THE IDEA OF LEGALIZING POT IS CAUSING AN UPROAR FOR POLICE
Dispensaries for marijuana are being set up all around Canada after new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to legalize the drug. Of course when he says promises that still means the drug remains currently illegal and that means the storefronts and dispensaries are illegal. This is causing great confusion all around the country because people are thinking it’s okay to possess and consume marijuana. This is not the case. Marijuana still remains just as illegal as it was 10 years ago but, the recent popularity around the drug and the medicinal uses it produces has desensitized the majority of the public into thinking the drug is socially acceptable.
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“The police have taken the enforcement action that we have up to date. I think it would certainly help if the government would come forth and advise people that the legislation isn’t in place yet and that the laws will be enforced until it is,” he said in an interview.
Also the Liberal MP Bill Blair wants to be sure that the drug is legalized, strictly regulated and has restricted access to marijuana in a careful and orderly way.
If the approach is taken similar to the restrictions on tobacco and alcohol, the transition from marijuana being illegal to legal should be quite smooth. Until then, the laws that are in place for marijuana should be enforced and the government should be reminding these unlicensed storeowners that there is a dire consequence for defying the law.
It would be pretty difficult in enforcing new laws such as driving under the influence. New technology would have to be introduced such as a detector for marijuana if a person is caught. Weighhill said, “We would be looking for legislation around impaired driving for marijuana, possibly a recognized instrument to measure the levels of THC, like we can with