Health committee  Yes, we do think that. Education around alcohol, for example, has been very effective, as has education on reducing the rates of tobacco use among youth. Those are the direct results of education campaigns aimed at youth groups, so I see no reason to think that the same paradigm

Health committee  Yes, absolutely.

Health committee  As we've all perhaps heard said before, drug dealers don't ask for ID. Under the present system, which is no regulation and no control, all the decisions are being made by the criminal organizations. They decide the purity, they decide the price, and they'll sell to absolutely an

Health committee  I agree with Judith that there has been a real dearth of good information available, especially to young people. If they feel they're being lied to, the tendency is to turn off and not listen. Now that we'll actually be able to have credible studies done in a legal environment, w

Health committee  Yes, I agree with Mr. Culbert. I also feel that eight decades of prohibition have really skewed our information. There has not been much real science done around cannabis, and now that we're moving towards a regulated framework we'll actually be able to use science as a guide. A

Health committee  I'll stop there, then.

Health committee  Hello. My name is Paul Renaud. I'm very thankful for the opportunity to be here today. While my wife Judith was principal of the band school in Bella Coola, B.C., I was hired by the Nuxalk Nation as their EDO or economic development officer. As EDO I had the chance to meet many