Health committee  We're aware of and in fact Vancouver police took part in a trial of screening devices at roadside. We're not sure exactly how that's going to work. In application, one of the devices requires the tongue to be scraped, so do we have a compliant individual at the roadside...? Aga

Health committee  Our concern would basically be the application at the street level. As you mentioned, determining if someone is impaired by marijuana while driving, for example, requires a drug recognition expert. For just one of those individuals, there's an intensive training course, and they

Health committee  I don't have those statistics at hand. As far as the possession aspect goes, typically by policy we don't charge for simple possession, but as far as use is related to impaired driving, I really don't have stats at hand.

Health committee  Certainly, we can do that.

Health committee  I am estimating around 100, or perhaps 120 or 130, that may be in the city's licensing process. A much smaller number have actually been granted licences to operate. A question would be what source their inventory is coming from. Is it from licensed producers, or is it from perha

Health committee  We are concerned about the number of calls for service, especially with regard to home production and other nuisance-type calls. We're anticipating what might happen. We can only base our predictions on what we think organized crime might do, what citizens might decide to do now

Health committee  It would be proportional. If we receive information that a dispensary is selling to youth, or if there's a direct organized crime linkage, we would definitely intervene. The regulation of the dispensaries here in Vancouver is through a City of Vancouver bylaw. Obviously, the nu

Health committee  We have you by audio but we've lost the visual.

Health committee  Not really.

Health committee  Our understanding is that it is for youth aged 12 to 17. That's our understanding of the current situation.

Health committee  That is correct.

Health committee  Good afternoon. I am Inspector Martin Bruce of the Vancouver Police organized crime section. With me is Staff Sergeant Bill Speam. Bill is the subject matter expert in investigations related to organized crime. On behalf of Chief Adam Palmer, I would like to thank the honourable