New Canadian Prime Minster Plans to Legalize Marijuana

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2015. Last night, Canada voted in Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party in a general election, which will have outstanding implications for drug policy reform in the country. The election puts an end to Conservative Party Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s 9-year rule, which was marked by a repressive approach to drugs, including a commitment to rolling out mandatory minimum sentences, pushback to effective supervised injection sitesthat reduce the harms of drug use,…