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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Justin Trudeau says a Liberal government would move to decriminalize marijuana "right away" 🌿Justin Trudeau says a Liberal government would move to decriminalize marijuana "right away"
Justin Trudeau has said he intends to waste no time ending the prohibition of marijuana if he’s elected as the country’s next prime minister later this year.
In a March 15 interview with CKNW, the leader of the Liberal party told Gord MacDonald he would take immediate action to decriminalize the drug.
“Will you bring forth legislation to do that in the first session of Parliament when Justin Trudeau is prime minister?” MacDonald asked.
Trudeau’s response: “Yes, it is our intention to move on this in a very rapid fashion. I mean, there were some mistakes made south of the border that we can learn from about leaping before looking and thinking it through. But it is something we plan on moving on immediately.
“We need to protect our kids, we need to make sure that the money isn’t flowing into the pockets of criminal organizations and street gangs,”...
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