Legalization: Related Stories and Resources
This Related Stories and Resources page is where you can find additional material related to the main story, Legalization, by Terence C. Gannon. These items are presented with the most recent item at the top. You can also listen to the original essay on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcasting platform.
Why some small marijuana growers struggle after legalization PBS NewsHour, November 7th, 2019 by Paul Solman. The excellent reporting of the PBS Newshour turned its attention recently to the subject of legalized cannabis albeit in the United States instead of Canada. However, the issues appear to be the similar. The sound byte which caught our attention was the grower who complained about being ‘overtaxed’. How ironic.
Support for legalized recreational cannabis dropping among Canadians, new study suggests The Star Halifax via Apple News, May 9th, 2019 by Yvette d’Entremont. The original article, Legalization, attempts to express some decidedly mixed feelings about the legalization of cannabis in Canada. Turns out there are clearly others who feel the same way now that they have had a chance to live with it for a while.
Opinion: Trudeau wants Canada to be a global leader in science. So why is he ending a successful, innovative program? The Globe and Mail, January 4, 2019 by Michael Rudnicki. The scientific director of the Stem Cell Network and the director of the Regenerative Medicine Program at the Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research writes about the recent, under-reported decision to terminate the funding for the Network Centres of Excellence (NCE) program in Canada. Following from the points made in the original article, Legalization, it seems to be the height of irony that in Canada the legalization of cannabis is seen as a national priority by the current government whereas a program like Rudnicki’s are being wound down. Legalization laments similar examples from the past which are representative of “seriously screwed up national priorities…[q]uite simply, it makes me furious. It should make all Canadians furious.”
Statistics Canada turns to sewage to determine pot consumption. CTV News/Canadian Press, February 14, 2018 by Levi Garber. A report from nearly a year ago has resurfaced which described how Statistics Canada then had plans to go through municipal sewage to determine cannabis consumption. Although the article does explain the logic – such as it is – supporting the initiative, it still seems distinctly Orwellian to know the State is going through our excreta to determine what we have been consuming. Obviously results are not be traceable back to a given individual but then again there isn’t a feasible way of opting out, either.
