Canada not dull anymore ?

[gianthogweed]

 

[gonetomorrow]

Forget Saturday. This is the big one.

 

[degsy]

Of course it's dull, maybe just not to Canadians though.

 

[.....!]

What I don't get is why in countries like Britain they still demonise cannabis as , well the devil yet so many medical cases have come out in the past 12 months from cancer to Parkinsons where it has had a positive effect and even cases where it has cured illness.

It causes this it causes that, ok, treat other substances the same like tobacco, like alcohol, things that actually have a much more negative effect. How many stoners do you see in the news fighting and worse on a night out of a weekend?

To be honest the answer really is to push it medically rather than recreationally. If the fear is other side effects then fine, use it for people who need it rather than people who want it. Because for every parkinsons sufferer denied access to something that can help them control their motor functions to normal levels because it's illegal there is a tit in town fighting and causing all sorts of issues that iveouldnt want to mention with their legal alcohol slowly damaging their liver and kidneys

The problem in this country is the governments who are in power at any time are scared of losing voters. In years to come the Government will follow suit but no time soon. When Colorado legalised cannabis they made that much tax that they had to refund all taxpayers a certain amount of money. On the other hand though lethargy and people not turning up for work increased. As soon as we get a forward thinking government then things will change. There could be billions to be made from the taxing of legalised cannabis. This would also take the supply chain off the dealers, stop the Vietnamese being trafficked to grow it, stop demonising small time growers and users and give the Police time to deal with other things. Some Police forces are currently actively not taking a hard approach to recreational users. The tide is turning although at a snails pace.

 

[Brendan Janus]

They must have run out of clouds !

 

[Seathestars]

Justin Bieber, that sums up the case for the prosecution m'Lord, nuke it.

 

[Deleted member 24970]

The problem in this country is the governments who are in power at any time are scared of losing voters. In years to come the Government will follow suit but no time soon. When Colorado legalised cannabis they made that much tax that they had to refund all taxpayers a certain amount of money. On the other hand though lethargy and people not turning up for work increased. As soon as we get a forward thinking government then things will change. There could be billions to be made from the taxing of legalised cannabis. This would also take the supply chain off the dealers, stop the Vietnamese being trafficked to grow it, stop demonising small time growers and users and give the Police time to deal with other things. Some Police forces are currently actively not taking a hard approach to recreational users. The tide is turning although at a snails pace.

The problem is that general population can grow cannabis. The government loses out on taxes, more importantly the pharmacies also lose a great deal too. Imagine cannabis could cure certain diseases for a fraction of the cost of going to hospital and being given ridiculous amounts of expensive pills.

 

[canuckblue]

Justin Bieber, that sums up the case for the prosecution m'Lord, nuke it.

Hey, every village needs an idiot.

 

[Efcjake]

Hey, every village needs an idiot.

We gave them peak Shania Twain as well and they never say thank you.

 

[chicoazul]

Big fan of the country and its people. Canada is the ace place.

 

[Ducans elbow]

Big fan of the country and its people. Canada is the ace place.

I grew up in Liverpool loved my time growing up in Speke,but bringing our daughter up here in Canada no comparison I have never met a friender set of people as Canadians.

 

[.....!]

The problem is that general population can grow cannabis. The government loses out on taxes, more importantly the pharmacies also lose a great deal too. Imagine cannabis could cure certain diseases for a fraction of the cost of going to hospital and being given ridiculous amounts of expensive pills.

The cannabis that you grow in your house is not that much use for pharmaceutical need. Pharmaceutical cannabis is basically just the CBD removed from the THC. Medicinal CBD costs a fair amount of money as well. Home grown will help with certain pain no doubt but when you look at Parkinson's for example it's medicinal CBD which is doing the work. Another problem this country has now is that all research drugs are now coming under the new psychoactive substances act which means they can't be properly researched for medicinal use as they are deemed illegal. Nothing good will ever come out of the NPS act or our stuffy, aged, out of date governments. The only parties who have had an inkling of doing anything good with illicit substances are the Green's and the Lib Dems. Both of which are unlikely to be in full power anytime soon.

 

[Woolly Blue]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39411026

Canada to legalise marijuana 'by 2018'

Recreational marijuana use could be legal in Canada by 1 July 2018 under coming legislation, according to reports.

The federal government will table legislation to legalise marijuana by April, public broadcaster CBC is reporting.

Sources told the CBC that members of the governing Liberal party were recently briefed on the timeline.

The party has long promised they would have legislation ready by spring.

The CBC said the new regulations would broadly follow recommendations released in December by a federally-appointed pot task force.

Those recommendations included proposals that Canada should permit the sale of recreational marijuana to people over age 18 and tax pot products based on potency.

The task force also recommended adults be allowed to grow up to four plants and possess 30 grams of dried cannabis.

According to the CBC, the federal government will oversee the supply of the drug and continue to license producers, while the provinces would determine its means of distribution and sale.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to legalise recreational marijuana has fuelled investment and speculation in the cannabis sector.

Cultivators like Aphria, OrganiGram Holdings, and Canopy Growth, currently Canada's largest medical marijuana producer, have become stock market darlings.

Medical marijuana has been legal in Canada since 2001 and is grown by 40 federally licensed producers.

Canadians, especially the young, are among the world's biggest users of marijuana.

Ottawa says legal pot under a new strict regulation regime will make it easier to keep it away from young people, to pull profits from organised crime, to reduce the burden on police and the justice system, and to improve public health.

If the law is passed, Canada will be the largest developed country to end recreational marijuana prohibition.

I've said for decades that Canucks > Yanks
Mainly I just say that to wind the Yanks up, but there is some truth in it.