Maconha No Canadá: Legal Em 5 Anos Desconsequente De Quem Estar Em Poder.

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Weed legal in 5 years: Kash Heed's take on marijuana

Former B.C. Solicitor General and police chief now works as a consultant for growers

CBC News Posted: May 17, 2014 5:49 PM PT Last Updated: May 17, 2014 7:21 PM PT

New federal rules banning home-grown medical marijuana are creating what some call a "green rush" for grow-startups looking to fill prescriptions in Canada. Some of those businesses are looking to consultants, such as former B.C. Solicitor Kash Heed, to help navigate the rules and regulations. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)

A former B.C. solicitor general predicts Canada will legalize marijuana in the next five years — no matter who is in charge in Ottawa.

Kash Heed, a retired politician and a former chief of the West Vancouver Police Department, is now working as a consultant for medical marijuana companies.

Heed argues it's only a matter of time before marijuana becomes legal for recreational use among adults in this country.

"Within five years," he told CBC Radio's Stephen Quinn on On The Coast. "And that is a positive thing, because we can now take [those] taxation dollars and put it back into programs such as prevention, education and health care that is so sadly needed here in Canada."

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Heed says he is using his 30 years of experience in government and law enforcement to consult with medical marijuana growers on matters of policy and security.

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He says a "green rush" has been underway in Colorado and Washington ever since recreational use of marijuana was legalized in those states. That green rush will affect the market here, whether pot is legal or not, he says.

Heed says if the Canadian government regulates the sale of marijuana it could spawn a different kind of "green" economy. (CBC)

Heed believes putting the drug under the control of government will destroy the profit margins that attract criminal elements.

"Sixty per cent of all illicit profits goes to organized crime. We are not even getting the benefit of taxation out of this particular industry here in Canada."

He says following a model similar to what has been done in Uruguay, charging $1 per gram of marijuana, could make profits from the illegal trade so low that it would drive out organized crime elements.

The federal Liberals have come out in favour of decriminalizing marijuana, but the Conservative government says it has no interestin seeing pot legalized.

[TUTA]

Admiro mto o canadá pelo jeito que a sociedade encara o uso.. passei um tempo estudando em vancouver e parecia que estava vivendo em um mundo utópico. onde fumar seu baseadinho não era motivo de espanto pra ning e vc tem liberdade para fazer suas escolhas.

por ser um pais em desenvolvimento, talvez o uruguai encontre alguns problemas na implementação dessa política, mas tenho ctz que o canadá tiraria de letra!

Este sim, seria um país que seria exemplo no mundo..