Why we shouldn't stop at pot

Just over a week ago, as the Justin Trudeau-led Liberal Party swept into power on October 19, social media erupted with stoner jokes about pot and the new prime minister.

At the top of many Canadian’s minds — business owners, activists and academics — was Trudeau’s longstanding plan to legalize marijuana use.

Unsurprisingly, such wide-reaching reform has sparked both optimism and skepticism, but Trudeau's campaigning on the principles of public representation and evidence-based politics ought to inspire us toward political literacy, by grasping the implications of our nation’s policies.

The fact that news media regularly sources Twitter, and that Prime Minister-elects respond to Facebook posts, is evidence of the growing weight of easily-accessible public opinion.

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