Cultivating The Facts on Marijuana in Canada

CULTIVATING the FACTS ON MARIJUANA IN CANADA 1,500,000 AA CANNABIS ARRESTS JUMPED 13% IN 2010 TO 75,126. THE NUMBER OF CANADIAN CITIZENS WHO HAVE CRIMINAL RECORDS FOR POSSESSION OF CANNABIS AS OF 2002. 57,000 Meh? OF THOSE ARRESTS WERE FOR SIMPLE POSSESSION. 90% OF USERS USE CANNABIS INFREQUENTLY. IN THE NETHERLANDS, WHERE CANNABIS USE IS NOT A ČRIMINAL OFFENCE, USAGE RATES ARE LOWER THAN IN THE US, WHICH HAS SOME OF THE TOUGHEST CANNABIŠ LAWS IN THE WESTERN WORLD. FOR - 58% OF CANADIANS SUPPORT THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA. MANITOBA & SÄSKATCHEWAN BRITISH CÖLUMBIA ALBERTA ONTARIO Respondents in Manitoba and Saskatchewan (61%), British Columbia (54%) and Ontario (51%) are all in favour of legalizing marijuana, while the lowest level of support is seen in Alberta (45%) RESEARCH WITH TEENAGE STUDENTS SUGGESTS THAT THE CRIMINALIZATION AND STIGMATIZATION OF CANNABIS USE AS A DANGEROUS AND FORBIDDEN ACTIVITY MAKES ITS USE EVEN MORE ATTRACTIVE. NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN FOUND IMPLICATING CANNABIS AS A GATEWAY DRUG. A TWENTY-YEAR-OLD STUDY SHOWED THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE CONVICTED FOR CANNABIS USE CONTINUED USING IT. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY DEATHS FROM CANNABIS OVERDOSE. RED DOT PROJECT VOTE FOR IDEAS reddotproject.ca SOURCES: http://www.johnhoward.co/document/drugs/fact/1.htm • http://www.camh.net/Public_policy/Public_policy_papers/cannabis.html http://www.angus-reid.com/search/marijuana/?s=marijuana