End drug war with universal healthcare and decriminalization


 * Share links: endit and enddrugwar.

[http://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-single-payer-california-choices-20170307-story.html Single-Payer. Great healthcare for half the cost of Trumpcare]. Why not replace Obamacare and Trumpcare with something better than both of them. ... Canadian single-payer healthcare and Portuguese drug decriminalization.

[http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2017/03/03/vancouvers-top-doctor-prime-minister-decriminalize-all-drugs.html Vancouver's top doctor to Trudeau: Decriminalize all illicit drugs, now. ] Using Portugal's model. End drug war with universal healthcare. Canada: Show health card, get free care.

No deductibles on basic Canadian health care and co-pays are extremely low or non-existent. '''Portugal has universal healthcare. Like Canada.''' Like nearly all of the EU (European Union). See: '[http://cannabis.shoutwiki.com/wiki/portugal Portugal. Cannabis-related links]. See:  Health in Portugal and  Drug policy of Portugal. And:  Comparison of the health care systems in Canada and the USA. And:  List of countries by total health expenditure per capita.'

The $0 Alternative To Trumpcare. See chart below. USA versus top ten healthiest nations.

Drugs kill far fewer people in Portugal
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 * Portugal decriminalised drugs 14 years ago – and now hardly anyone dies from overdosing. June 2015 article by Chris Ingraham. Chart below is from the article:

"The country has 3 overdose deaths per million citizens, compared to the EU average of 17.3."



In 2014 the USA had 147 overdose deaths per million residents of all ages.

Canada-related healthcare news
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 * Canada. Human rights board orders insurer to pay medical marijuana costs in precedent-setting case. . Feb. 2, 2017.
 * Canada grows closer to legalizing pot. . Jan. 10, 2017.
 * Canada has universal health care, and a higher minimum wage than the US. Jan. 9, 2017.
 * Canada legalization takes big step with federal report now complete. Nov. 30, 2016.
 * Millions of Americans find drug savings in Canada. Nov. 17, 2016.
 * US Senate bill: Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act. Much cheaper under Single Payer. Oct. 5, 2016.
 * Bernie Sanders video on importing drugs from Canada. Sept. 21, 2016.
 * Patients can grow their own medical pot in Canada under new rules. . Aug. 11, 2016.
 * More current and former Canadian cops are using medical marijuana. Veterans too. July 13, 2016.
 * Canadian judge fines man $1.30 for growing 30 marijuana plants, calls laws obsolete and ridiculous. . Nov. 30, 2015.
 * Homicide rates of USA and Western nations 1950 - 2010.jpg


 * Homicide rates of  USA (top line) , Australia,  Canada , Spain (ESP), Great Britain, and the Netherlands. From: OECD "How Was Life?", page 147. Article: Murder in Western nations. USA on top. Nov. 12, 2014.

Some patients need free cannabis
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 * Alison Myrden – Together we will make a difference! Longtime Canadian activist Alison Myrden has bilateral trigeminal neuralgia (aka tic douloureux). It can be one of the most excruciatingly painful conditions known.
 * Weed Mom. Global Marijuana March shared AJ+'s video. Jan. 21, 2017. "She grows marijuana to treat her son's seizures. But her country sees her as a criminal."