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Debra Harper (Article originally appeared at Canevolve) When I got on the internet in 1998 it seemed like such magical times – Matt Elrod started a listserve in 1996 for Canadian activists known as CMAP [1] where we shared news articles and wrote letters to the editor. Hemp just become legal in Canada in May […]
Absurdities in the War on Drugs: A New Timeline
1. The Indian Hemp Commission was carried out in India at the behest of British Parliament. Some of the wealthier classes had complained that “Indian Hemp,” as Cannabis as called, was making the working classes lazy. The Commission found the “hemp drug” innocuous. 2. Albert Hofmann discovered LSD in 1938. In 1943 he took […]
Attack of the Ad Man
(Glass Brain Bong featured in anti-pot ads) By Debbie Stultz-Giffin Can you really believe Health Minister Rona Ambrose’s claim that a new anti-drug campaign targeted at teens wasn’t asking Canadian physicians to take a partisan view on cannabis this summer? Now that the ad campaign has rolled out, it is undeniable! As you may recall […]



