Thank you very much to the witnesses for coming today.
I'd like to pick up on a couple of things you said, but I have a general question first.
As enforcers of the law, and I guess you do your own analysis of what's going on in terms of laws and enforcement, at what point does the RCMP come to the conclusion that prohibition when it comes to marijuana has really failed?
I'm thinking that because we've seen recently that the Canadian chiefs of police.... Previously they advocated for decriminalization. I think that was the association of police, but the police chiefs have advocated more for a ticketing kind of system.
I'm curious as to what the tipping point is in the law as we know it today. It has basically been an abject failure, whether it's economically or from a law enforcement point of view. It has really not acted as a deterrent in terms of drug use. It's much better to focus on education, prevention, treatment, and harm reduction.
I wonder if you could comment on that, that at this point even the police seem to be saying that we're better to look at a ticketing regime.