Hi again CannaSaurusRex,
Actually my own version would sound much the same except Trudeau’s Liberals are the ones to blame in priority, because the present widespread confusion is a direct result of their political strategy, which was to “please” former Harper supporters (even if those are plain bigot anti-cannabic prohibitionists!) while still pretending to be on the side of rationality and science, whatever, etc… Assisted by compatible traditional media!
Of all of the symbolic hints which were eventually broadcasted « ad mari usque ad mare » i believe this relatively low-profile episode defined a most determining point on planet Itnoc, nonetheless. Of course this special event had to occur in Toronto somehow… Now please notice the guy’s almost robotic body language as he’s about to speak of “recreational users” exactly!
Just like his other look-alike reactions at TLMEP/SRC (2014-Feb-23, 2014-Oct-19, 2015-Oct-11) IMO.
Ah, the “elite”, m’yeah… To me anyone who makes a dime out of our unjust (read “socio-toxic”) laws needs to be challenged/confronted publicly (and made accountable, ideally!), but then what can citizens hope to accomplish after it has become clear even doctors and journalists failed them??
Which by the way is quite a valid subject in the Québec province these days, especially after an individual like Kevin Sabet took over the stage at a so-called “experts” gathering that occured in Montréal last October, as i recall:
Pff!! “$mart” indeed: he was seen on local TV news selling his book to a “scientific” assembly!! Euh…
Oh, and we could also capture this memorable picture of Nora Volkov in her favourite state of mind, aHummm…
Admire “scientific objectivity” in action… 
M’well, i guess we all get the overall picture just fine, but there’s more:
Didier the crusader Jutras-Aswad who was seen on Découverte/SRC a couple years ago,
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SRC: Quels sont les effets du cannabis sur le cerveau des adolescents? (2014-Nov-10)
L’adolescence c’est vraiment un moment critique sur le plan d’la maturation cérébrale, un moment où vraiment, je dirais, tout c’qui est le raffinement des… des… de la communication avec les différentes zones du cerveau, euh… va finalement se développer, va finalement vraiment se raffiner et, euh… c’est, évidemment, une période où lorsqu’on vient altérer le… le développement normal du cerveau, ce raffinement normal du cerveau, i’ peut y avoir des conséquences à plus long terme.
Briefly put he used this rare level of national exposure to comment that cannabis interferes with brain development, that’s it; on another hand he wasn’t excessively verbose on the fact it was Pfizer who financed his study on 120 studies…
[ http://www.chumontreal.qc.ca/le-dr-didier-jutras-aswad-gagnant-du-programme-d-excellence-en-recherche-en-psychiatrie ]
CHUM: Le Dr Didier Jutras-Aswad gagnant du Programme d’excellence en recherche en psychiatrie (2014-Mai-9)
Le Dr Didier Jutras-Aswad, psychiatre à l’unité des toxicomanies du CHUM et chercheur au CRCHUM, a reçu une subvention de près de 100 000 $ à titre de gagnant du Programme d’excellence en recherche en psychiatrie de Pfizer 2013.
My translation:
Dr. Didier Jutras-Aswad winner of excellence program in psychiatric research
The doctor Didier Jutras-Aswad, psychiatrist at CHUM’s toxicomaniac unit and researcher at CRCHUM has received approximately 100000 $ in subsides as winner of an excellence program in psychiatric research by Pfizer in 2013.
Does such work even qualify as objective public-funded research anyway?
Yet Canada chose that “high-profile” individual to take charge of the CBD project, apparently:
[ CEO.CA | @nasdaq/insys-therapeutics-announces-first-patient-enrolled-in-phase-ii-trial-for-the-treatment-of-cocaine-dependence-using-pharmaceutical-cannabidiol ]
Insys Therapeutics Announces First Patient Enrolled in Phase II Trial for the Treatment of Cocaine Dependence Using Pharmaceutical Cannabidiol (2016-Aug-18)
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We can safely bet this won’t promote easier CBD access for those who require it most… Ka-Ching! Ka-Ching!
We concur again, everyone needs to make their own contribution in their own ways since we’re stronger as a collectivity, but there’s a time for activism on multiple levels and another that must be dealt with in our courts of justice, for example:
John Meagher, Montreal Gazette: ‘Prince of Pot’ remains defiant after his arrest in Montreal (2016-Dec-19)
Marc Emery, the so-called Prince of Pot, remains defiant…
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He is scheduled to appear in court in Montreal on Feb. 15.
Although it has been reported he was slapped with three charges — drug trafficking, possession for trafficking, and conspiracy — Emery said he was only charged with two offences.
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Although both Emery and his wife, Jodie Emery, were arrested in Montreal, Marc Emery said he enjoyed his brief experience in the city.
“I had a great time,” he said. “I shook hands and met hundreds of people. I was so impressed. I don’t know if there is anywhere else in the world I’d get hundreds of people lining up for hours at a time, with freezing temperatures outside, just so they could participate in the experience.”
M’yeah, it was some ride witnessing the outcome in slow-motion i’ll admit. But the thing is i just wanted to educate myself on vaporization then i learned more about history and politics, out of a need to understand what in hell justified permanent prejudice by trauma inflicted at a young age (e.g. socio-toxic predators vs minor victims), failure to correct the consumption method trying to impose total abstaining (via decades of sustained vilification), etc., etc. The sense of alienation does hurt indeed but it’s more related to that later item:
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Oh but my quest is nearly over, on the contrary. A couple years ago i wasn’t sure if it was time to cut the strings, then in retrospective i realize the extra tweakings proved useful after all. But after spending close to 2000 $ in material i must now face significant changes in real life, satisfied that i found my answers and there’s no telling what’s next.
Thank you, reciprocally! I equally wish health & prosperity for all Canuck “stoners”/“droÿés” on planet Itnoc!.. Plus some respect/fairness (as suggested by Dana Larsen on October 2, 2015…), should Santa ever manage to find enough space to spare in his red bag!
Good day, have fun!! 