Canada: Petition calling for full marijuana legalization gains steam, especially in B.C.
British Columbians are taking a keen interest in a petition that asks for the Canadian government to fully repeal the prohibition of marijuana.
Of 12,549 signatures gathered so far, residents of B.C. account for 5,133 of them. That’s 41 percent, whereas B.C. accounts for roughly 13 percent of the country’s population.
The petition was launched on February 10 and is sponsored by Elizabeth May, leader of the federal Green Party and the B.C. MP for Saanich—Gulf Islands.
More specifically, it calls for the government to remove marijuana from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, end police enforcement against cannabis storefronts, and allow patients prescribed medicinal marijuana to grow their own medicine.
The petition also asks for Ottawa to grant pardons and expunge criminal records for people convicted of past marijuana offences, on a case-by-case basis.
Finally, it suggests that regulations for the sale and taxation of marijuana be left to each...
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