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Canada is well on its way to becoming the rst G7 nation in the world to end marijuana prohibition.
The House of Commons and Senate just approved the Cannabis Act, ful lling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s 2015
campaign promise. Legal adult-use sales is set to start before summer ends. On Tuesday night, the Senate voted 52-29
to approve the bill, reports CNBC (http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/senate-passes-government-pot-bill-1.4713222).
Senate debates continued in the afternoon, as Senator Peter Harder encouraged his colleagues to approve the bill
without any changes.
“If we concur with the House of Commons, I think we will nd most Canadians pleased with the manner in which we’ve
discharged our constitutional role,” Harder told the Senate, as reported by CTV News
(https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/gov-t-rep-in-senate-makes-case-for-accepting-marijuana-bill-as-is-1.3978485).
“We’ve just witnessed a historic vote for Canada. The end of 90 years of prohibition,” said Sen. Tony Dean, one of the
sponsors of the Cannabis Act. “Transformative social policy, I think. A brave move on the part of the government.”

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Last spring, the Canadian government released an o cial statement (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-
canada/news/2017/04/canada_takes_actiontolegalizeandstrictlyregulatecannabis.html) saying that, “The current
approach to cannabis does not work.” The government also added that keeping cannabis illegal “has allowed criminals
and organized crime to pro t, while failing to keep cannabis out of the hands of the Canadian youth.”
“In many cases, it is easier for our kids to buy cannabis than cigarettes,” it added.
Based on the law, anyone over 18 would be able to legally possess less than 30 grams of cannabis. It would also allow
Canadian adults to grow as much as 4 cannabis plants at home. The authors of the bill discussed the bene ts of
legalization, which included: restricted access would protect the health of young people, weaken illegal and criminal
activity, and decreasing the work and pressure placed on the criminal justice system. Additionally, legalization would
also make room for quality control as well as public health awareness campaigns.
However, the bill’s critics believe that cannabis should be kept illegal because they don’t believe in the capacity of the
government to eliminate black market activity enough. Conservative Sen. Percy Mockler stated that “the initiative su ers
from a serious absence of policy analysis.”
But others think that the Senate did well on the process. “Now we can start to tackle some of the harms of cannabis. We
can be proactive in public education. We’ll see the end of criminalization and we can start addressing Canada’s $7 billion
illegal market. These are good things for Canada,” said Sen. Dean.
Although the government originally planned for the bill to be passed in time for retail sales to start on July 1, delays
were expected after Senate requested for more time to assess the bill. But now that the bill has been passed, all that’s
left is for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the cabinet to decide on the exact date of when recreational cannabis
becomes legal.
“Passing this bill will mean the end of a historic era of prohibition that has punished Canadians with a criminal sanction
for what is essentially a health decision. Over the years, how many Canadians have needlessly been given the social
stigma and employment barrier of a criminal conviction,” Sen. Harder said during the debate.

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The government also released the results of a survey (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-
canada/services/publications/drugs-health-products/canadian-cannabis-survey-2017-summary.html) that asked over
9,000 people throughout Canada, aged 16 and up, about their attitudes towards cannabis. It revealed, “About half of all
respondents indicated that cannabis had a positive e ect on a person’s mood (51 percent), creativity (45 percent),
anxiety (50 percent), and sleep (49 percent),” reported the Health Ministry.
What This Means For The USA
While medical cannabis has been legal up in the Great White North, recreational cannabis use would give the United
States a run for their money in an increasingly lucrative industry. The Canadian market for legal pot is forecasted to rake
in around $4.5 billion (http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marijuana-industry-1.4503152), a gure calculated using
consumption data over the last few years. Taxes, on the other hand, are expected to inject $300 million to the
government’s revenues.
In the USA, 9 states have legalized adult use cannabis with 29 states allowing it for medicinal use. However, there is a
risk that Canadian cannabis may leak into the United States, which may cause tensions with one of closest allies. If
Canada is successful in establishing an e ective legalization framework, it may provide a good model for other
countries who are interested in ending prohibition – including the United States.
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