Forty-three years after the LeDain Commission said laws against simple possession should be abolished, recognition of pot’s reality has arrived. However, legalization is of so little importance it is relegated to the back shelf. “There’s no timeline on lifting the prohibition. Other Liberal justice issues – notably the implementation of physician-assisted suicide, the inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women and girls, and criminal justice reforms – are more urgent priorities.” When they get around to it the government itself will probably become the “pusherman” and monopolize distribution. “In Ontario, Premier Kathleen Wynne suggests provincial liquor stores could start retailing government-certified – and taxed – ganja.” Trafficking otherwise, by your established local supplier/friend, will remain a crime.
Justin Trudeau says his government will do what his father’s would not by legitimizing simple possession of recreational marijuana and regulating its sale, like alcohol