Legalizing marijuana isn't going to be easy: Colorado official advises Canada

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Barring some major backtracking by Canada’s new Liberal government, marijuana could soon be legal across the land.

Getting rid of the laws that criminalize the drug shouldn’t be too challenging, according to one U.S. official, but actually implementing and monitoring the market for it will be a complex exercise.

Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division director Lewis Koski spoke to The West Block‘s Tom Clark this weekend about his state’s experience since it made marijuana legal for recreational purposes back in 2013.

“One of the biggest challenges for us was being first, and even now being further down the path than probably almost anyone, we still find that this is a complex policy to implement and there’s always things that we’re looking at to improve the statues and improve the regulations,” Koski said.

The state regulates and monitors marijuana consumption carefully. Packages must be child-resistant, there are strict labeling requirements that give the consumer more information...

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