Age for Marijuana Use May Vary Across Canada: Legalization Official
Minimum ages for marijuana consumption may vary across Canada when it becomes legal, but authorities will be firmly against drug tourism and cross-border movement of the substance, the Liberal government’s point man on the issue said on Wednesday.
The government also wants consistent nation-wide impaired-driving laws for marijuana, said Bill Blair, parliamentary secretary to the justice minister, as the country formulates a new drug law ahead of a spring 2017 deadline.
“We would like to see consistency and a consensus across the country on the best way to keep our roadways safe,” Blair, the former Toronto police chief, said at an interview in his Toronto constituency office.
He said provinces should have a say, but legalization led by individual regions, such as in the United States, causes a “difficult situation,” in which state laws sometimes contradict federal laws.
Canada’s Liberal government said in April it will introduce legislation to legalize...
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