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Harold Kalant

Harold Kalant, MD, PhD, FRS(C), has conducted research on cannabis since 1970, is co-chair of the expert advisory group on cannabis for CCSA, has chaired advisory committees on health effects of cannabis for the WHO and for Health Canada, and was an invited witness on cannabis for committees of the Commons, the Senate, and the Task Force on Legalization.

Cannabis legalization: good intentions, but is it good policy?

  • The recently introduced legislation to legalize nonmedical use of cannabis follows reasonably closely the recommendations of the task force set up last year to
Opinion | BY HAROLD KALANT, RUTH ROSS | July 10, 2017
The Canopy Growth Corporation, a cannabis company in Smiths Falls, Ont. The government has the option to proceed incrementally: decriminalize possession now, monitor effects of legalization elsewhere, do the much-needed research to fill major gaps in our knowledge, and then make a rationally based decision on legalization. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Cannabis legalization: good intentions, but is it good policy?

Opinion | BY HAROLD KALANT, RUTH ROSS | July 10, 2017
  • The recently introduced legislation to legalize nonmedical use of cannabis follows reasonably closely the recommendations of the task force set up last year to

Cannabis legalization: good intentions, but is it good policy?

Opinion | BY HAROLD KALANT, RUTH ROSS | July 10, 2017
  • The recently introduced legislation to legalize nonmedical use of cannabis follows reasonably closely the recommendations of the task force set up last year to
The Canopy Growth Corporation, a cannabis company in Smiths Falls, Ont. The government has the option to proceed incrementally: decriminalize possession now, monitor effects of legalization elsewhere, do the much-needed research to fill major gaps in our knowledge, and then make a rationally based decision on legalization. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
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