Mr. Speaker, we are concerned about the mixed message coming out of Health Canada. For example, in the statement today by the member for Vancouver North he said that there were advertisements in Vancouver for marijuana grow-ops, and I have seen ads in my own riding. People can grow their own medical marijuana and supply it. One of the people advertising this is a convicted felon. He has been convicted of growing and distributing marijuana and carrying firearms.
The message out there is that somehow marijuana has already been approved for use and that smoking marijuana is okay. What kind of message is this for young people? If marijuana is going to serve as a medical instrument, surely we would want to measure it, quantify it and prescribe it in appropriate doses rather than allow people to grow their own.
I submit that Health Canada is sending a mixed message to our young people who are very vulnerable. This is not only causing confusion but it is opening the door to the whole criminal element.