Ok first off I'll make it clear that I'm not exactly savvy with all the marijuana laws here in Canada.
"Canada will eb the first country in North America to legalize marijuana"
This is something I hear very often. For that to be true, we would have to be making many frequent advances in our laws regarding marijuana. However when I visit wikipedia's page for that topic, I don't really see a lot going on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_legalization_in_Canada
Really, the most recent thing announced on that page is actually a step away from legalizing it. Everything else seems to be just slight improvements to the medicinal marijuana laws, which is not very useful to taking down recreational marijuana laws.
The article says that we have a "De Facto" with Marijuana, it's socially acceptable, the public approve. Well the Public does not = The Police, so not very helpful there right now. According to several polls, the majority of Canadians approve of marijuana legalization, isn't that grounds enough for some actual governemnt involvement on the issue?
According to Wikipedia, the Green Party, the NDP, and the liberals all want marijuana to be legalized. I must be missing something here, because that seems to be almost everybody in terms of major political parties.
So yeah, legalization of Marijuana, a fairly harmless drug, especially in comparison to tobacco and alcohol, is essentially supported by almost every political party and the majority of Canadian citizens. Yet I'm just not seeing anything being done.
What the FUCK is going on out there? Is it because Harper and the conservatives have control at the federal level?
"Canada will eb the first country in North America to legalize marijuana"
This is something I hear very often. For that to be true, we would have to be making many frequent advances in our laws regarding marijuana. However when I visit wikipedia's page for that topic, I don't really see a lot going on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_legalization_in_Canada
Really, the most recent thing announced on that page is actually a step away from legalizing it. Everything else seems to be just slight improvements to the medicinal marijuana laws, which is not very useful to taking down recreational marijuana laws.
The article says that we have a "De Facto" with Marijuana, it's socially acceptable, the public approve. Well the Public does not = The Police, so not very helpful there right now. According to several polls, the majority of Canadians approve of marijuana legalization, isn't that grounds enough for some actual governemnt involvement on the issue?
According to Wikipedia, the Green Party, the NDP, and the liberals all want marijuana to be legalized. I must be missing something here, because that seems to be almost everybody in terms of major political parties.
So yeah, legalization of Marijuana, a fairly harmless drug, especially in comparison to tobacco and alcohol, is essentially supported by almost every political party and the majority of Canadian citizens. Yet I'm just not seeing anything being done.
What the FUCK is going on out there? Is it because Harper and the conservatives have control at the federal level?
