End drug war with universal healthcare and decriminalization

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 * Share links: endit and enddrugwar. See also: Canadian single-payer healthcare, and Portuguese drug decriminalization.

Why not replace Obamacare and Trumpcare with Single Payer? When he was an independent (and more freethinking), Trump supported Single-Payer. Better healthcare, at half the cost.

End drug war with universal healthcare. Canada: Show health card, get free care.
 * Should Toronto push to decriminalize all drugs? The city’s medical health officer ready to consider it. By Betsy Powell. Aug. 4, 2017. Toronto Star.

Source for the chart on the right: Are any conservatives in the US for a single payer and a universal health care system, or can they not coexist? Chart is from comment around March 11, 2017 by Dan Munro, "author of Casino Healthcare and Forbes contributor". See List of countries with universal health care.

[http://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-single-payer-california-choices-20170307-story.html Single-Payer for California. Great healthcare for half the cost of Trumpcare].

No deductibles on basic Canadian health care and co-pays are extremely low or non-existent.

Portugal and drug decriminalization
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'''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.'

Vancouver's top doctor to Trudeau: Decriminalize all illicit drugs, now. Using Portugal's model.


 * Former premiers and Australian police chiefs call for drug decriminalisation. By Elle Hunt. March 19, 2017. The Guardian.

Single-payer health care
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USA. Universal healthcare would save tens of thousands of lives yearly
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The dam is breaking on Democrats’ embrace of single-payer. ''' [https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xww4ek/bernie-sanders-is-the-most-popular-politician-in-america-poll-says-vgtrn Bernie Sanders Is the Most Popular Politician in America, Poll Says. ] ''' See Bernie on Colbert's Show.


 * Will losing health insurance mean more US deaths? Experts say yes. By Mona Chalabi. 24 June 2017. The Guardian. From the article:

20 million more uninsured = 20,000+ more deaths yearly.. And: Bernie Sanders' projection of 'thousands' of deaths from lost health coverage is well-supported. June 27, 2017. Politifact. See article sidebar for many sources. . And: Paul Ryan: “22 Million Americans Choose To Be Poor, So It’s Their Own Problem If They Can’t Afford To Be Healthy”. . June 28, 2017.
 * Senate GOP Healthcare Bill Estimated to Kill 28,600 More in U.S. Each Year & Drop 22 milion from Insurance. June 27, 2017. Democracy Now!.

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

See original chart source: Link between health spending and life expectancy: US is an outlier. August 03, 2016 by Max Roser. Chart is under a CC BY-SA license. Article that uses the chart: Are any conservatives in the US for a single payer and a universal health care system, or can they not coexist? See comment around March 11, 2017 by Dan Munro, "author of Casino Healthcare and Forbes contributor".

Drugs kill far fewer people in Portugal
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How Big Tobacco-style marketing propels U.S. opioid crisis — and powers $400 billion pharma industry. June 24, 2017.
 * 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.



US charts:
 * Overdose stats for the rest of the world.
 * Overdose Death Rates. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Charts.
 * These Are the Drugs That Cause the Most Overdose Deaths. Chart.
 * Our nation’s drug overdose problem, in five bleak charts.

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.

People love Canadian healthcare
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 * Health care in the US is an expensive mess. How does Canada do it? April 6, 2017. By Joan Wickersham. Boston Globe. From the article:


 * American conservatives love to bash Canadian health care — but U.S. corporations love it. May 28, 2017. Salon.  From the article:

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."

Cannabis is safer
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Presidents can not reschedule it
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USA. Republican war on cannabis
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