Health committee  I have all the time in the world. I'm unemployed.

Health committee  I think Canadians should have the free choice to consume cannabis however they would like. I know that the Supreme Court of Canada sided with edible producers who literally made cookies and sold them in a dispensary—that's R. v Smith—determining that cannabis patients do need acc

Health committee  I would like to address this. With teenage use, the Journal of Adolescent Health in 2017 reported that teens do not experience an increase in psychotic symptoms with cannabis alone. It happens that when they use tobacco or alcohol along with cannabis, that can aggravate the sym

Health committee  I know one concern is grow ops in houses.

Health committee  Oh, I'm so sorry.

Health committee  Recognition....

Health committee  I'd like to add that one of the major issues of Bill C-45 is that the federal government controls the production. You've all heard of B.C. Bud. Cannabis has been growing all across this country for a very long time, and the provinces deserve and should have the power and the ab

Health committee  Also, I'd like to add that if you do allow the provinces the control over setting up pot monopolies, as you could call them, instead of allowing Canadian citizens, innovators, entrepreneurs, small business owners to create jobs, create tax revenue, and give back to the community,

Health committee  I'm choosing to follow the law as much as I can, because I only engaged in opening dispensaries in April last year and that's what I'm currently charged with. I potentially face life in prison as I sit here before you, which would certainly cost the taxpayers a lot more. I want

Health committee  There are three reasons Canadians came around to support legalization. Number one is that we shouldn't criminalize our fellow Canadians who are otherwise law-abiding. They should not be banned from travelling to the United States, lose their job for failing a drug test, or have t

Health committee  When you're finished, I would like to add some information about impaired driving.

Health committee  I understand that driving and cannabis is a major issue and a concern. I'm not advocating impaired driving. However, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States released a report in 2015 called “Drug and Alcohol Crash Risk: A Case-Control Study”, and d

Health committee  Absolutely. Thank you so much for your time.

Health committee  Mr. Chair, I'd like to thank you for inviting me to speak here. I represent, I believe, the victims of prohibition while I'm here. We've heard from a lot of experts, bureaucrats, and a lot of people who have a lot to say, and it's fantastic that we're having this discussion. The