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Subject: Canadian police ready to deal with legal marijuana, chiefs say
Enforcing new cannabis laws around will be a 'work in progress'
Karin Larsen
CBC News
Posted: Oct 15, 2018
The president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police is assuring the public that police departments across the country are prepared for Wednesday, when recreational marijuana becomes legal.
"'I'm here to tell Canadians that police are ready," said Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer at a news conference.
Palmer said enforcing new laws around legal weed will be "a work in progress." However, he reminded people that police have been dealing with drug-impaired driving for decades.
Currently 13,000 Canadian police officers have training in standard field sobriety testing. That number is expected to rise to 20,000 in the next few years.
Palmer also confirmed that 833 Canadian police officers have received further specialized training as drug-recognition experts and said there is a goal of training 500 more.
The CAPC recommended earlier that that 2,000 officers receive drug recognition training to meet the federal government's promise of cracking down on drug-impaired driving.
The new laws allow adults 18 and over to possess up to 30 grams of legal marijuana and to grow up to four plants for personal use.
Growers and suppliers are required to be federally licensed. Retailers will have to abide by provincial and municipal laws, which could vary widely across the country.
Palmer said organized crime has historically been heavily involved in the illegal marijuana trade but that legalization will help push the gangsters out over time.
"With millions of Canadians using illicit [marijuana] supply for decades and decades, it's going to be an iterative change," he said.
Palmer doubts there will be raids on stores currently selling illegal cannabis come Wednesday, pointing out that despite the attention around legalization, cannabis is not a top concern for police when it comes to public safety.
"The marijuana trade is important but it's not the most important drug issue going on in Canada today," said Palmer. "Fentanyl kills 11 Canadians a day. Marijuana does not."
Ref: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/police-marijuana-legalize-1.4863382?cmp=news-digests-cbc-news-politics
Translation: We don�t know how this is going to affect society, so we are going to wing it until legalization shakes out and our governments get on the same page.
That may take a while. The major thrust of provincial legislation is to control people rather than control cannabis. Governments cannot resist the temptation to tell us how to live our lives.
Government requirements that consumers produce identification to purchase cannabis took me back a few decades when you had to produce ID and fill out a form to buy liquor. They are infringing on our rights, freedoms and privacy. Governments have no reasonable need or right to know it I purchase liquor, tobacco or cannabis. It is none of their business.
Our courts will clog up with cases of people accused of impaired driving fighting the charge on the basis that impairment was not proven beyond reasonable doubt, just as they fought drunk driving before breathalysers. Police have no cannabis equivalent, and no data to show that a blood sample showing xx ppm THC indicates impairment. We are creating a legal nightmare.
Criminals are buying homes in upscale areas which requires a substantial down payment, install equipment and hire people to look after plants. If they are eventually raided, they walk away from tens of thousands in investments and growing plants and start up again elsewhere. The loss cuts into their profits but not enough to discourage a restart.
Cannabis supply chains at neighbourhood level are already in place. Who needs a government store when you have a trusted supplier you have dealt with before? Buying from him or her is illegal, but it always has been. Nothing has changed.
Police could not shut down illegal cannabis trafficking prior to legalization. Legalization will not make their efforts more effective. Street sales may reduce in price, but only if government prices are low enough to warrant the hassle involved. Who need to drive to a government store when your local dealer will deliver to your front (or back) door?
This just in: WINNIPEG � Manitoba�s Progressive Conservative government is looking at expanding its ban on smoking cannabis in public places to also include consumption of edible products.
Can�t you picture someone with a drug sniffing dog in the food court of a local mall seeking out the culprit who brought a cannabis-laced cookie in his or her pocket? These people want to be taken seriously as our elected representatives while behaving like clowns. We have more urgent issue to deal with.
John Feldsted
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Subject: Highway crashes up in states that legalized marijuana, study says
By Nicholas Sakelaris
Oct. 18 (UPI)
Highway crashes are increasing in four states that legalized recreational marijuana, a new study shows.
Crashes are up 6 percent in Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Nevada, a joint study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data Institute shows. That's compared to the control states of Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming where recreational marijuana isn't legal.
The combined-state analysis is based on collision loss data from January 2012 to October 2017. Factors such as the rated driver population, insured vehicle fleet, urban versus rural differences, unemployment, weather and seasonality were all taken into account.
But there's no direct correlation because THC, the major active component in marijuana, remains in the system long after use. That makes it more difficult to determine if the driver was under the influence while driving, said Highway Loss Data Institute President David Harkey.
"It's certainly early in the game," Harkey told NBC News. "We're seeing a trend in the wrong direction."
Driving under the influence of drugs is illegal in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Oftentimes, drivers who are tested for alcohol have other drugs in their system, not just marijuana, making it harder to isolate.
"Despite the difficulty of isolating the specific effects of marijuana impairment on crash risk, the evidence is growing that legalizing its use increases crashes," Harkey said.
The data show legalizing recreational marijuana use has a negative effect on road safety, Harkey said.
"States exploring legalizing marijuana should consider this effect on highway safety," he said.
Nine states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for recreational use. And 30 states have legalized marijuana for medical purposes, with Oklahoma being the latest to join.
Legalization for recreational use is pending in New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Michigan and North Dakota will have referendums in November. Missouri and Utah could expand medical marijuana, also in November.
Rather than do it on a localized basis, Canada legalized recreational marijuana nationwide Tuesday, becoming the second country in the world to do so. It's still up to individual provinces to decide age limits and how much people can buy and where.
Ref: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/10/18/Highway-crashes-up-in-states-that-legalized-marijuana-study-says/5511539865630/
Alcohol or drug impairment has the same result. Marijuana is not the only drug to induce impairment, but legalization cannot improve crash/fatality statistics. Restricting where people can smoke, toke or otherwise use marijuana does not stop them from driving while still high.
It is worrisome that the study points out that it is difficult to determine if marijuana users were impaired at the time of a crash. We don�t know if a live person is high on marijuana either. We have opened a Pandora�s box. It is not likely that highway crashes and fatalities will decrease due to legalization of cannabis. At best we can pray we are not victims.
It is difficult to understand the federal government rush to pardon people who were convicted of marijuana possession while it was still illegal. It undermines our justice system. Do we enforce laws or not? The further we get into cannabis legalization, the further we move into some alternate reality.
John Feldsted
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