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Ontario’s plan to build new prisons is wrongheaded – Michael Spratt has, as usual, hit the nail on the head. Ontario is not listening to the sounds of change.
https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/opinion/ontarios-plan-to-build-new-prisons-is-wrongheaded/333104
Boy with autism, 13, shot several times by police after mom calls for help in Salt Lake City- Is the lesson here that if you need help do NOT call the police?
“A (BIG) step to decriminalize drug possession.” – This is effectively a defund the police move, but with police approval.
THE WAR ON DRUGS was a very bad idea. “Society is finally coming to realize that the heavy-handed approach of the criminal-legal system is ineffective and built off racist and colonial ideologies—and that we can imagine better alternatives.”
LEGAL PSYLOCIBIN – for medical use.
For the first time since 1974 magic mushrooms have been granted an exemption upon the belief that the exemption is needed for a medical or scientific purpose or is in the public interest. Studies are being conducted about psilocybin’s potential therapeutic benefits for treating anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and problematic drug use. https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/practice-areas/medical-malpractice/four-late-stage-cancer-patients-granted-legal-exemption-to-use-magic-mushrooms-for-therapy/332906?utm_source=GA&utm_medium=20200902&utm_campaign=CLW-Newsletter-20200902&utm_content=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D&tu=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D