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Watts against legalized pot Eight other civic leaders back marijuana reform By Jeff Nagel Vancouver City’s Darrell Mussatto – while Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts said she won’t the other cities represented are Vernon, be joining a coordinated campaign to legal- Armstrong, Enderby, Lake Country and the ize, regulate and tax marijuana to combat District of Metchosin. “Regulating marijuana would allow the gang violence and other drug-related crime. She was reacting after eight other B.C. government to rationally address the health mayors called for marijuana policy reform concerns of marijuana, raise government tax revenue and eliminate the huge profits from in a letter distributed by the Stop the marijuana industry that flow The Violence BC campaign. directly to organized crime,” “The drug dealers are targeting our kids and we are a city with “It’s not a road I want they said in the letter. It notes pot is more readily the most kids in the province,” to walk down.” available to youth than tobacco, Watts said. “So for me, it’s not a while smoking rates have been road I want to walk down.” - Dianne Watts cut through public health reguShe said the debate over delation, not prohibition. criminalization is a matter of The mayors also express confederal jurisdiction. cern that their cities will face Watts also said marijuana rehigher policing costs due to form wouldn’t stop the underground market “inflexible” federal policies like mandatory in other drugs. “I don’t think people are willing to go minimum sentences for drug offences. The Stop the Violence BC coalition has down the road of legalizing every single drug, including synthetic drugs. That would previously released endorsements from various academic, legal, law enforcement and be absurd.” Three of the mayors backing the campaign health experts. B.C.’s chief medical health officer Dr. Perry to legalize and regulate pot are from the Kendall was one of the latest to endorse a Lower Mainland – Vancouver’s Gregor Robertson, Burnaby’s Derek Corrigan and North health-based approach to marijuana policy.
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Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts says the debate over decriminalization is a matter of federal jurisdiction.
In February, four former B.C. attorneysgeneral also backed pot legalization. Premier Clark has deferred the issue of
marijuana policy reform to the federal government.
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Cloverdale, send in your castoffs Local program helps second-hand medical uniforms find their way to new homes
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By Jennifer Lang Are you a health care worker wanting to clear out your closet? Businesswoman Helena Lloyd has a suggestion: bring them down to Mates Uniforms, a clothing supply store for people working in the health care industry. Through its “HUGS” program, Mates Uniforms accepts gently worn medical uniforms from the public. “HUGS” stands for Healthcare Uniforms Giving Smiles. Items will be forwarded on to hospitals and clinics in countries of need, distributed by Canadian Food for Children. If you have uniforms taking up space in
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African country of Malawi to perform missionary work, and was planning to visit some hospitals there. The seamstress started pulling leftovers off the sale rack, where discontinued items like XL lab coats and the like had been put on sale for just $5 each. When the woman began pulling down item after item, Lloyd asked her why she wanted to buy so many. When she heard the explanation, Lloyd refused to take any money for the items. “Just take it,” Lloyd urged. “There’s no way you’re going to pay me $5 for this
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your closet, bring them in – they’ll make a huge difference to the recipients – people working in hospitals and clinics in Central America, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Philippines, she says. Canadian Food For Children is a nondenominational registered charity that works to alleviate suffering and starving children. It has a depot and warehouse in Langley, which is where Lloyd used to operate her business before making the move to Cloverdale in early March. Lloyd’s involvement with HUGS dates back several years. A seamstress who worked for Lloyd knew of a friend who was heading to the
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