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51 CN ON: Ellis Defends New Pot LawThu, 22 Feb 2018
Source:Intelligencer, The (CN ON) Author:Meeks, Tim Area:Ontario Lines:105 Added:02/26/2018

Liberal MP says he wasn't thrilled about it at first, but changed his views

Cannabis was on the menu at the Belleville & District Chamber of Commerce's monthly breakfast Wednesday at the Travelodge Hotel, and Bay of Quinte MP Neil Ellis was pushing it - from a business point of view.

With Bill C- 45, the Cannabis Act, expected to be law by July 1, Ellis said the business of marijuana will provide many opportunities, not just from production of both recreational and medical cannabis, but from the many sideline businesses it will create.

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52CN ON: Ontario Market Open To Marijuana Suppliers A Regardless OfThu, 22 Feb 2018
Source:Ottawa Citizen (CN ON) Author:Rendell, Mark Area:Ontario Lines:Excerpt Added:02/26/2018

TORONTO - Ontario's provincially run cannabis retailer is open to sourcing product from growers of all sizes across the country, according to a spokesperson for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.

The approach appears to be in contrast to the one taking hold in provinces such as Quebec, where the government-run Societe des alcools du Quebec recently opted to sign sizable recreational cannabis supply agreements with a select few large licensed producers.

In Ontario, "the process for procuring cannabis supply for the (Ontario Cannabis Retail Corp.) will be open to all Canadian licensed producers," said LCBO spokesperson Nicole Laoutaris in an email, adding that "the OCRC has not yet entered into any supplier agreements."

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53 CN ON: Amade In Brantforda Solution Sought For Legal CannabisWed, 21 Feb 2018
Source:Expositor, The (CN ON) Author:Ball, Vincent Area:Ontario Lines:89 Added:02/26/2018

City officials are looking for input as they deal with the ramifications of legalized recreational marijuana.

"There are a lot of questions, a lot of unknowns and I think it's important that we try to come up with a 'made in Brantford' solution to some of these issues," Mayor Chris Friel said Tuesday.

"I think we need to hear from more people, let them know what the issues are and see what we can come up with.

"We need to hear from the chamber of commerce, the health unit, police, real estate people as well as our own staff in social services and bylaw enforcement."

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54 CN ON: Breast-Pot Link QuashedWed, 21 Feb 2018
Source:Toronto Star (CN ON) Author:Moon, Jenna Area:Ontario Lines:40 Added:02/26/2018

York Regional Police tweeted on Tuesday that marijuana doesn't increase the growth of breasts in men, after one of its officers told high school students at a panel last week that "doobies make boobies."

"We're no health experts, but we're pretty sure getting high does not cause enhanced mammary growth in men," York police tweeted. "We are aware of the misinformation about cannabis that was unfortunately provided to the community by our officers. We're working to address it."

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55 CN ON: LTE: Prime Minister Has Lost Control On Many FrontsWed, 21 Feb 2018
Source:Daily Press, The (CN ON) Author:Boudreau, Charles E. Area:Ontario Lines:84 Added:02/26/2018

This is a follow-up of my two letters in The Daily Press dated March 29, 2017 titled "PM's head going to pot" and Dec. 20, 2017 titled "Medical marijuana has no medicinal value."

I managed to get an updated publication dated April 13, 2017 titled "Health Effects of cannabis" from Health Canada.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and readers can find this Health Canada publication with an online search.

The publication clearly summarizes the short-term health effects, long-term health effects, risks of illegal cannabis, mental health effects, health effects on youth, health effects on pregnancy and children, and addiction.

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56 CN ON: LTE: Canada Will Change With Pot LawsTue, 20 Feb 2018
Source:Intelligencer, The (CN ON) Author:Comeau, Larry Area:Ontario Lines:44 Added:02/23/2018

(Re: New guideline recommends doctors avoid prescribing medical marijuana for most conditions, Feb. 15)

The British have just issued the same guideline raising the question why there was not public education on the serious dangers to health before the Trudeau government fast-tracked legalizing marijuana. Besides causing serious damage to young developing brains, using pot can also lead to very aggressive behaviour is some people. The bottom line is very little is known about the long-term health effects of the 80 cannabinoids contained in marijuana. One thing we do know from the experiences in Colorado and Washington states, after legalization, is there will likely be more impaired drivers on our highways leading to more road deaths and young people will gain access to the drug with dire consequences.

