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05/30/2003: "CN ON: Editorial: New 'Pot' Policy A Sensible Solution"

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Pubdate: Wed, 28 May 2023
Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)
Copyright: 2003 The Toronto Star
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Website: http://www.thestar.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/456

NEW 'POT' POLICY A SENSIBLE SOLUTION

In 1969, federal health minister John Munro established a commission of inquiry into the non-medical use of drugs. Chaired by Gerald Le Dain, the inquiry recommended in 1971 that the federal government decriminalize the simple possession of marijuana. It also urged Ottawa to continue strict enforcement of laws against importing and trafficking in cannabis.

Predictably, the report sparked a firestorm of protests across Canada. The debates raged for years, resulting in successive prime ministers quickly dropping any notion they might have harboured about changing our laws so that possession of small amounts of marijuana would be subject only to fines and tickets, much like a traffic violation.

Now, more than 30 years later, the federal government has at last acted upon many of those key Le Dain Commission recommendations.

And, just as happened before, a firestorm has been reignited.

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