Is marijuana really the problem?

Prohibiting these substances has never been a solution because you cannot prohibit addiction, which is a health and spiritual disease originating from soul loss, writes Independent Senator Mary Jane McCallum.

Border Security Minister Bill Blair helped shepherd the passage of the feds' cannabis legislation last year. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY Senator Mary Jane McCallum

February 4, 2019

Recreational marijuana has been legal for months now, and despite the doom and gloom forecasted by some, Canada continues to move forward. As a Senator of Indigenous descent, I had to look at the legislation through two lenses. T...

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