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57CN ON: Column: In Defence Of Pot LoungesSat, 17 Feb 2018
Source:Ottawa Citizen (CN ON) Author:Dawson, Tyler Area:Ontario Lines:Excerpt Added:02/22/2018

The mayor is wrong on allowing legal pot cafes, and here's why

Mayor Jim Watson won't support the idea of legal lounges where people can smoke pot.

That's not even remotely surprising: Watson's a cautious, conservative mayor when it comes to social policy. He doesn't want to make it easier for anyone to smoke anything in lounges.

If his view wins the day, there won't really be anywhere in Ottawa to smoke pot, because politicians at Queen's Park have banned smoking marijuana in public places.

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58 CN ON: Cops Concerned Over Costs Of Legal PotSat, 17 Feb 2018
Source:Standard Freeholder (Cornwall, CN ON) Author:Hale, Alan S. Area:Ontario Lines:80 Added:02/22/2018

Dealing with the impact of marijuana legalization is expected to be one of the year's biggest challenges for the Cornwall Community Police Service, according to Chief-designate Danny Aikman.

"Obviously there is a lot of attention being paid the legalization of marijuana and the impact that will have on municipalities as well as police forces," he said.

The Cornwall police are concerned their costs could increase because of the change in the law, and Aikman said just because possession will be legal, doesn't mean enforcement efforts can be stopped.

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59 CN ON: PUB LTE: We Don't Need More Pot ResearchSat, 17 Feb 2018
Source:Hamilton Spectator (CN ON) Author:Fallucco, Tony Area:Ontario Lines:33 Added:02/22/2018

Can we please stop with the "more" research on marijuana? The only research that is needed is to determine how much good it can do medically.

Everyone knows why it was banned decades ago - so they could sell more pills. There is not one recorded death due to overdose, no one has ever gotten stoned and gone on a killing spree, no one has ever smoked pot and driven 150 km/h on the highway. Just recently we are finding out about CBD's helping people with Parkinsons, arthritis, and seizures.

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60 CN ON: 'It Is Just Not Slowing Down'Wed, 21 Feb 2018
Source:Toronto Star (CN ON) Author:Mathieu, Emily Area:Ontario Lines:109 Added:02/21/2018

Rally in response to the opioid crisis hears tales of loss and 'burnt out' workers

Kim Pare said his family did everything they could to help their bright and beautiful daughter, but in the end she couldn't fight the illness of addiction.

It's been almost four years since Kaitlyn died, at 24, from a prescription opioid overdose and from her father's perspective nothing has really changed.

"We are losing a generation of people who could be valuable members of our society. We have to help them,' Pare said, speaking to about 30 people at a rally at King and York Sts. Tuesday's event was part of a National Day of Action in response to the opioid and contaminated drug crisis.

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61 CN ON: OPED: Demand Will Set Pot Price As Fair, And Likely LowerThu, 15 Feb 2018
Source:Record, The (Kitchener, CN ON) Author:Taylor, Peter Shawn Area:Ontario Lines:129 Added:02/20/2018

You save by buying bulk - and this law of shopping logic holds for illegal as well as legal products. Which means someone in Cambridge is either a very sharp negotiator, or a pot-smoking liarÂ…

As part of the institutional preparation for the legalization of marijuana, Statistics Canada is currently collecting reams of data on the pot economy.

This is necessary to ensure the reliability of national accounts when legal weed becomes a reality, as sales will otherwise show up as a huge, immediate spike in consumer purchases.

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62 CN ON: Aids Network Proposes First Injection SiteSat, 17 Feb 2018
Source:Hamilton Spectator (CN ON) Author:Frketich, Joanna Area:Ontario Lines:80 Added:02/17/2018

The AIDS Network is putting itself forward to run Hamilton's first supervised injectionsite at its downtown Effort Square location.

The AIDS service organization is preparing proposals to the provincial and federal governments for a permanent site where people can inject illegal drugs under the watchful eye of trained staff without fear of arrest.

Meanwhile, it is also proposing a smaller temporary overdose prevention site as a stopgap that would allow supervised injection until the permanent location was approved and operating.

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63 CN ON: Column: Sober Second Pot? Senate Deal Delays Marijuana RolloutFri, 16 Feb 2018
Source:Toronto Star (CN ON) Author:Harper, Tim Area:Ontario Lines:127 Added:02/16/2018

Political manoeuvres in upper house likely to push legalization date into September - well past the Liberals' original July 1 target

If you were hankering for a summer of legalized marijuana in Canada, you can forget it.

And you can thank Canada's newly independent - but unelected - Senate for delays.

There is now a firm deadline for passage, but it wasn't the deadline the Trudeau government, and some provinces, wanted.

