Canada: A Maclean’s primer on marijuana

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Maclean’s is your destination for the 2015 election. Start with our in-depth primers on the 12 big issues, including marijuana

If there is one file on which Justin Trudeau has definitively put his stamp as Liberal leader, it’s marijuana policy. Back in 2013, Trudeau surprised many by speaking out in favour of legalization and regulation, then admitted he “took a puff” on a joint being passed around at a dinner party at his Montreal home—after he was elected an MP in 2008. Ever since, Tories have taken aim at him over the stance. Pro-legalization advocates say criminalizing pot clogs prisons and feeds organized crime. Defenders of the status quo argue that legalization would only give young people, in particular, easier access to dangerous drugs.

POT IS ABOUT POLICY, BUT ALSO IMAGE

Marijuana policy is powerfully polarizing, yet also less consequential than the pocketbook issues that are typically expected to drive...

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