You're living in the past Cliffy. Most cops today are focused on revenue generation not crime stopping or solving. They don't care about pot.
Legalize Marijuana!
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By revenue generating you mean selling off all the pot they confiscate in busting grow ops, I would agree. They bust tons of the stuff here in BC every year. Seems to be the only thing our local RCMP ever talk about in the coffee shops.
Nope. Most cops aren't involved in narcotics. Most spend their days collecting taxes they refer to as traffic fines.
De-criminalization is the way to go. Do I want the government in the pot business? No way. Can you imagine the product that a government would sell? It wouldn't get a flea high nor would it alleviate pain to any degree. To heck with the tax dollars. I would rather be able to grow a certain amount myself without fear of being branded a criminal than resort to getting my stash from the government.
That's funny. You don't know me, what I'm like or what I do or don't do. But Hey! We all have our fantasies.
Yes, decriminalization is the only way to go. The legal cost savings would be enormous and people should be able to grow their own, thus eliminating the criminal element from the picture.
you serious? BC bud is known as some of the best on earth.
with control by the government it will be worthless CRAP, yes I know people that get or can get medicinal, and according to them, street is better.
Marijuana Task Force Calls For Legal Age Of 18, Storefront And Mail-Order Sales
OTTAWA — A federal task force on legalized recreational marijuana is recommending storefront and mail-order sales to Canadians 18 years and older, with personal growing limits of four plants per person.
The framework report, headed by former federal Liberal cabinet minister Anne McLellan, says recreational marijuana should not be sold in the same location as alcohol or tobacco, and that production should be monitored with a "seed-to-sale tracking system" to prevent diversions to the black market.
The study gives shape to a Liberal promise to legalize recreational pot consumption and sales, with safeguards in place to restrict youth access and choke off the illicit market that fuels criminal enterprises.
"We have discovered that regulation of cannabis will touch every aspect of our society," says the 106-page report.
"One of the predominant features of our deliberations has been the diversity of opinions, emotions and expertise expressed by those who came forward."
The 106-page framework covers everything from advertising and branding — effectively banned, similar to tobacco — to penalties for illicit production and trafficking, all legislated under a proposed new Cannabis Control Act.
The report contains more than 80 recommendations.
"Our advice includes safeguards that we believe are important to attain the objectives set out by the government to better protect the health and safety of Canadians by regulating access to cannabis," McLellan told a news conference.
"Our report presents measures to create a viable legal market, which will be essential to meet the government's objective of displacing the entrenched illicit market that exists in Canada today."
On the issue of pot-impaired driving, the task force recommends more study to determine the links between THC levels and traffic crashes while simultaneously developing a national education strategy to stress that cannabis consumption causes impairment.
McLellan said the report recommends a "public-health approach to minimize harm," as well as actions "to educate Canadians ... to increase awareness and knowledge" about cannabis and its impacts.
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Marijuana Task Force Calls For Legal Age Of 18, Storefront And Mail-Order Sales
OTTAWA — A federal task force on legalized recreational marijuana is recommending storefront and mail-order sales to Canadians 18 years and older, with personal growing limits of four plants per person.
The framework report, headed by former federal Liberal cabinet minister Anne McLellan, says recreational marijuana should not be sold in the same location as alcohol or tobacco, and that production should be monitored with a "seed-to-sale tracking system" to prevent diversions to the black market.
The study gives shape to a Liberal promise to legalize recreational pot consumption and sales, with safeguards in place to restrict youth access and choke off the illicit market that fuels criminal enterprises.
"We have discovered that regulation of cannabis will touch every aspect of our society," says the 106-page report.
"One of the predominant features of our deliberations has been the diversity of opinions, emotions and expertise expressed by those who came forward."
The 106-page framework covers everything from advertising and branding — effectively banned, similar to tobacco — to penalties for illicit production and trafficking, all legislated under a proposed new Cannabis Control Act.
The report contains more than 80 recommendations.
"Our advice includes safeguards that we believe are important to attain the objectives set out by the government to better protect the health and safety of Canadians by regulating access to cannabis," McLellan told a news conference.
"Our report presents measures to create a viable legal market, which will be essential to meet the government's objective of displacing the entrenched illicit market that exists in Canada today."
On the issue of pot-impaired driving, the task force recommends more study to determine the links between THC levels and traffic crashes while simultaneously developing a national education strategy to stress that cannabis consumption causes impairment.
McLellan said the report recommends a "public-health approach to minimize harm," as well as actions "to educate Canadians ... to increase awareness and knowledge" about cannabis and its impacts.
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Marijuana Task Force Calls For Legal Age Of 18, Storefront And Mail-Order Sales
It's a two edged sword.................I like the Medical edge, the other edge has too many ramifications!
Smoking pot is a choice people make, same as tobacco. What I would expect is that the government does not brush aside all the work done by the medical association. Doctors fought to expose tobacco as a health risk, so I would expect the same restrictions are put onto pot. I expect people incarcerated for selling pot will be released quickly! I'm sure the tobacco co. lawyers are already on this one. I would have been okay with the whole thing if it would have been a honest, not simply a cash grabs for the Liberals.
Do you think people should be excused for breaking the law just because in the future it might not be the law?
