CHARBONNEAU – It’s too late to decriminalize marijuana

Posted on April 27, 2017 in Charbonneau, Local Voices, Page One // 0 Comments

Alberta Legalization of Cannabis Committee in the ’70s. (Image: ALCC blog)

DECRIMINALIZATION of marijuana should have happened decades ago. Now it would only add to the confusion.

Marijuana users are caught in a legal limbo. The government intends to legalize marijuana before Canada Day, 2018, but until then it’s illegal. Then, like a light being switched on, what was once a criminal offence will not be.

Government intentions aside, police are going about their business. They arrested activists Mark Emery (the “Prince of Pot”) and his wife Jodie as reported by CFJC recently.

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David Charbonneau is a retired TRU electronics instructor who hosts a blog at http://www.eyeviewkamloops.wordpress.com.

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