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| Bongs and muffin recipes in hippie Yorkville 'head shop' "A dope fiend's idea of a dream come true".
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) April 18, 1967 - 2:29 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Barbara Frum hosts 1969 panel on decriminalizing pot Marijuana is not just for hippies anymore.
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) June 19, 1969 - 10:54 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| LeDain interim report on drugs Full press conference on non-medical use of drugs report.
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) June 19, 1970 - 39:23 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |
| 1971 Gastown riots over Vancouver smoke-in Crackdown on dope users causes rifts among local politicians and citizens.
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Aug. 15, 1971 - 4:20 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| LeDain tables final report recommending decriminalization Majority position: reduce the impact of criminal law on drug users.
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) June 1, 1972 - 3:10 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Comparing marijuana and alcohol: a demonstration Two groups of teens get intoxicated for CBC cameras.
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Feb. 25, 1975 - 27:18 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Lalonde considers revising marijuana possession laws Justice minister wonders if the laws are too strict.
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Jan. 20, 1979 - 10:06 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |
| Addiction Research Foundation reports on harmful effects of pot Two ARF researchers detail the risks including serious lung damage.
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Feb. 21, 1980 - 2:21 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| What is marijuana? "Today from the Praries" gives a primer on marijuana, its origins and its use.
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) April 24, 1980 - 14:57 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Tommy Chong on Kim Campbell's experimentation with pot Inhale to the Chief! Cheech and Chong star is all in favour.
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) March 29, 1993 - 4:22 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |
| Allan Rock orders marijuana trials, guidelines and safe supply Health minister moves to help medical users.
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) March 3, 1999 - 2:29 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Courts allow Jim Wakeford to smoke and grow marijuana Medical marijuana advocate with AIDS wins a long legal battle.
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) May 11, 1999 - 2:53 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Marijuana Party becomes Canada's newest federal political party "God made grass. Man made booze. Who do you trust?"
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) July 21, 2000 - 2:26 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Justice Minister Martin Cauchon considers decriminalization Laws could be relaxed for possessing small amounts.
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) July 15, 2002 - 2:25 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Are Canada's pot laws working? Criminal defence lawyer Paul Burstein and Canadian Police Association's Mike Niebudek square off.
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) July 17, 2002 - 9:05 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Commons committee on drugs favours decriminalization Another call for the softening of marijuana laws emphasizes drug's dangers, but says punishment exceeds the crime.
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Dec. 12, 2002 - 2:41 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |
| Ontario courts rule Canada's pot laws unconstitutional Confusion reigns as courts refuse to apply the law.
![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Jan. 10, 2003 - 7:06 ![](/web/20061029195543im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |