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I found this great video on PotTV.net. I thought you would find it interesting!

A safe injection site in Vancouver, the first of its kind in North America may be on the chopping block once the Conservatives release their new drug strategy. The strategy is expected to be a regression back to the tactics of the American “War on Drugs”: treating users as criminals, increasing penalties and enforcement. This strategy has proven to be a failure on every level. You cannot control drug use through getting tough on users. Insite provides a place for users to use in a safer environment, helping to prevent the spread of disease by providing clean works for users… Continue reading →

-Reprinted from Time Magazine-

By John Cloud

Are psychedelics good for you? It’s such a hippie relic of a question that it’s almost embarrassing to ask. But a quiet psychedelic renaissance is beginning at the highest levels of American science, including the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Harvard, which is conducting what is thought to be its first research into therapeutic uses of psychedelics (in this case, Ecstasy) since the university fired Timothy Leary in 1963. But should we be prying open the doors of perception again? Wasn’t the whole thing a disaster the first time? Continue reading →

Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party is due to present their new anti-drug strategy to parliament within a few days. While the details of the program are as of yet unknown it is assumed it will take a “tough on crime” approach reminiscent of the U.S. War on Drugs. We know that the Conservatives wish to crack down even harder on cannabis grow-ops and drug traffickers by using mandatory minimum sentences. They also want to increase the flow of money to police while de-emphasizing harm reduction strategies. This part of the plan has been in place since March when the Conservatives allocated an additional $70 million to enforcement, prevention and treatment while negating to even mention various successful and long running harm reduction programs like needle exchanges and sterile crack pipe distributors. Calgary’s 10-year-old needle disposal program (which the U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recently recommended all U.S. cities adopt) is but one of the initiatives threatened by the Conservative assault. Continue reading →

Expert commission calls for total overhaul of UK drugs legislation

A survey of UK drug experts says alcohol and cigarettes cause more harm than many illegal drugs. All drugs were marked on the physical harm they caused to the individual user, their tendency to cause dependence and their social harm, including their effect on families, communities and society such as crime and Health costs. Each was given an overall harm score by two separate groups of experts which yielded roughly similar results. Continue reading →

Check out this fascinating article about the convergence of underground dance parties and drug gangs in one of Brazil’s poorest urban shantytowns. The gangs theselves often bankroll these wildly popular parties and the most powerful drug factions even commission musicians to make hit songs in their honour. Continue reading →

Over the next several weeks, we’ll be distributing a beautiful, educational, new, FREE CD-rom on Cannabis Harm Reduction, entitled ‘Holy Smokes’. These are limited edition discs filled with a wealth of Canna info and music from some of your favourites: Continue reading →

First and foremost, let me thank all of you who made it out to our Ketamine Kommunity Discussion on April 17th. We had a fantastic turn out (65+ peepz), and many more people who wrote in or called to say that they were very interested in the information but unfortunately could not attend. Thank you *all* for your interest in what we feel is an important kommunity issue.

Highlights of the evening included amusing questions like, ‘Do you believe that K is a magical drug?’, and ‘Does K make you smarter?’. Continue reading →

These are some of the practical tips and topics that we spoke about at the meeting:

1. Keep informed on your drugs
2. Problem Indicators: is your drug use interfering with school, work, relationships, etc.
3. Self-care, before and after use
4. Some info about nutrition, use of multivitamins to keep healthy
5. ‘try some first, then wait for a bit before choosing whether to do any more’; ‘less is more

We can expand and build upon this theme with more tips, thoughts on what it means to take care of yourself and others if using substances. Continue reading →

Do you believe in the existence of intelligent police officers? If not you may want to check out Damage Done – The Drug Odyssey, a documentary about LEAP, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. It airs tonight at 7pm on Global TV. Their story is both fascinating and inspiring and shows that you may just have allies in unlikely places. I’ll be taping it!

• Visit the Website
• Watch the Trailer