Hey thanks so much for this!

I think the most definitive report on "The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids" is this 2017 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine (NASEM). There MAY be some harms; there ARE some health benefits/potential benefits.
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2462...

*is the last breeding pair of a near-extinct amphibian species*

"Sure honey it LOOKs bad, but did you see the BC government website?"

"Ribbit" *dies*

The article talks about how it's going to be holistic not "thou shalt" but sorry, thou shalt not destroy habitat if thee wants biodiversity. This is like ecology 101 stuff, even though a lot of research effort is spent trying to bargain with the fact

Great idea except then we don't actually protect ecosystems

thenarwhal.ca/opinion-bc-e...

I got to meet with Terry lake back when he was environment Minister. I remember very clearly: we have too many species, we have to use ecosystem-based protection not species based protection. Same argument is presented in this article.

(we still don't have one. We only have "related laws" www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/... ) so if you're an endangered bird make sure to stay on a military base or post office or whatever

Examples abound. As a grad student I was part of a small campaign back in 2011 to try to get BC to pass a law to protect endangered species, to align with the federal law. I went to every pub night of every BC lib leadership candidate and asked the Q. Only George Abbott said he'd do it.

Both disciplines exist in omnicrisis and both disciplines come to fairly straightforward conclusions based on mountains of evidence and analysis (E.g. living things need high quality intact habitat so don't destroy it)

But then policymakers go "lol no"

Thanks! Followed!

Is it internal or is it posted externally somewhere at TRU?

Fwiw the only unis I know about that do this are MUN (because a student journalist keeps filing ATIPPs) mattbarter.ca/2025/09/10/m...

And there was a Texas uni but I can't find my bookmarks

I can find literature that focuses on the program level (e.g. what % of people in med school drop out) but I'm interested in being a bit more granular - what classes specifically typically bottleneck people