#In Your Neighbourhood

[theheistattheball]

[queen-street-news]

New Post has been published on https://bloornews.com/blog-toronto/misunderstanding-caused-bc-company-to-say-health-canada-licensed-it-to-sell-cocaine-trudeau-says/

‘Misunderstanding’ Caused BC Company to Say Health Canada Licensed It to Sell Cocaine, Trudeau Says

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it was a “misunderstanding” that caused a British Columbia-based company to say Health Canada granted it permission to produce, sell, and distribute cocaine.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media in Ottawa on Feb. 12, 2023. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press)

Trudeau told reporters in Winnipeg on March 3 that he was “as surprised” as B.C. Premier David Eby when he heard that the company Adastra Holdings Ltd., which produces marijuana for adult use and medical sales out of its headquarters in Langley, B.C., announced on Feb. 22 that it was permitted by Health Canada to “legally possess, produce, sell and distribute” cocaine.

The company said in a news release that it had been granted a Health Canada amendment to its controlled substance dealer’s licence on Feb. 17.

Eby first responded to the company’s statement on March 2, saying he was “astonished” that Health Canada would grant the amendment and that his government would be contacting Health Canada for answers.

“I was as surprised as the premier of British Columbia was to see that company was talking about selling cocaine on the open market or commercializing it,” Trudeau said on March 3.

“There are limited and very restricted permissions for certain pharmaceutical companies to use that substance for research purposes and for very specific narrowly prescribed medical purposes, but it is not a permission to sell it commercially or provide it on an open market.”

The prime minister said his government is actively addressing the issue.

“We are working very quickly with this company to correct their misunderstanding that their press release has caused,” he said, adding that decriminalizing the commercial sale of cocaine “is not something that this government is looking at furthering.”

Decriminalization B.C. decriminalized possession of up to 2.5 grams of certain hard drugs, including cocaine, beginning on Jan. 31 following Health Canada’s approval of three-year experimental decriminalization exemption program back in May 2022.

Federal Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett has said that B.C.’s decriminalization plan will reduce “the stigma, the fear, and shame that keep people who use drugs silent about their use, or using alone.”

In 2022, B.C. had an average of over six people dying from drug overdoses every day, and over 11,000 people in the province have died from illicit drug overdoses since the provincial government declared a public health emergency in 2016.

Federal Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre has criticized the decriminalization policy, saying the solution to the issue of addiction is “more treatment and recovery,” rather than “more poison.”

Both Trudeau and Justice Minister David Lametti have said Ottawa has no plans for a national drug decriminalization policy.

The Canadian Press and Marnie Cathcart contributed to this report.

(Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press) Peter Wilson

[captainkirkk]

Love spotting an author I know and love in the kudos or comments section of a totally separate fic. It's like looking behind you in the movie theatre and seeing a local celebrity munching on popcorn right there with you.

[toronto-credit-card-processing]

320 Permit Parking spaces removed by Brad Bradford in the Beaches

Details of City Of Toronto Transportation Services Report This staff report is about a matter that Community Council has delegated authority from City Council to make a final decision. Transportation Services is reporting on the results of the permit parking poll undertaken on Pine Crescent, Glen Ames, Long Crescent, Glen Oak Drive, Balsam Road, Pine Glen Road and Glen Stewart Crescent. As…

[bluecapsicum]

[poicelain]

　★　go ahead and cry little girl. 　‹/𝟹 　　𓈒　　nobody does it like you do.　ᶻᶻ

　　　　ALTERNATIVES　+　MATCHING

　𐙚　go ahead and 　　cry little girl. 　⟢

　˙⠀⠀˖　nobody does it 　⺀　like you do.　◡◡

　　﹒　　⮡　　daddy　issues　by　the　neighborhood

　　　you know where to find me　𓈒　✰ 　★　⨟　and i know where to look

　　　　ALTERNATIVES　+　MATCHING

　⌕　　you know where 　　♪　　to find me　　✧

　 ꨄ　⏖　and i know 　　where to look　　꩜

　　﹒　　⮡　　taking　whats　not　yours　by　tv　girl

[aliusfrater]

happy rip it out or scrub it clean/it only matters what you do day

[echofades]

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON (2021) dir. Dean Fleischer-Camp

[bobbinalong]

yfns au jayjon

[queen-street-news]

New Post has been published on https://bloornews.com/blog-toronto/art-in-toronto-2023/

Art In Toronto 2023

More art pics

[reviewed-rated]

Jordan Peterson shows Bill Maher why Justin Trudeau is BAD

[fuupan]

i had this in mind a few days ago while running on 2 hrs of sleep

decided to finally draw it lol

i have some more ideas in mind of them that i will hopefully get to get around drawing

[toronto-credit-card-processing]

Mayoral Hopeful Brad Bradford Robs Beach Residents of Parking on Pine Crescent

Authorize the removal of the overnight on-street permit parking program on Pine Crescent, between Balsam Avenue and Glen Manor Road East Authorize the removal of the overnight on-street permit parking program on Pine Glen Road, between Glen Manor Drive East and Pine Crescent City Of Toronto Report Other Media Other Sites Other Sites TV Mayoral Hopeful Brad Bradford Robs Beach Residents of…

[cocaineheartz]

i need a partner, well are you out tonight?

[libertyeveningsun]

Since it's ace week, I thought I'd drop the friendly reminder that not all aces are sex repulsed. Some of us enjoy sex or the idea of sex, it's not "allo bullshit" to be sex neutral/positive. I love sex repulsed aces but it's fucking shitty to have the community try to invalidate my asexuality because I'm not sex repulsed

Obviously sex favourable aces need to be careful if posting about sex related things under asexual tags (and I dont follow the tags so I dont know what's happening under them that's upsetting to sex-repulsed aces), but it would nice to be reminded that I'm valid for being both ace and into sex/nsfw stuff

Asexuality is a giant spectrum of experiences and we dont need to invalidate each other's preferences

[windslar]