Then we're done. Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Dr. Kahan. I want to thank you so much for helping to dispel this myth that the regulatory system of alcohol is a wonderful success and that if we just decriminalize marijuana, tax it, and regulate it, everything will be fine. I looked at a recent CAMH study that says 54.9% of students in Ontario between grades 7 and 12 drink alcohol illegally on occasion, so we know that regulation is a failure.
When I served on the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, I did 300 hearings for liquor licences. At that time in Ontario, back in 2003, $500-million worth of illegal alcohol was sold in Ontario in booze cans and after-hours clubs, so the idea that if we decriminalize or legalize marijuana, that's going to solve the problem and everybody's going to stop buying illegal marijuana is preposterous. I want to thank you very much for putting that on the record.