If this was a strictly political gambit, there are those who would finger the culprit, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, as the man who directed his Senate caucus to put the brakes on government legislation, choosing partisan battles over sober second thought.

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64 CN ON: SIU Refuses To Change Naloxone RulesFri, 16 Feb 2018
Source:Toronto Star (CN ON) Author:Gillis, Wendy Area:Ontario Lines:135 Added:02/16/2018

Watchdog stands firm on requirement it be notified in cases involving the drug

Ontario's police watchdog is pushing back at chiefs for suggesting their officers might hesitate to provide the life-saving drug naloxone out of fear that it could prompt an investigation by the civilian agency.

In a strongly worded letter Thursday, the director of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said the agency would not back down on its expectation that it be notified in cases where a civilian is injured or dies after an officer administers naloxone, a drug that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

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65CN ON: OPED: How The NDP Can Set Itself Apart On Drug PolicyFri, 16 Feb 2018
Source:Ottawa Citizen (CN ON) Author:Hutt, James Area:Ontario Lines:Excerpt Added:02/16/2018

Decriminalization is the right move , say James Hutt and Emilie Taman.

Canada's overdose crisis is getting worse, not better. In 2016, there were 2,861 opioid-related deaths. Last year, there were more than 4,000.

All of them were preventable.

As the NDP gathers in Ottawa this weekend for its national policy convention, many hope that this issue will be front and centre. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has already indicated that he favours the decriminalization of all drugs - not because it's the popular but because it's the right thing to do.

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66 CN ON: Editorial: Push Pot Bill Through SenateSat, 10 Feb 2018
Source:Toronto Star (CN ON)          Area:Ontario Lines:81 Added:02/15/2018

The ongoing effort in the Senate to derail the passage of the Liberal government's bill to legalize marijuana is not an exercise in sober second thought, as its Conservative proponents claim, but an attempt to obstruct democracy. The Trudeau government should use the tools at its disposal to push this important legislation through the Upper House.

Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, and C-46, which would tighten rules on impaired driving related to marijuana use, have been before the Senate since the Commons passed them in late November. And they may languish there forever if the government does not invoke so-called time allocation, a tool for curtailing debate that the Liberals have largely eschewed.

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67 CN ON: OPED: Prevention Needs To Be Key In Fighting Drug AbuseSat, 10 Feb 2018
Source:Record, The (Kitchener, CN ON) Author:Pancer, Mark Area:Ontario Lines:99 Added:02/15/2018

Fentanyl. The drug is one that most people never even heard of until a few years ago. Now it strikes fear into the hearts of public health officials, youth workers, parents and others. A few grains of fentanyl, often mixed with another recreational drug without the user's knowledge, can cause death within minutes. It has caused thousands of overdose deaths in Canada and tens of thousands in the U.S., and those numbers are rising rapidly.

How have we dealt with this crisis? The primary strategy has been to supply naloxone, a drug that can reverse the effects of fentanyl, as widely as possible to police officers, health care providers and others who are likely to encounter people who have overdosed. The use of naloxone is a "harm reduction strategy", intended to reduce the negative consequences of using fentanyl, and it has saved many lives. But it is not enough. Overdose deaths from fentanyl continue to increase even after widespread distribution of naloxone kits. We desperately need another strategy. But what kind of strategy would work?

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68 CN ON: Column: It Wasn't The Positive Test It Was The HairFri, 09 Feb 2018
Source:Hamilton Spectator (CN ON) Author:Milton, Steve Area:Ontario Lines:135 Added:02/14/2018

Twenty years ago this Sunday, when Ross Rebagliati was told he had tested positive for a banned substance, he didn't have to ask which one.

It was THC, an active ingredient in marijuana, and it was going to cost him the first Olympic gold medal ever awarded in snowboarding.

Three decades later, Rebagliati still has his gold medal, Canada is five months away from fully legalized weed sales, Rebagliati owns his own major medicinal cannabis supply company (the pun-ish Ross' Gold), and snowboarding is a lot more mainstream.

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69 CN ON: Locals Face Drug DilemmaTue, 13 Feb 2018
Source:Recorder & Times, The (CN ON) Author:Lowrie, Wayne Area:Ontario Lines:113 Added:02/13/2018

Municipal governments across Leeds and Grenville have been grappling with the question of whether or not their volunteer firefighters should carry naloxone kits to treat patients who overdose on opioids.

And they have been coming up with different answers.

In the Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands, for example, the council has voted to supply the lifesaving antidote to its firefighters and have them trained in its use.

