Mr. Harper’s marijuana pipe dream

The Harper government is quickly becoming its own satire of the mouldy propaganda that portrayed marijuana as the road to mental illness, crime and unemployment.

Health Minister Rona Ambrose, for example, said last week she was shocked and "outraged" after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled medical-marijuana users can consume the product in a variety of ways, not just through smoking.

Health Minister Rona Ambrose stands in the House of Commons during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Of course it was ridiculous for the government to take this matter all the way to the top court when common sense made the answer obvious. Why, for God’s sake, would the state insist on smoking only, when less harmful methods, such as baked goods and other products, are available?

If anything is known for sure about the medical risks of marijuana, it’s that smoking is not an ideal method of...

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