Canada: Legalizing marijuana: let's get this right

The legalization of marijuana in Canada now appears to be a question of when and how, not if. The new federal government has committed to this initiative and is now looking at how to implement it.

A large part of our society believes marijuana is a relatively harmless substance, but that isn’t entirely true. The impact of marijuana on an adolescent’s brain can be severe. In fact, study after study has shown that frequent marijuana use by young people can have a number of negative effects and leave lasting impairments on a brain that is still growing and developing.

In a recent report, for example, the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse states that “early and frequent [marijuana] use can seriously limit a young person’s educational, occupational and social development, and some of these adverse effects may be irreversible.”

And yet much of our population still sees marijuana as a...

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