Mr. Speaker, our commitment to legalize, control, and regulate marijuana is based on two principles.
First, it is too easy for young people to get access to marijuana under the current regime, and we must protect them.
Second, street gangs, organized crime, and gun runners are making billions of dollars every year from the illegal sale of marijuana.
That is why we committed to controlling, regulating, and legalizing marijuana. Obviously, when we legalize something we also decriminalize it, but legalization and control are what is important.