Brave New World's prophesy of a world pacified with a drug called SOMA could be coming true.

The Senate committee's report on illegal drugs has recommended that any person over 16 years of age should be able to grow or buy as well as use marijuana (cannabis).

The THC in the marijuana stimulates the brain cells to release a chemical called dopamine.

Until now, the courts have ruled in the numerous charter trials that making it legal would "not protect Canadians from harm". One judge has stated that cannabis could start "the spread of multi-drug use by stimulating a desire for drug experience."

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