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Emma Spears

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Freelance writer/reporter // Bylines @TheGrowthOp, @MtlGazette, @NationalPost, @OttawaCitizen, @Leafly, etc. // English+Français // DMs open // Views mine, etc.

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But what if I don't make friends? Or why you shouldn't have pre-program worries

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By Emma Spears Verified
| danatdisney.com
But what if I don’t make friends? Or why you shouldn’t have pre-program worries This is a guest post from Emma Spears. She took part in the Disney Cultural Representative Program between October 2012 and January 2014 working at the Rose & Crown Pub and Dining Room with yours truly. I invited Emma to post as I feel it is important that people looking to take part in the programs know what they are letting themselves in for.
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A history of cannabis prohibition in Canada

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By Emma Spears Verified
| Leafly
In line with modern prohibition and restrictive drug legislation, the Great White North’s original drug laws were rooted in bigotry and disproportionately affected Indigenous, Black, Asian, Latinx and vulnerable communities. Canada’s first foray into prohibition was largely driven by the anti-Chinese racism that had become rampant in British Columbia during the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, when an influx of Chinese immigrants settled in and around Vancouver.
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Supreme Court trial on homegrow ban reveals a bigger issue in federal cannabis legalization

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By Emma Spears Verified
| Savvyherb
Leafly @leafly · Sep 30, 2022 In Canada, legalization grants people the ability to grow up to four cannabis plants per household for personal use—unless, of course, you live in Manitoba or Quebec. The two provinces have banned adult-use cannabis cultivation at home since the beginning of federal legalization in 2018. A man from Quebec is trying to get the province to reconsider.
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