Third in a series of Black Press B.C. election coverage leading up to May 9
None of B.C. main political parties have unveiled firm plans for how marijuana will be regulated despite Ottawa proposing legalization by Canada Day 2018.
The BC Liberals have long said that their main focus is keeping marijuana out of the hands of minors.
91裸聊视频淭he federal government has set 18 as the bottom line,91裸聊视频� Liberal leader Christy Clark said during the News1130 radio debate. 91裸聊视频淵ou can91裸聊视频檛 get liquor till you91裸聊视频檙e 19, for heaven91裸聊视频檚 sake let91裸聊视频檚 at least put it at 19.91裸聊视频�
Clark has spoken out against selling pot in liquor stores.
91裸聊视频淪hould it be co-located to liquor stores? I don91裸聊视频檛 think so,91裸聊视频� said Clark. 91裸聊视频淣o one does that in the United States and you don91裸聊视频檛 want these two intoxicants sitting beside each other on the shelf.91裸聊视频�
The BC Liberal leader drew criticism from BC Green Party leader Andrew Weaver for not being better prepared.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檝e thought about this for years while the premier has stood by and done nothing,91裸聊视频� he said.
Clark said that the BC Liberals will consult experts before deciding how it will be distributed.
The proposed federal law leaves impaired driving enforcement and distribution up to the provinces. A legalization task force released a report in December that recommended storefront distribution as an option, but warned against selling in liquor stores.
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In SFU professor Robert Gordon91裸聊视频檚 view, marijuana will likely be sold in separate stores.
91裸聊视频淚 think marijuana stores are the likely route,91裸聊视频� said Gordon. 91裸聊视频淭hey91裸聊视频檙e aware of the need to regulate the access to the stuff on the part of adolescents and having a good taxation payment system in place.91裸聊视频�
Gordon doesn91裸聊视频檛 see an issue in continuing current dispensaries, which currently operate illegally despite cities like Vancouver, Victoria and Port Alberni choosing to licence them.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 perfectly doable and safely so,91裸聊视频� said Gordon. 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e got our neighbours to the south as a model.91裸聊视频�
In the U.S., recreational marijuana is legal in Alaska, Washington State, California, Oregon, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada.
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In 2016, Horgan sent NDP MLAs Mike Farnworth and Carole James south of the border to speak with Washington State and Oregon officials on how different distribution channels were performing.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e talked to pharmacies, I91裸聊视频檝e talked to distributors of other drugs in the community, I91裸聊视频檝e talked to dispensaries and I91裸聊视频檝e also talked to the liquor distribution folks to see what is the best way to proceed,91裸聊视频� Horgan said. 91裸聊视频淚 would suggest it91裸聊视频檚 probably going to be a mix.91裸聊视频�
Although the proposed federal legislation allows for up to four metre-high plants at home, Gordon sees most marijuana production switching to larger-scale production.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檒l see that continue to a certain point or move openly into greenhouses,91裸聊视频� he said, pointing to post-secondary institutions such as Kwantlen Polytechnic University, which already has a course on medicinal growing. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 not going to be fields of waving cannabis.91裸聊视频�
Weaver is concerned that Ottawa91裸聊视频檚 proposed bill will concentrate the profit from legalization with large corporations.
91裸聊视频淲e view the craft cannabis industry in a manner that91裸聊视频檚 identical to the craft beer industry,91裸聊视频� said Weaver.
SFU professor Neil Boyd believes that Clark91裸聊视频檚 approach, rather than selling in liquor stores, will be the one taken regardless of who ends up in power on May 9.
91裸聊视频淚 think the NDP has suggested that the liquor store approach is what they would follow,91裸聊视频� said Boyd. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a bit surprising because in every other jurisdiction we have seen a store distinct from a liquor store.91裸聊视频�
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