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What Grinds Our Gears: Respect the people around you when you light up, even on 4/20
May 3, 2019By: Ruth Leavitt, SFU Student On 4/20, a group of teenagers lit up their weed on a SkyTrain car. It was late at night, so the car was full but not crowded. I had to flee to the next car to escape the smoke, and I wasn’t alone. I don’t object to weed. I know people who use it medicinally. But I also experience anxiety symptoms when exposed to it. Lighting up on SkyTrains is an extreme form of people failing to think about others when they smoke. On a good day, I’m already dodging cigarette smoke at transit exchanges…
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Comedic Poetry: The Synonymity of Marijuana and Midterms
November 7, 2018Written by: Youeal Abera It’s legal? So what? I’m sleepy, my eyes are red — None of this shit’s new
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SFU announces two designated cannabis smoking areas on Burnaby campus
October 17, 2018Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor In response to B.C. legalizing cannabis, SFU has designated two temporary areas on Burnaby campus for cannabis-smoking. One area is at the intersection of the Science Road and South Campus Road; the…
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SFU works to finalize its cannabis policy
September 25, 2018Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor With one month remaining until B.C. legalizes cannabis, its universities are working to put together their own policies on marijuana. Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) has already indicated that their campuses are unlikely…
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The drug problem Vancouver isn’t dealing with
November 13, 2016The growing problem When you think of frequent drug users, you don't think of students, friends, family — but the reality is, assumptions about drug users in Vancouver is causing the fentanyl crisis to reach its high. In June, drug…
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Drop the pot charges already
May 9, 2016[dropcap]L[/dropcap]egal marijuana is upon us! Health Minister Jane Philpott announced on April 20 (oh, the irony) that the process of legalizing pot would begin during the spring of 2017. Students, stoners, and probably several of our professors rejoiced. As most…
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