Harper’s pot stance versus science
A new report counters many of the PM’s campaign trail claims about marijuana policy
The scourge of marijuana looms large in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s world, and in his campaign rhetoric. There are the ubiquitous Conservative Party’s “just not ready” attack ads that target Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s plan to legalize and regulate pot. And in the run-up to the election call, Health Canada spent $1.5 million in public funds to rerun its broadcast and Internet spots warning of the dangers of prescription drug and marijuana abuse. While Health Canada’s ads mesh perfectly with Conservative policy, they failed to get an endorsement from the Canadian Medical Association, which deemed the campaign “a political football on Canada’s marijuana policy.”
This week on the campaign trail, Prime Minister Stephen Harper was kicking around that pigskin with renewed enthusiasm, warning that legalizing pot would increase marijuana use, especially among youth, and would put...
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