Canada: Legal Marijuana Going To Pot In #ELXN42

NORML Canada estimates that 1.5 million voters across the country are affected by cannabis prohibition, but without a database there’s no way of connecting with them to get to the polls

Despite a fixed election date everyone knew was coming and huge legalization rallies in the lead up to #elxn42, the cannabis community hasn’t done much to organize for the October 19 vote.

On September 26, less than four weeks before potheads head to the polls, NORML Canada (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws in Canada) convened a conference to address this massive failure at Vapor Central. 

Featured speakers included legalization lawyers Alan Young and John Conroy (who together formed NORML Canada in 1978). The org’s executive director, Craig Jones, and Ontario director, Paul Lewin, were also there.

 

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