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Our Passwords, Ourselves; How medical is medical marijuana?; A life on hold; Gideon Levy

Our Passwords, Ourselves - Michael's essay: These days our lives are ruled by passwords which give us access to the world. And that may not be such a good thing. How medical is medical marijuana? The government has authorized more than 50 thousand Canadians to use medical marijuana; that number is expected to grow ten-fold over the next decade. But professional medical organizations say not enough is known about its effectiveness or its potency to write an accurate prescription. A life on hold - a documentary by Kate Wiley: Two years ago, Shelly and Fred Muntau of Vancouver adopted an orphaned child from the Democratic Republic of Congo, but they can't get a Canadian visa for little Pedro without an exit letter from the Congo. And they can't get an exit letter, without a visa. Gideon Levy: Levy is a highly controversial columnist with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, who has made life in the Occupied Territories his beat. He is a fierce critic of what he describes as the routine brutality experienced by the Palestinians, and of the settler movement.
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The Sunday Edition for March 29, 2015, with host Michael Enright:

Our Passwords, Ourselves - Michael's essay: (00:00:26) These days we are ruled by passwords. They give us access to the world through our phones, laptops, bank machines and credit cards. And that may not be such a good thing. Here's a short excerpt: "My relationship to my passwords has been nothing if not chaotic. For one thing I keep forgetting which goes with which. I write them down and then forget to look them up. I jot my pin number on my wrist and then shower."

How medical is medical marijuana? - an hour-long special report: (00:04:24) The government has authorized more than 50 thousand Canadians to use medical marijuana; that number is expected to grow ten-fold over the next decade. But professional medical organizations continue to advocate against medical pot, saying not enough is known about its effectiveness or potency to write an accurate prescription.  We hear from three people who use medical marijuana for a variety of symptoms, and from Kerry Jang, a city councillor in Vancouver, home to more medical marijuana shops than the rest of the country combined. We hear excerpts of the first-ever arguments about medical marijuana to be made before the Supreme Court of Canada. And we hear from Dr. Mark Ware of McGill University, one of the world's leading researchers in the field of medical marijuana.

A life on hold - a documentary by Kate Wiley: (00:43:31) Shelly and Fred Muntau of Vancouver adopted an orphaned child from the Democratic Republic of Congo. But a bureaucratic catch-22 is preventing little Pedro from coming to Canada to join his adoptive parents. They can't get a Canadian visa for him without an exit letter from the Congo. And they can't get an exit letter, without a visa. 

Gideon Levy: (01:03:06) Levy is a highly controversial columnist with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, who has made life in the Occupied Territories his beat. He is a fierce critic of the settler movement, and of what he describes as the routine brutality experienced by the Palestinians. He has received death threats, and has been labelled a propagandist for Hamas. Levy wants the world to participate in an  international boycott of Israel.

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