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Canada'S New Drug Policy
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Sun Sep 30, 2007 @ 12:37am |
 Coolness: 145345 | Health Minister Tony Clement will announce the Conservative government's anti-drug strategy this week with a stark warning: "The party's over" for illicit drug users.
"In the next few days, we're going to be back in the business of an anti-drug strategy," Clement told The Canadian Press. "In that sense, the party's over." Shortly after taking office early last year, the Conservatives decided not to go ahead with a Liberal bill to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. Since then, the number of people arrested for smoking pot has jumped dramatically in several Canadian cities, in some cases jumping by more than one third. Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and Halifax all reported increases of between 20 and 50 per cent in 2006 of arrests for possession of cannabis, compared with the previous year. As a result thousands of people were charged with an act that, under the previous Liberal government, was on the verge of being decriminalized. Police forces said many young people were under the impression that the decriminalization bill had already passed and were smoking up more boldly than they've ever done before. Clement says his government wants to clear up the uncertainty. "There's been a lot of mixed messages going out about illicit drugs," Clement said in an interview Saturday after a symposium designed to bring together Canada's arts and health communities to combat mental health issues. There's also a health-care cost element to suggesting to young people that using illicit drugs is OK, the minister said. "The fact of the matter is they're unhealthy," Clement said. "They create poor health outcomes." Wrong message For too long, Clement argues, governments in Canada have been sending the wrong message about drug use. It's time, he says, to take a tougher approach to dealing with the problem. "There hasn't been a meaningful retooling of our strategy to tackle illicit drugs in over 20 years in this country," Clement said. "We're going to be into a different world and take tackling these issues very seriously because (of) the impact on the health and safety of our kids." The Conservatives' wide-ranging $64 million anti-drug strategy is expected to combine treatment and prevention programs with stiffer penalties for illicit drug use, and a crackdown at the border against drug smuggling. Justice Minister Rob Nicholson and Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day will join Clement in announcing the plan as part of a range of initiatives to be unveiled by the Tories surrounding next month's throne speech. 'Enforcement is harm reduction' Clement has suggested in the past that he opposes so-called harm-reduction strategies for combatting illegal drug use, including safe-injection sites where nurses provide addicts with clean needles and a safe place to use drugs. At a Canadian Medical Association meeting last month, he was quoted saying "harm reduction, in a sense, takes many forms. To me, prevention is harm reduction. Treatment is harm reduction. Enforcement is harm reduction." The following day, a petition signed by over 130 physicians and scientists was released, condemning the Conservative government's "potentially deadly" misrepresentation of the positive evidence for harm reduction programs. Vancouver's Insite safe injection clinic is facing a December 31 deadline for the renewal of a federal exemption that allows it to operate. Advocates say safe-injection sites help to prevent the spread of serious diseases, including AIDS and hepatitis by preventing users from sharing needles while opponents say the sites simply promote illegal drug use. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Sun Sep 30, 2007 @ 12:27pm |
 Coolness: 153150 | There's also a health-care cost element to suggesting to young people that using illicit drugs is OK, the minister said.
well i never got sick because of pot but 400 lbs fat people who are allways in the hospital, this is ok ..? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo replied on Mon Oct 1, 2007 @ 9:33am |
 Coolness: 266100 | Politics kill. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cvxn replied on Mon Oct 1, 2007 @ 9:51am |
 Coolness: 178790 | J'aime pas voir du monde abuser des drogues, mais je trouve que l'information ça marche mieux que la répression.
Enforcement.. Bullshit... People are still gonna use drugs, but they'll be more at risk of AIDS and stuffs because no clean needles provided... I find they should do like the GRIP: giving people informations about drugs, their effects and dangers, but letting people choose if they do drugs or not. And maybe more rehab centers and help for those who are too addicted? I hope the Tories are out next election... I don't like them... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AlienZeD replied on Wed Oct 3, 2007 @ 1:35pm |
 Coolness: 509705 | or they could just poison the drug supply and kill all the users quickly... that would work way better.
Either you're with us or you're against us! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» puresexmegs replied on Fri Oct 5, 2007 @ 12:09pm |
 Coolness: 48875 | Without weed I would be throwing up alot. I wouldnt be eating or sleeping that much and then my health would become a problem.
And no one gets fucking aids from pot Holy shit I wasnt going to vote but after reading this , this just pisses me off enough to go. Last year I felt my vote in the bc elections was pointless. Perhaps theres a strong cannabis crew in ontario then bc |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Fri Oct 5, 2007 @ 12:39pm |
| Coolness: 153150 | puresexmegs, that what i was thinking at first, but when i stopped weed, it wasnt hard at all, and i slept more and eat better after...
its all in your head, the thing it that this is the tought of an addict, i saw a show about a crack/heroine addicted girl, her family wanted to help her with an 'intervention', but at first she refused because she thought she couldnt live a normal life without drugs, what she would be sick all the time, and everything, but she got into rehab, and now everything is fine ... so saying what you say just means tome that weed Is a problem for you, like someone whos addicted to coffee or smokes or medical pills, its not because it not called crack that it is good for you ... Update » Deadfunk wrote on Fri Oct 5, 2007 @ 12:41pm i know i sound like your mother and you will surely get on your nerve and start the 'you dont know shit about me' speech.
but think about it ... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» puresexmegs replied on Fri Oct 5, 2007 @ 2:04pm |
| Coolness: 48875 | No actually ive felt this way BEFORE I smoked weed. Since smoking it has all stopped. As well as I have always had a hard time balancing my weight. I get insanely too skinny, one beng because I have no appetite. LIKE NONE second being I have an exteemely high metabolism.
Since smoing weed I have gained weight, I get sick rarely, and ive gotten a prescription from my doctor i just chose not to use it because buying from a clinic is so much more expensive then buying from the streets and I can only get it in small quantities and I dont have time to make trips even once a week. i buy enough to last me 3 weeks at a time. I dont even smoke alot I smoke a half ounce in 3 weeks and its not used just by me. my boyfriend is a pot smoker but not heavy though. I know what you mean though about getting addiction side effects. But mine were before weed. So in fact you dont know shit ;) lol |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Fri Oct 5, 2007 @ 2:58pm |
| Coolness: 153150 | lol, well nice for you! im happy to hear it, but your a special case it seems, generally, its the other way around! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AlienZeD replied on Sat Oct 6, 2007 @ 6:12pm |
| Coolness: 509705 | yay 4 weed |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Purple_Lee replied on Thu Oct 11, 2007 @ 12:31am |
 Coolness: 238765 | i smoked my father on j's dure the time he had M.S.(near the time of his death)
because of the med's he was on he did not want or feel the need to eat i would smoke him on one and later he would eat later on face it folks weed will never be legal because of one main factor and that is big bother down south |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Thu Oct 11, 2007 @ 5:53am |
| Coolness: 145345 | well one answer then...
revolution. |
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