijuana through the city's zoning bylaw. [continues 213 words]
Targeted outlets run by a B.C.-based outfit that moved into city in summer Ottawa police raided six marijuana dispensaries Friday morning, closing a big chunk of the city's pot shops in one fell swoop. It's the first police action against the dispensaries that have been popping up in Ottawa, and is bound to ratchet up the heated debate over what to do about the illegal shops. Teams of police officers, some in black balaclavas, descended on six dispensaries shortly after 10 a.m. and emerged with plastic bags stuffed with jars of dried weed and cannabis cookies, candy and pop. A search warrant on a seventh dispensary, which had already closed due to an eviction, was executed Thursday. [continues 520 words]
They come with names such as Green Tree and Weeds Glass & Gifts, which sound harmless. But Ottawa's 16 pot shops aren't legal, and some of them have sprung up in the last few months in areas close to where kids can be found, or where shops cater to families. Many in Ottawa have clamoured for the police to shut them down. Friday, finally, the brass took action, staging simultaneous raids on six marijuana dispensaries across the city. About time. [continues 332 words]
Re: Shoppers seeking licence to distribute medical pot - Oct. 26 Shoppers' Drug Mart has recently applied to become a licensed medical marijuana producer for the purpose of dispensing the product through their pharmacy network. Future prospects are staggering. Presently, Shoppers' gives seniors a 20 per cent discount on Thursdays on all regularly priced items, such as milk. With their many aches, pains, and sleepless nights, many seniors may then soon lobby Shoppers for a similar weekly discount on medical marijuana. Also, with Shoppers' now part of the Loblaws grocery chain, new possibilities loom for earning and spending President's Choice points. What a catchy slogan: Redeem Points for Pot. Just as it was part of his father's legacy in the late 1960s to decree that the state had no business in the bedrooms of the nation, Justin Trudeau may be remembered for helping Canada "come out" on the question of marijuana. Alan J. Nanders Kitchener [end]
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