Likewise in the Town of Gananoque where both its firefighters and police officers have access to the kits and know how to use them. Mayor Erika Demchuk said her town's police and fire departments have carried the kits for months, both for their own protection and that of the public.

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70 CN ON: An Island Pot Shop?Tue, 13 Feb 2018
Source:Standard Freeholder (Cornwall, CN ON) Author:Hale, Alan S. Area:Ontario Lines:101 Added:02/13/2018

AKWESASNE - If the community gives the go-ahead, Akwesasne could be the only place with a dispensary for recreational marijuana near Cornwall when it becomes legal this year.

At its monthly meeting in January, a video of which is posted on YouTube, the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA) ran the idea past its members looking for feedback. It was made very clear during the presentation the MCA would not pursue the idea if the community is not in favour of it, but Grand Chief Abram Benedict argued the impending legalization of marijuana presents the First Nation with an incredible business opportunity.

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71 CN ON: Police Ramp Up Raids On Pot ShopsTue, 13 Feb 2018
Source:Hamilton Spectator (CN ON) Author:Dongen, Matthew Van Area:Ontario Lines:72 Added:02/13/2018

Come as city officials prepare to discuss future of storefronts

Police are cracking down on illegal storefront pot shops across Hamilton even as dispensary advocates prepare for "roundtable" discussions with city officials about their future.

Operators of five MMJ and Pacifico medical marijuana dispensaries - spread across the lower city and on the Mountain - told The Spectator they were raided by police late last week.

Britney Guerra, a vocal dispensary advocate and former owner, said she has heard from four other raided shops - one as recently as Monday - but none of those operators were willing to speak to The Spectator.

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72 CN ON: OPED: Health Experts Should Take Lead On Weed PackagingThu, 08 Feb 2018
Source:Toronto Star (CN ON) Author:Kamadia, Aly Area:Ontario Lines:97 Added:02/12/2018

"I believe that nicotine is not addictive."

This was the position the CEOs of the seven largest American tobacco companies staunchly stood by while testifying in front of an infamous 1994 Congressional hearing.

The scientific evidence at the time rendered their ostensible belief a tragic joke - a term that accurately describes the idea that Canadians should blindly trust marijuana producers and distributors to design their own packaging. Ottawa would do well by having health experts take the lead in ensuring marijuana packaging is transparent.

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73 CN ON: Editorial: Sanity In Haze Of ConfusionFri, 09 Feb 2018
Source:Ottawa Sun (CN ON)          Area:Ontario Lines:68 Added:02/12/2018

An Ottawa judge who granted an absolute discharge to a 21-year-old woman working at a marijuana dispensary has made the right call.

Yes, we believe in harsh penalties for criminals. Yes, people should be held accountable for their actions.

But we also believe that the folks working the counter at illegal marijuana dispensaries aren't the real bad guys.

It's the owners of these shops and the traffickers and street-level, gun-toting dealers we're more concerned about: The people who are too often escaping punishment.

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74 CN ON: Lawyer Declares War On Weed OverThu, 08 Feb 2018
Source:Observer, The (CN ON) Author:Bowen, Neil Area:Ontario Lines:37 Added:02/12/2018

Declaring the government's war on marijuana was over, defence lawyer Nick Cake called for a $10 fine for his client's marijuana possession. Kalan Louis Pereira, 27, of Sarnia pleaded guilty Wednesday in Sarnia court to marijuana possession. "We no longer live in a society that denounces this stuff," said Cake, citing the federal government's move to legalize recreational marijuana use this coming July.

The war on drugs as it relates to marijuana is over, and there is consideration of granting amnesty to those previously convicted of marijuana possession, Cake continued.

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75 CN ON: Illegal Pot Shops Flourish In OttawaThu, 08 Feb 2018
Source:Globe and Mail (Canada) Author:Miller, Jacquie Area:Ontario Lines:70 Added:02/12/2018

Ontario's attorney general has warned that illegal marijuana dispensaries will be closed across the province, but potpreneurs in Ottawa don't seem to be getting the message.

At least 19 pot shops are still operating in the city, with a couple opening in the past few weeks.

At one of the new stores, Cannada's Culture on Baseline Road, plans are afoot to open a lounge, too, where consumers could smoke or vape weed.

One of the rooms inside is reserved for the lounge, but it's unclear when it will open, said Leanne Wilson. She was working behind a desk in the lobby, screening a steady stream of customers to make sure they were 19 and followed the security rules before entering the locked room where the cannabis is stored. "Cellphones in pocket, ( ball) caps on backwards, please," she called out.

