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Home 🌿 Recreational Marijuana News 🌿 Canada’s Prime Minister: Legal Marijuana Is About Health and Safety, Not Money 🌿Canada’s Prime Minister: Legal Marijuana Is About Health and Safety, Not Money
The new prime minister of Canada, who campaigned on legalizing marijuana, said Thursday that he wants the country to take the time it needs to get the details right and that it’s important for the government make its cannabis policy decisions for the right reasons.
Ending prohibition “was never about a money maker. It was always about public health, public safety,” said Justin Trudeau, who was sworn in as the head of Canada’s federal government last month.
“The big reason we chose to commit to controlling and regulating marijuana is to keep young people safe,” he said in an interview with the Canadian Press.
Setting an optimal tax rate for marijuana will be a crucial decision, Trudeau said. “The fact is that if you tax it too much, as we saw with cigarettes, you end up with driving things towards a black market, which will not keep Canadians safe, particularly young Canadians.”
And the prime minister wants the revenues generated...
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