Canada Goes to Pot on Oct 17

[Mark in Ottawa]

Our Prime Minister has just announced that on Oct 17, recreational use of cannabis will be legal. Each province will set their own rules for distribution but in Ontario distribution will be through a government owned corporation. You will also be allowed to grow 4 plants for personal use

The problems associated with this are endless and include the fact that there is no reliable roadside test for determining if you are driving while high.

The official objective is to eliminate organized crime and to stop young people from using pot. They are simply dreaming in technicolor if they believe that. The real reason is that the Prime Minister wanted to buy votes from younger voters.

Perhaps it will generate pot tourism; in reality it is going to generate billions in new tax revenue and in corporate profits.

[S.A. Boggs]

Our Prime Minister has just announced that on Oct 17, recreational use of cannabis will be legal. Each province will set their own rules for distribution but in Ontario distribution will be through a government owned corporation. You will also be allowed to grow 4 plants for personal use

The problems associated with this are endless and include the fact that there is no reliable roadside test for determining if you are driving while high.

The official objective is to eliminate organized crime and to stop young people from using pot. They are simply dreaming in technicolor if they believe that. The real reason is that the Prime Minister wanted to buy votes from younger voters.

Perhaps it will generate pot tourism; in reality it is going to generate billions in new tax revenue and in corporate profits.

It will generate something else and that will be decreased intelligence. Have yet to met an intelligent pothead, quite the opposite. Productivity will decline and crime will increase as people will do their own "thing" in distribution. The "smart" sellers that I was acquainted with did not use what they were selling as they saw where it led.
Sam

[sid]

It will also double the number of traffic fatalities. But the worst thing it will do is that it will lead to an increase in the use of hard core drug addiction. Pot is the entry level drug. Every addict I ever met had started out on pot.

[blackhawknj]

Billions in new revenues for disability and welfare payments for dopeheads who can't hold a job. Then the employers who insist on a drug-free workforce for reasons of safety and productivity. And all the health problems from smoking something even worse than tobacco.

[Sandpebble]

Well ... I don't use weed but an observation... or point of view if I may.

For sure there are no roadside tests for driving high as Mark points out but cops are pretty savvy....

I do think Sid incorrect in thinking road fatalaities will double. We seem to be assuming that just because it's suddenly legal it's going to attract everyone to start smoking... and driving.

Sorry, anyone with interest in using is using and the law hasn't changed a thing ..... kind of like banning guns. And they are already driving high.

As far as a gateway and every addict starting out with weed .... I'm betting every weed head started out with a beer.

[Major Tom]

Colorado is learning the hard way with legal recreational pot smokers!