How Canadians are buying cannabis and getting high now that it's legal
Feb 19, 2019 16:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
There was much speculation throughout 2018 about Canadas soon-to-be-legal cannabis market. But only recently has data become available that shows what cannabis consumers really want and actually buy. For example,...
Mexican war on drugs has, in places, decreased life expectancy
Feb 19, 2019 16:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Law
Most countries in the world have experienced sizeable improvements in health, living standards and life expectancy since the second half of the 20th century. In Mexico, life expectancy increased for more than six decades ...
How Australia made poisoning animals normal
Feb 19, 2019 16:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
One of the many difficulties faced by the pioneers of Australias sheep industry was finding a reliable shepherd. Among the convict labour available, for every two experienced farm labourers there were five convicted sheep,...
Canadians are rightly worried about invasion of privacy in smart cities
Feb 07, 2019 14:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
In January 2019, Liberal MP Adam Vaughan argued that privacy concerns about the smart city proposed for Torontos waterfront should not be allowed to reverse 25 years of good, solid work and 40 years of dreaming on the...
Tax breaks could soften the blow of a national pharmacare plan
Feb 07, 2019 14:44 pm UTC| Law
The news last week that the federal government may include part of the cost of prescription drugs in the spring budget suggests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may be planning to campaign on a narrow form of pharmacare...
Jan 29, 2019 12:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
In both the United Kingdom and Australia there is speculation that controversial bills may be passed against the will of the government. If so, could the government advise that the bill be refused royal assent the last...
How safe is Australia? The numbers show public attacks are rare and on the decline
Jan 27, 2019 14:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The murder last week of International student Aiia Maasarwe has again drawn attention to the safety of women in Australia, and people in general. The focus is on safety at night in public spaces. Maasarwes murder has...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects