Task force on pot legalization strikes a fine balance of input

[mentalfloss]

Task force on pot legalization strikes a fine balance of input

The task force charged with drawing up a framework for cannabis legalization in Canada has struck a fine balance between providing access to a regulated supply that should undermine the black market and introducing restrictions that minimize the harm associated with pot.

The nine-member panel, chaired by former Liberal minister Anne McLellan, was asked to make recommendations that will have implications for all Canadians for years to come.

There can be no doubts that we are about to witness widespread changes to the laws and culture of our country.

The task force made a good fist of balancing the input from the 30,000 submissions from individuals and organizations that it received.

The key recommendations weigh the impact of developmental harm to vulnerable populations, with the risks that are already present because of the black market.

The task force recommended the national minimum age of purchase be 18, except in those provinces where the legal drinking age is 19. This proposal was made in the face of opposition from public health experts who favoured a minimum age of 21.

The panel said it felt setting the minimum age too high risked preserving the illicit market.

John Ivison: Task force on pot legalization strikes a fine balance of input

 

[Johnnny]

If they charge more than 10 bucks a gram then they wont stop street dealing.

 

[Remington1]

They need to allow the public to plant a certain amount of weed, I would say 1 plant perhaps? People are allowed to grow a certain amount of tobacco, so why not weed. It's legal now, so I don't see a valid argument against it.

 

[Kathie Bondar]

Task force on pot legalization strikes a fine balance of input

The task force charged with drawing up a framework for cannabis legalization in Canada has struck a fine balance between providing access to a regulated supply that should undermine the black market and introducing restrictions that minimize the harm associated with pot.

The nine-member panel, chaired by former Liberal minister Anne McLellan, was asked to make recommendations that will have implications for all Canadians for years to come.

There can be no doubts that we are about to witness widespread changes to the laws and culture of our country.

The task force made a good fist of balancing the input from the 30,000 submissions from individuals and organizations that it received.

The key recommendations weigh the impact of developmental harm to vulnerable populations, with the risks that are already present because of the black market.

The task force recommended the national minimum age of purchase be 18, except in those provinces where the legal drinking age is 19. This proposal was made in the face of opposition from public health experts who favoured a minimum age of 21.

The panel said it felt setting the minimum age too high risked preserving the illicit market.

John Ivison: Task force on pot legalization strikes a fine balance of input

Yes, we don't want them to buy their dope on the black market, they should be able to buy it from the government.
The prime minister's mother has been a self-confessed user and she had to buy her hits on the black market, she should be able to buy it legally. And also all those law enforcement agencies who fought against should be retroactively punished for the misguided efforts.

 

[JamesBondo]

The task force recommended the national minimum age of purchase be 18, except in those provinces where the legal drinking age is 19

So how many thousands of dollars did that recommendation cost taxpayers?

 

[Decapoda]

Yes, we don't want them to buy their dope on the black market, they should be able to buy it from the government.
The prime minister's mother has been a self-confessed user and she had to buy her hits on the black market, she should be able to buy it legally. And also all those law enforcement agencies who fought against should be retroactively punished for the misguided efforts.

By Trudeau's own admission, legalizing pot was never about pleasing recreational users. According to him, by legalizing pot and making it more accessible he is protecting kids. Oh...and getting rid of the criminal element, too. Unfortunately you are mistaken if you thought this was about appeasing pot users. It is business as usual and he has instructed police to "enforce the law" and continue laying criminal charges as per Canadian law.


Trudeau urges police to "˜enforce the law" on marijuana.

“The promise we made around legalizing marijuana was done for two reasons … that I was very, very clear about: one, to better protect our kids from the easy access they have right now to marijuana; and, two, to remove the criminal elements that were profiting from marijuana,” he said.

“We believe that a properly regulated, controlled system will achieve both of those measures. But we haven’t brought in that properly regulated, controlled system because it’s important that we do it right in order to achieve those two specific goals.”

That new regime will be unveiled next spring. The blueprint for the legislation is a report by former deputy prime minister Anne McLellan’s task force of medical and legal experts, which be released within days.

Until the new law is enacted some time in 2017, Trudeau stressed “the current prohibition stands.”

“So, I don’t know how much clearer we can be that we’re not legalizing marijuana to please recreational users,” he said.

 

[Remington1]

Another cash grab, I guess it can replace the billions lost with the tobacco industry.

 

[lone wolf]

I wonder if it costs less to police than it did to fight it (something like climate shyte)

 

[personal touch]

If they charge more than 10 bucks a gram then they wont stop street dealing.

Yes and no,
People will pay for clean product

 

[Ludlow]

Get offen the fookin dope ya gawd damn stoners all ye do is raid the ice box in the middle of the night and devour all the damn food.

 

[MHz]

Yes, we don't want them to buy their dope on the black market, they should be able to buy it from the government.
The prime minister's mother has been a self-confessed user and she had to buy her hits on the black market, she should be able to buy it legally. And also all those law enforcement agencies who fought against should be retroactively punished for the misguided efforts.

If you apply for it for pain it should be via a patch and it should be given as the strongest dose rather than the smallest one. The candy ones might fingers when doing some typing like movements and the strong patch when digging a ditch by hand.
I'm going to stand by an earlier though that 'if addicts were sent to the Reservations while on mushrooms when they come back they won't get any effect from this weak stuff the white eyes has' and be cured for life even if they live right beside addicts not yet through the program. If an addict is used to high quality they will wait till it comes around again rather than settle for a lower high.

 

[personal touch]

Get offen the fookin dope ya gawd damn stoners all ye do is raid the ice box in the middle of the night and devour all the damn food.

Go to sleep!

If you apply for it for pain it should be via a patch and it should be given as the strongest dose rather than the smallest one. The candy ones might fingers when doing some typing like movements and the strong patch when digging a ditch by hand.
I'm going to stand by an earlier though that 'if addicts were sent to the Reservations while on mushrooms when they come back they won't get any effect from this weak stuff the white eyes has' and be cured for life even if they live right beside addicts not yet through the program. If an addict is used to high quality they will wait till it comes around again rather than settle for a lower high.

You need a sleep too!
Who cares?

Twins!