1) The latest in the war on drugs.
2) The Insite ruling is in, and Insite has won.
3) Robyn Smith in The Tyee on BC's woeful Freedom of Information process.
4) Meanwhile, the latest in BC's RCMP contract "negotiations."
5) The incredible story of Marty Tankleff.
6) Tate Watkins at Reason's Hit & Run on the dangers of social media reporting in Mexico.
8) Jacob Sullum in the New York Daily News on the NYPD's downright illegal pot policies.
9) The National Post editorial board on Brad Storseth's private member's bill to abolish Section 13. H/t to Blazing Cat Fur.
6 comments:
Our Supreme court judges are smarter than our politicians?
he he
Nice try cons but you have zero credibility in this area.
Suck it!
Remember: it's OK to feel uncomfortable with things you haven't learned about yet, and the appropriate response is to learn more. In this case, the things you will learn are that InSite had positive outcomes for drug users and the local area, and did not increase crime or drug use, and that it is used successfully in other parts of the world too. Facts and evidence are helpful here.
Frankly, I'm shocked and disappointed that any federal government would attempt to shut down a life-saving, addict-curing, crime-reducing, money-saving program out of some misguided sense of moral superiority, but thankfully our Supreme Court justices have common sense.
The nine votes cast by the Supreme Court of Canada in favour of Insite, a safe-injection centre for drug addicts in Vancouver, constitute a victory for common sense over a mindless and arbitrary “war on drugs.”
First anon: huh?
Next three Anons: agreed.
I think the first anon supports the Supreme court ruling. I think the following quote says it.
Nice try cons but you have zero credibility in this area.
Thank you Supreme Court for choosing compassion over ideology and thank you Pierre Trudeau for providing the constitution which allowed for this to happen.
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