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Re:Canada to introduce legislation to legalize recreational ... by a3n on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @09:53PM (#11539112)
If we have to keep putting civilians in jail so that criminals don't benefit for a brief time, I think that thought should be rethunk.
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Re:Canada to introduce legislation to legalize recreational ... by kobayashi on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @10:19PM (#11539199)
Well, as I mention in another comment [0], I'm uncertain as to whether the prospective bill will actually pass, and thus the "interim" situation could become the ongoing status quo. Additionally, such a situation would also include all the geopolitical risks I mention in that other comment, too, and could thus put the Canadian economy in peril.

I'm a supporter of legalization, but I think half-measures can lead to avoidable, unforeseen negative consequences.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11538708

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