Health committee  Yes. An American citizen has the right to return. However, as I said, we share a very long, common border. The enforcement priorities of our federal government change with the winds of our politics. It's hard to know exactly how that will work going forward.

Health committee  I'll disagree on branding. I think that branding does help consumers. I think that, particularly in a new market where you're going to have new consumers, the idea that you can get the same thing you got before, and that you get a repeatable experience, cuts into overuse. It lets

Health committee  I agree with all of that, with the exception of advertising. You can have branded products. They can't appeal to children and all those things. They can't sponsor sporting events. They can't advertise in the newspapers—

Health committee  There was definitely rationing for the first while. We opened, I think, nine months before Washington State, so we were the first in the country. People came from all over. We probably didn't have enough, right away. Price was very high, right away. There was a big differential b

Health committee  I assume it's done the same way. I don't think it's done by officers in the field.

Health committee  We took testimony from public health officials that it was. I can't say that I know that myself.

Health committee  In terms of possession by those under the age of 21 who don't have a doctor's recommendation, we treat that similar to alcohol possession, so it's an infraction. Essentially, it's a low-level criminal offence.

Health committee  As I mentioned in my brief, such a model is impossible in the United States for cannabis today, because it's prohibited at the federal level and you'd be putting the state employees in a position of being required to do something that's forbidden by federal law. When I was on t

Health committee  It's like that joke: they do it in volume.

Health committee  We don't have a pardon process. There was a process by which people could have their previous convictions overturned by a court. I know we're short on time, but briefly, there's a problem with that, because we rely so heavily on plea bargains. Often the prosecutor will come in

Health committee  Yes, I would say the same. I think it would be unexpected to hope that youth usage rates drop significantly as a result of legalization. Regulation will mean greater availability, it will mean that it's taken out of the black market, and the black market is hopefully destroyed,

Health committee  Yes, and I know they did a good study of this in Washington, so that's the picture—

Health committee  I think Colorado has definitely come up with some best practices, and Washington state as well. Resealable packaging, non-transparent packaging, with clear portion sizes and maximum THC per package markings on the individual pieces so they remain identifiable as marijuana even wh

Health committee  Yes. I think that's absolutely right. I want to be clear about what that meant. Of the production, as much must be channelled. The goal is to get as much as possible.

Health committee  I think that's absolutely right. We had controversy about whether we should allow high potency oils, things that are 90 plus percent THC. People sort of recoil from that number. Ultimately, we ended up not banning those products, as some states have. In part, this was because w