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76CN ON: Woman Gets Discharge In Pot Shop BustThu, 08 Feb 2018
Source:Ottawa Citizen (CN ON) Author:Miller, Jacquie Area:Ontario Lines:Excerpt Added:02/12/2018

Most charged in raids were 'budtenders', along with some managers and owners

An Ottawa judge has discharged drug-trafficking charges against a young clerk who worked at a marijuana dispensary but said she didn't realize the business was illegal.

The woman was only 21, had no criminal record, has accepted responsibility and expressed remorse, and is at low risk of reoffending, Justice Norman Boxall said in his sentencing decision.

Selena Holder-Zirbser is one of about 44 people who have been charged in police raids on illegal shops in Ottawa. She says she took the $12-an-hour job because she needed to pay her rent.

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77 CN ON: Cannabis Conference Highlights Need For More StudiesMon, 12 Feb 2018
Source:Hamilton Spectator (CN ON) Author:O'Reilly, Nicole Area:Ontario Lines:87 Added:02/12/2018

The only thing clear about research into medical cannabis is that more research is needed.

That was a conclusion expressed by many experts who gathered at the first cannabis conference hosted by the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medical Cannabis Research at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton West 5th Campus on the weekend.

"This conference is really the initial offering we have to the scientific community," said McMaster University associate professor Jason Busse, an expert in chronic pain and a co-director of the cannabis centre that opened in October.

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78 CN ON: London To Open Temporary Supervised Drug-Use SiteMon, 12 Feb 2018
Source:Globe and Mail (Canada) Author:Hayes, Molly Area:Ontario Lines:107 Added:02/12/2018

Provincial plan aims to fill gap for communities waiting on permanent services for opioid crisis

A temporary supervised drug use site will open its doors in London, Ont., Monday - the first of what is expected to be many under a new provincial emergency-response program that will fill the gap for communities waiting on permanent sites.

Thousands of people are dying from overdoses every year across Canada. In Ontario alone, there were 336 opioid-related deaths between May and July last year, up 68 per cent from that same period the year before. Fentanyl, a drug so potent that mere grains of it can be lethal, was a factor in 67 per cent of those deaths - up from 41 per cent in 2016, and 19 per cent in 2015.

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79CN ON: Pot Shop Wants Eviction OverturnedMon, 12 Feb 2018
Source:Ottawa Citizen (CN ON) Author:Miller, Jacquie Area:Ontario Lines:Excerpt Added:02/12/2018

The fight by a popular Bank Street marijuana dispensary to stay in business has taken an intriguing twist.

Cannabis Culture closed in December after the frustrated landlord evicted his tenants, who were selling marijuana obtained from the black market.

Now the operators of Cannabis Culture have filed a court application demanding their lease be honoured so they can get back to operating their illegal business. The lawsuit might be an indication that some dispensaries are digging in for a fight with authorities as the country gets closer to the legalization of recreational marijuana, expected this summer. The province has vowed to shut down the dispensaries as it prepares to open legal pot shops run by a subsidiary of the LCBO.

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80 CN ON: Overdose Preventions Site Opens MondaySat, 10 Feb 2018
Source:London Free Press (CN ON) Author:Brown, Dan Area:Ontario Lines:39 Added:02/10/2018

Ontario's first legal drugoverdose prevention site opens Monday in London.

The site, temporary while the search continues for a permanent site, will be located at 186 King St.

The site is part of the health unit's response to the opioid crisis sweeping Canada, whose toll ran to nearly 1,500 people in the first half of last year alone.

The London site, embebbed within the Regional HIV/AIDS Connection program location, has been granted an exemption from Canada's criminal drug laws.

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81 CN ON: Health Unit Offers Secure Needle DisposalSat, 10 Feb 2018
Source:Simcoe Reformer, The (CN ON) Author:Sonnenberg, Monte Area:Ontario Lines:59 Added:02/10/2018

The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit has expanded its harm-reduction strategy related to intravenous drug users.

With opioid addiction an increasing problem in the local area and elsewhere, the health unit has set up three 24-hour disposal sites where users can dispose of old needles.

Needle disposal is a concern for health officials because intravenous drug abuse is highly correlated with blood-borne illnesses, such as HIV and hepatitis.

Used needles that aren't properly disposed pose a hazard to young people who may pick them up or people passing by who are inadvertently stabbed.

