written by David Hewson of CSSDP







I haven't spent a lot of time in the United States, but I've gotten the impression that among drug policy activists, Canada gets a lot of respect. The city of Vancouver is well known for InSite, the only legal safe-injection site in North America; busting marijuana users is a low priority for Canadian law enforcement; and so far, we've avoided locking people up at the unprecedented rate that Americans have.

It's not that life is perfect, or that the winters don't get you down. But as far as drug policy went, Can