Even though a majority of Canadians have consistently favored change, nothing significant has happened. Statistics Canada indicates that as of 1992, 2.9 million people in Canada possess a criminal record for drug charges. 2.3 million of those people were charged for simple possession of cannabis. This accounts for only half of the Canadian population affected by the cannabis issue. For too long this group of otherwise law abiding citizens has been systematically abused.
Cannabis needs to be legalized.
There is no valid reason for keeping such a plant, with so many medicinal benefits, from thousands of sufferers of serious illnesses, who can be helped with it. 97 million people in North America would benefit from the medicinal value of Cannabis if it were legal for medicinal purposes - an estimate expressed in an article on the front page of the L.A. Times, early June 98. Changes are happening , altho slowly. In an important case, the Christopher Clay trial, expert witnesses introduced overwhelming evidence in support of Cannabis. I used this evidence as well in my case .