Justin Trudeau may have made the best case for legal pot ever
Latest federal data shows no significant change in marijuana use among teens in Colorado and Washington in the year after marijuana became legal
The Washington Post (US)
Friday, June 10, 2016
Friday, June 10, 2016
Trudeau's argument for legalization is concerned less with creating benefits, and more with reducing harms. He starts from the same place that many legalization opponents start from — concern for the safety of children. He points to an easy-to-overlook fact: It's already incredibly easy for teenagers to get high if they want to. In 2015, for instance, nearly 80 percent of U.S. 12th-graders said it would be easy for them to obtain marijuana. It's clear, in other words, that current policies centered on making the drug completely illegal are doing little to keep it out of the hands of kids who want to use it.
tags:
