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It’s not a party for sick and dying patients
By Hempology | October 1, 2007
Toronto Sun, ON
30 Sep 2007
‘PARTY’S OVER’ FOR DRUGGIES: HEALTH MINISTER
OTTAWA — Health Minister Tony Clement will announce the Conservative government’s anti-drug strategy this week with a stark warning: “The party’s over” for illicit drug users.
“In the next few days, we’re going to be back in the business of an anti-drug strategy,” Clement said. “In that sense, the party’s over.”
Shortly after taking office last year, the Conservatives decided not to go ahead with a Liberal bill to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana.
Since then, the number of people arrested for smoking pot has jumped dramatically in several Canadian cities, in some cases by more than one third. Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and Halifax all reported increases in arrests for possession of pot between 20 and 50% in 2006.
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