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Canada: Mulcair promises to decriminalize marijuana the 'minute we form government'

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:45

NDP leader Tom Mulcair said he will decriminalize marijuana the “minute we form government” during a stop in British Columbia on Thursday.

“I want to make sure that everybody understands, that the NDP’s position is decriminalization the minute we form government, it’s something we can do right away,” he said.

Trudeau supports legalization and regulation of the drug, telling a crowd of supporters in 2013 that “it’s one of the only ways to keep it out of the hands of our kids.”The decriminalization or legalization of marijuana has been a recurring fringe issue during the first three weeks of the election campaign, with both Mulcair and Justin Trudeau saying they would change the current laws.

Mulcair wouldn’t say, however, whether he would grant amnesty to people already charged or convicted with possession, saying instead the NDP would “sit down and look at that.”

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