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Question 11: Values and Culture

Should Canada seek out opportunities for fostering global intercultural dialogue and interfaith understanding?

 

 

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Contributor:1935
Date: 2003-05-01 22:23:08
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It is imperative that Canada regard drug addiction as a health issue, and that we pursue harm reduction as the appropriate policy for treating that illness. Our courts may be filled with cases of drug-related crimes, but to
bow to American pressure to continue with their counter-productive "war on drugs" will do little but make us the second country (after the U.S.) to have the highest per capita number of citizens in jail.

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