If the weather holds I'll be off to Saskatoon tomorrow for a symposium on cannabis legalization. I have been asked to do a keynote based on my observations and research on the connections between liquor control and cannabis legalization. It's something I have looked at a few times, so it will be fun to bounce …
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Cannabis legalization, liquor control, and bias
Just an update on the cannabis file. There has been considerable interest in this topic since, well, the past few years I suppose. But after the Liberals came back to power, with Justin Trudeau making a clear argument for legalization, not just decriminalization, the attention has been ramped up. I've had a chance to speak …
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Reflections on a “road” trip
I visited the United Kingdom in February, as I often do, to attend conferences and talks. There is always a lot going on in the medical history and booze and drug policy/history area, so I am always finding myself quite stimulated intellectually by these trips. This time I added the title of "unofficial university ambassador" …
Pot-ty mouth
Last year I was contacted a few times by some AM Talk radio stations after Justin Trudeau made his audacious announcement about legalizing pot. The reason they contacted me was that I am a type of expert on this topic. (Interestingly, they all seem to think I smoke the stuff.) And they all have this tendency …
