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I think the health committee study that you've done has really articulated the risks to youth well, particularly the health risks to youth. The issue of normalization of smoking marijuana is one that concerns me greatly. I worry about the discussion around legalization because it insinuates that this is a healthy thing to do and it's an acceptable thing to do if and only you're over the age of 18. That's not a great message for kids. It's not a great message for youth. We know that every year more research comes out about the health impacts of smoking marijuana. So there is a concern there.
On the issue of grow ops and the medical marijuana program, we've brought a lot more discipline and rigour to the program in a number of ways, especially bringing in commercial operators that are approved by the RCMP and have a great deal of security around them, and ending home grow ops, which, as you know, were a real problem in a lot of communities.
We did have to make changes to this program. In fact, I will say it was not a well-run program. I'm glad that we have made changes to it. The average approval for a licence for marijuana for an average patient was between 45 and 90 joints a day, which is completely unacceptable. We need to have medical supervision and physician supervision, which is what we're asking for now.