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82 CN ON: Parents Push Premier To Fill Treatment Gaps For Addicted TeensSat, 10 Feb 2018
Source:Hamilton Spectator (CN ON) Author:Moro, Teviah Area:Ontario Lines:154 Added:02/10/2018

Dundas mom says 17-year-old is on 'lockdown' in home after knife-wielding outburst

When his father roused his son from a drug-induced slumber, he flew into a rage.

The 17-year-old ended up pulling a knife and locking his dad out in the freezing cold.

Now, his parents take turns watching him - constantly.

"We just kind of keep him down on what we call 'lockdown,'" says his mom, a school teacher who lives in Dundas.

Her son is addicted to drugs and alcohol. He has tried to kill himself, been in and out of hospital, in homeless shelters and jail.

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83 CN ON: Etown Firefighters Want To Opt Out Of Naloxone KitsSat, 10 Feb 2018
Source:Recorder & Times, The (CN ON) Author:Bedford, Sabrina Area:Ontario Lines:97 Added:02/10/2018

The fire department in ElizabethtownKitley wants to opt out of carrying naloxone kits in its fire trucks.

In a report to council set to be discussed on Monday, the township's fire department says it unanimously decided it does not want to participate in the Ontario Naloxone Program at this time.

The provincial fire marshal and chief of emergency management informed the township in December they will be expanding the naloxone program to include funding for two naloxone kits for each fire truck used in their role as first responders.

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84 CN ON: Drug Awareness Week Offers A Chance To TalkWed, 07 Feb 2018
Source:Peterborough Examiner, The (CN ON) Author:Bain, Jason Area:Ontario Lines:114 Added:02/09/2018

After three years of addressing substance abuse issues while patrolling local high schools, city police community services officer Const. Andy Hatton said he has learned more about how important the lines of communication are between parents and their children.

Drug Awareness Week continues until Friday and city police and health care and public health partners point out it's a ideal time to have serious conversations about the topic.

"Don't be afraid to ask those difficult questions. Don't be afraid to have those sometimes difficult conversations. It's important to know what's going on," the officer said during a Tuesday morning launch for the week at Westmount Pharmacy.

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85 CN ON: LTE: Legalization Of Marijuana DangerousWed, 07 Feb 2018
Source:Standard, The (St. Catharines, CN ON) Author:Cuizon, Rod Area:Ontario Lines:44 Added:02/09/2018

What is surprising about opioid overdoses and deaths due to overdoses?

These are expected. Expect more as the floodgate to hell has been further opened with the legalizing of recreational use of cannabis.

The weed industry has bloomed immensely. Thousands of acres are being cultivated, using the latest technology to grow weed. The marijuana industry is now Canada's fastest growing and ranks among the most profitable industries.

Investors are stampeding to buy shares in hundreds of weed growers, some of whom already have brought fortune to some investors, sharing millions of dollars in dividends on their investments.

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86 CN ON: LTE: Legalizing Pot WrongWed, 07 Feb 2018
Source:Sudbury Star (CN ON) Author:Comeau, Larry Area:Ontario Lines:49 Added:02/09/2018

Re: "Action urged on illicit cigarettes," Feb. 5.

Governments at all levels have spent tens of billions trying to dissuade young people from smoking cigarettes and treating people's serious illnesses, especially cancers, from this addictive habit. These ads are actually starting to decrease the number of new smokers. Over this time, organized crime has been heavily involved, distributing illicit smokes, with zero checks on quality or the nature of ingredients.

Enter Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wrong-headed move to legalize marijuana, just as addictive, and with the same or greater impact on health, because he feels "this is the best way to keep it away from those at serious risk, young Canadians by curbing black market sales."

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87CN ON: Column: We're Making Mountains Out Of Molehills With MarijuanaTue, 06 Feb 2018
Source:Ottawa Citizen (CN ON) Author:Whitcomb, Ed Area:Ontario Lines:Excerpt Added:02/09/2018

Provincial patchwork isn't a bad thing for Canadians, writes Ed Whitcomb.

Many Canadian politicians are tying themselves in knots over pot, begging the federal government to extend the July 1 target date for legalizing cannabis use.

But many of the so-called problems they cite are molehills, needlessly being turned into mountains.

Let's look at some:

It will become legal for about 25 million Canadians to smoke pot as of July 1 - but it will remain illegal for those under 18 or 19.

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88 CN ON: People Who Use Drugs Should Get A Naloxone Kit: Grey BruceTue, 06 Feb 2018
Source:Wiarton Echo (CN ON) Author:Langlois, Denis Area:Ontario Lines:77 Added:02/09/2018

Public health is urging anyone who uses drugs to get a free naloxone kit.

