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One year after the legalization of recreational use of cannabis in Canada, the black market for the drug — as well as its use behind the wheel — continues to keep Quebec police forces busy.
In 2018, police collected 795 blood samples from motorists suspected of driving while under the influence, and sent them to Quebec’s medical legal centre for processing. That’s 254 more than in the previous year. The presence of cannabis was detected in 46 per cent of those cases.
More than 670 officers trained in drug use evaluation have been deployed across the province. (WHAT MORE Law Enforcement? Legalization was supposed to “slash the cost of law enforcement and add to the bottom line of the budget!”)
IMeanwhile, raids on illegal outdoor cannabis fields were carried out in August and September, and saw 37,000 plants seized.
Over the past year, the SQ seized 71,500 cannabis plants, 161 kilograms of cannabis, 15.8 kilograms of cannabis oil and resin, 23,460 units of edible cannabis and $180,000 in cash.
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Fascinating, yet predictable. Legalize a drug and you supposed ‘radically reduce’ crime, right? No, all you do eradicate the crime of ‘possession’, but simultaneously opening the door to the escalation of other crimes due to (now ‘legal’) DRUG USE! More harms – No cost savings – Diminishing Community Safety! #preventdontpromote
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Contribution of Marijuana Legalization to the U.S. Opioid Mortality Epidemic: Individual and Combined Experience of 27 States and District of Columbia
Conclusions The marijuana protection hypothesis is not supported by recent U.S. data on opioid mortality trends. Instead, legalizing marijuana appears to have contributed to the nation’s opioid mortality epidemic.
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Savas Avan, 50, posted the 52 packages in January this year to foreign diplomatic offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra, while suffering a 'brief episode' of a cannabis-induced psychosis.