Pubdate: Fri, 23 Dec 2016
Source: Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB)
Copyright: 2016 Winnipeg Free Press
Contact: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/send_a_letter
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/502
Author: Pamela McColl
Page: A6

DON'T SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM

Re: How Canada's legalization of marijuana could change its relations 
with the U.S. (Dec. 20)

Donald Trump is the least of Prime Minister Trudeau's worries.

Three international UN drug conventions represent the legal basis of
global drug prohibition, restricting nation-states from taking
alternative approaches, including moving to the legalization of
marijuana products for a domestic market.

The prime minister cannot pick and choose what international laws he
wishes to uphold.

Not only will the new Trump administration in the United States
question Trudeau's enthusiasm for risky public-health policy, but
Canada will find itself offside of 190 countries that have supported
evidence-based drug policy for decades. Canada has the highest rate of
use by youth in the industrialized world and is the last country that
should be experimenting with dangerous drug policies.

Pamela McColl

Vancouver
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