Addicted city – Vancouver’s drugs roots
Megaphone - Canada 30 January 2012
Roots, resistance, and survival in Vancouver’s war on drugs began when William Lyon Mackenzie King came to Vancouver in the spring of 1908. The battle, in some ways, continues to this day. (3008 Words) - By Ben Christopher
Lance, who asked not to use his last name, smokes marijuana he is legally allowed to grow. Photo: REUTERS/Andy Clark
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