I'm in favour of legalization but decriminalization would be a nice compromise for the time being. At least it would keep perfectly functional people from jail. That includes the dealers because a lot of the time they're just someone buying in bulk and splitting with their friends. Harper's new mandatory minimums are a joke.
I don't care for pre-employment drug testing for marijuana. Thankfully it's illegal in Canada except for safety sensitive positions but even then I question how effective it is. Most people can stop smoking for a month or two just to get a job and then start right back up. All these tests really do is inconvenience those of us that prefer a J instead of a beer. I suppose on the other hand it's a pretty easy way to filter out people with poor self-control that can't stop smoking for a month. Maybe those people are the ones that are more likely to smoke on the job.
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