#NDPLDR Debate Question 2: Drug Law Reform – Video

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24-01-2012 17:08 My Previous Question to the Leadership Candidates: youtu.be Canadian Court Decisions Regarding Cannabis: http://www.ontariocourts.on.ca http://www.ontariocourts.on.ca Portugal Decriminalizes Drugs, Crime Lowers: http://www.cato.org http://www.cato.org http://www.time.com http://www.cato.org Cannabis Research Suppressed By US Government: In 1944 the mayor of New York City commissioned a report on cannabis use, the report found that cannabis use should have no criminal penalty. http://www.druglibrary.org This is the report that was commissioned by President Nixon in the 1970's, President Nixon ignored the findings of this report and declared a war on drugs despite evidence that this would cause more harm than good. http://www.druglibrary.org In the thirties Cannabis was criminalized, what is often lost to history is that the medical community was mostly opposed to this prohibition, cannabis was used in many medical preparations and was a valued part of medicine until it was outlawed

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#NDPLDR Debate Question 2: Drug Law Reform - Video