Health committee  People become non-functional when the levels of THC are so elevated. I like the way you put it: legalize, regulate, and discourage, but if we're going to legalize, that means you have to regulate, but who are we discouraging? Is it youth? Also, we are educating adults about the

Health committee  Of course. You can't scare people. It's like telling an alcoholic, “You're going to die of cirrhosis”. He's not going to die of cirrhosis. The guy is going to have an automobile accident, he's going to make a thousand people miserable, and he'll never have a happy life. That's th

Health committee  I'm sorry, Health Canada says what?

Health committee  No. I think there was an old study that showed that there was a fall in sperm count and impotence, but I don't believe those things are true.

Health committee  There are going to be the same rules. Kids shouldn't be using it. If they smoke enough of it, they're going to accumulate it in their brain and suffer similar effects. I don't think, if I had a young child at home, I'd enjoy having him walking around smoking hemp.

Health committee  This is dried cannabis, right?

Health committee  As I said before, I rub shoulders with addicts all day long, every day. If they want something, they're going to get it. You can limit the amount, but how do you apply that sort of thing? It really is education and making people understand. There is a whole notion that cannabis

Health committee  I just see the bill as an opportunity to finally get out the information about cannabis and to dispel the myths that exist that it's a harmless substance, especially at the moment when we have already legalized medical use and people automatically draw the conclusion that all can

Health committee  Absolutely.

Health committee  It needs to be ramped up, but, you see, unfortunately, these one-month treatment centres don't really accomplish a goal. The cognitive impairment is such that during that first month, the poor person doesn't learn anything. That's why there's such a high relapse rate immediately

Health committee  It has to be three months or six months. If the person is “fortunate enough” to be on welfare, he'll get into one of the multitude of treatment centres that will take his welfare card in Quebec. If it's somebody who's not on welfare, he's going to have to sublet his apartment an

Health committee  The basis is 30-plus years of observing. The basis is also the coming to the fore of studies such as the United Kingdom study I just quoted—published only this year, having terminated in 2016, in which they followed kids from age 15 to 18 and saw a definite correlation in abuse o

Health committee  The coexistence of a psychiatric disorder, most predominantly ADHD, is where the nuance is. When the ADHD goes unnoticed, then the kid self-medicates.

Health committee  When you look at adult addicts, there is easily 50% coexistence of addiction and ADHD.

Health committee  Whether it's a gateway drug or not, it is deleterious to the cognitive development of the brain.