Canada: The case for legalizing cannabis
These days it seems everyone is talking about pot. The Prime Minister often speaks about the impending legalization across our country. And in Toronto, everyone is talking about dispensaries.
Later this month Toronto’s Board of Health will consider a report from the city’s top doctor regarding the legalization of cannabis in Canada. For the sake of public health and harm reduction, the board should endorse a legalization approach.
The move to legalize and regulate cannabis in Canada is long overdue. The criminalization of pot and the war on drugs has failed. It doesn’t act as a deterrent. It’s a waste of money ($1.2 billion is spent every year on this failed approach). And the lasting impact on people is awful: 60,000 Canadians are arrested for possession every year; and more than 500,000 Canadians are carrying a criminal record for this offense. Far too often, enforcement of these laws has
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