The call comes after Owen Sound police announced Jan. 26 that the highly potent opioid carfentanil was confirmed in a pair of investigations in the city.

"All drugs are dangerous and we don't know oftentimes what is in other drugs. So you could be getting what you think is one drug when, in fact, there could be something else in it," public health nurse Lindsay Cook said in an interview.

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89 CN ON: PUB LTE: Safe Injection Site Offers CompassionFri, 09 Feb 2018
Source:Windsor Star (CN ON) Author:Hoven, Monica van den Area:Ontario Lines:54 Added:02/09/2018

Re: Advocates pushing for safe injection site, by Brian Cross, Jan. 26.

In this excellent article it mentions several people who advocate for a safe injection site and express the urgent need for an overdose prevention site.

The article makes the following points: the need for the presence of medical professionals to supervise injections by drug users; the need to provide new needles in order to prevent infections; the importance of administering naloxone in case of an overdose; and the need to provide counselling so that more drug users will become former addicts, as is the case of Matt Cascadden.

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90 CN ON: TDSB To Put Naloxone Kits In Every Secondary SchoolFri, 09 Feb 2018
Source:Toronto Star (CN ON) Author:Rizza, Alanna Area:Ontario Lines:80 Added:02/09/2018

Overdose-prevention plan would equip 112 high schools and train some staff

Toronto District School Board high schools will soon be provided with a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses.

On Wednesday evening, the board voted to move forward with equipping every secondary school with a naloxone kit, as part of TDSB's overdose-prevention plan implemented in November 2017.

TDSB spokesperson Ryan Bird said one kit will be provided to each of the board's 112 high schools and alternative schools.

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91CN ON: Relaxing Hotel Rules Could Lead To Rise In Cannabis TourismMon, 05 Feb 2018
Source:Ottawa Citizen (CN ON) Author:Miller, Jacquie Area:Ontario Lines:Excerpt Added:02/07/2018

Ontario's proposal to allow people to consume marijuana in hotel rooms opens the door to a boom in cannabis tourism, says lawyer Matt Mauer.

Mauer heads the cannabis law group at Minden Gross in Toronto and says he knows businesspeople who are interested in opening cannabis-friendly hotels and resorts.

Mauer says he was surprised by the province's proposal to loosen up the ban on consuming cannabis anywhere other than private homes.

The government has also asked for public comments on whether to allow cannabis lounges.

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92 CN ON: Column: Racially Biased Power Play With Legal PotSat, 03 Feb 2018
Source:Toronto Star (CN ON) Author:Paradkar, Shree Area:Ontario Lines:122 Added:02/07/2018

"Entrepreneurial" is one of the terms used to describe a bunch of Canadian bootleggers who found varying success in the illicit running of alcohol to the U.S. about a century ago.

They are portrayed as swashbuckling adventurers who dared to defy laws that banned alcohol, laws that in retrospect were not only archaic but perhaps misplaced and costly. They are fondly posited as cheeky and rebellious, the forerunners of a liberal era of alcohol-infused pleasures.

It was legal in Canada to produce alcohol - prohibition was lifted by the 1920s - while Americans still faced a ban. That illicit trade was the building blocks on which Canadian distilleries, the suppliers of that booze, made a fortune. The histories of the Bronfman family (who owned Seagram) and the Corbys, among others, are just a Google search away.

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93 CN ON: Public Health Handing Out More Naloxone KitsSat, 03 Feb 2018
Source:Hamilton Spectator (CN ON) Author:Paddon, Natalie Area:Ontario Lines:111 Added:02/06/2018

453 people were revived 'from the brink of death' in 2017, Hamilton city officials hear

More than one-quarter of naloxone kits distributed through Hamilton Public Health last year were used to revive someone from an overdose.

Of the 1,700 opioid antidote kits handed out in 2017, 453 were reportedly used to revive a person.

"Four-hundred and fifty-three people revived from the brink of death. It's hard to imagine that's anything but a success," said Michael Parkinson, who works with the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council and the Municipal Drug Strategy Coordinators Network of Ontario.

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94 CN ON: PUB LTE: Legalize Drugs, Stop ViolenceSat, 03 Feb 2018
Source:Ottawa Citizen (CN ON) Author:Therien, Emile Area:Ontario Lines:34 Added:02/06/2018

There is absolutely no question that the gun violence being experienced in Ottawa is fuelled by the drug trade. The futile war on drugs simply cannot be won. Why we continue to defy and ignore more than 100 years of failed prohibition is mind-boggling, counterproductive and irresponsible.

