The Canadian government may soon decide it wants to legalize and regulate the distribution of marijuana, becoming the country's exclusive dealer.

That's right. In the wake of the recently released Statistics Canada Health Survey pegging the number of Canadian pot smokers at an all time high of 12.2 per cent, and public support for legalization high, strolling down to your government sanctioned outlet to purchase taxed marijuana seems plausible.

But why would Canada desire to legalize pot after labeling the weed illegal and dangerous since the 1923 Opium and Drug Act?

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