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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Joy Davies, B.C. Liberal Candidate, Defends Past Remarks On Pot 🌿Joy Davies, B.C. Liberal Candidate, Defends Past Remarks On Pot
OTTAWA — A Liberal candidate in British Columbia's Lower Mainland is standing by comments she made on Facebook saying that marijuana causes no harm to children and decreases domestic violence, and that the Canadian Cancer Society supports big pharma.
South Surrey–White Rock candidate Joy Davies told The Huffington Post Canada on Wednesday that she believes Canadians are ill-informed about the benefits and risks of marijuana.
Health Canada has "harmed millions of Canadians," she said, by preventing easy access to marijuana to those suffering with chronic pain.
But her opponent in the hotly contested riding — a former safe Tory seat — believes Davies is out of touch with the riding's priorities.
Her Conservative foe, former Surrey mayor Dianne Watts, told HuffPost that kids shouldn't be exposed to pot — growing or smoking it — and that for her rival to suggest otherwise shows "bad judgment."
"To suggest that marijuana is...
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