Law enforcement, in and of itself, has never reduced or dried up the supply of illegal drugs. Illicit drugs will be with us long into the future. The so-called war on drugs, at an outrageous economic, social and human cost, will simply not stop the demand for illegal drugs.

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95 CN ON: OPED: Marijuana Should Be Decriminalized NowSat, 03 Feb 2018
Source:Hamilton Spectator (CN ON) Author:Kemeny, Jeremy Area:Ontario Lines:103 Added:02/06/2018

Millions of criminals are Canadians buying pot from Canadians, writes Jeremy Kemeny

Everyone smoking recreational marijuana right now is a criminal.

That is according to Canadian law and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who - planning to legalize this summer - has encouraged authorities to enforce these rules.

There are a lot of criminals. In 2016, an estimated 4.9 million Canadians between the ages of 15 and 64 years old spent money on pot, which translates into $5.7 billion according to a new Statistics Canada report. And 94 per cent of that, the agency said, was consumed illegally. Your child, sibling or parent might be guilty. You probably have a cousin that's guilty. Some of your friends are likely guilty. That's millions Canadians guilty of possession of cannabis.

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96 CN ON: What's Next For Cannabis Crime?Sat, 03 Feb 2018
Source:Daily Press, The (CN ON)          Area:Ontario Lines:138 Added:02/06/2018

Lawyers contemplate class action to push government into cannabis amnesty

OTTAWA - At Anthony Morgan's law office, the calls keep coming: Parents of young black men hoping their son's marijuana possession charge will be wiped clean when the country legalizes the drug this year.

The Liberal government has talked about granting amnesty for past marijuana crimes, but isn't likely to move until after the new cannabis regime comes into effect this summer.

For black communities across the country, that's not soon enough - and frustrated lawyers in Toronto are now considering lighting a fire under the feds with a class-action lawsuit.

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97 CN ON: Opioid OD Kits Heading To Lambton Kent High SchoolsFri, 02 Feb 2018
Source:Chatham Daily News, The (CN ON) Author:Shreve, Ellwood Area:Ontario Lines:85 Added:02/06/2018

Lambton Kent District school board is following measures taken by some other Ontario school boards to provide help if a student has an opioid overdose.

Superintendent Gary Girardi said trustees were advised at Tuesday's board meeting in Sarnia that naloxone kits will be placed in all high schools across the region by month's end.

He said the board has been working with the Chatham-Kent and Lambton public health units, which are providing staff to train high school office staff on how to administer the nasal spray.

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98CN ON: OPED: Safe Drug Injection Sites In City Will Save LivesFri, 02 Feb 2018
Source:Windsor Star (CN ON) Author:Westfall, Jordan Area:Ontario Lines:Excerpt Added:02/06/2018

Physicians are afraid of doing the right thing, says Jordan Westfall.

Public health officials in Windsor-Essex are sounding alarms about overdose deaths increasing in the past year.

They have stated their interest in "exploring " if the cities of Windsor and Leamington need supervised consumption sites through a "feasibility study."

Supervised consumption sites are places for people to use drugs in a safer manner, with properly trained staff ensuring nobody dies of overdose.

Feasibility studies are costly to taxpayers, and even more expensive for people at risk of overdose, who will pay for this consultation with their lives.

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99 CN ON: Landlords Smell A High-Rise Problem LoomingFri, 02 Feb 2018
Source:Globe and Mail (Canada) Author:Dingman, Shane Area:Ontario Lines:105 Added:02/05/2018

Legalization of marijuana would make it hard to evict a smoking tenant who is bothering their neighbours

Smoking pot smells. Whether you like the odour or hate it, few think it's not a strong smell. As legalization rapidly approaches in Canada, landlords and tenants are grappling with whether an apartment building can be declared marijuana-smoke-free, whether a disobedient smoker could be evicted and whether a blanket provincial ban on cannabis smoke at home might be the only way to stop it.

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100 CN ON: Pot's Impact On Brain A ConcernFri, 02 Feb 2018
Source:Kingston Whig-Standard (CN ON) Author:Ferguson, Elliot Area:Ontario Lines:105 Added:02/05/2018

University students develop campaigns to educate high school students about cannabis

Three teams of Queen's University students have put together a series of marketing campaigns to educate high school pupils about cannabis.

The legalization of cannabis is set for July 1, and students of psychiatry professor Oyedeji Ayonrinde and business professor John-Kurt Pliniussen developed ways to give high school-age young people some of the information they need to make informed decisions.

The campaigns were developed by students working in teams, and their messages were delivered through social media to reach the younger audience.

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