A new campaign was launched earlier this week to encourage Mac students to have 'the time of their lives' at university -- without using drugs. The Time of Your Life, A Natural High kicked off Tuesday, Oct. 14, providing students with information on substance abuse as well as alternate forms of recreational activity. A combined effort between McMaster's Campus Health Centre, the Centre for Student Development and McMaster Security Services, the program aims at conveying an anti-drug message to students and, in turn, reducing the number of fines issued for drug use and possession on campus. [continues 532 words]
Although the Ontario government has been dismissing a large number of drug possession cases for some time, students caught using marijuana at McMaster are being fined $130. According to Tim Meehan, Communications Director for Ontario Consumers for Safe Access to Recreational Cannabis, the fact that the provincial court has been virtually ignoring the issue of drug possession, even though it is listed in the Criminal Code of Canada, implies pot use is no longer illegal in Ontario. For Meehan, this means that, "cannabis is no more illegal in Ontario than possessing Cheerios or Pepsi." [continues 891 words]
