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Re:Canada legalises recreational cannabis use by agumonkey on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @05:52AM (#17353868)
I wonder how police forces will react.. imagine spending a lot of time checking people and probably dealing with tensions and now no more controls, all is fine (sic)
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Re:Canada legalises recreational cannabis use by cal5k on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @06:24AM (#17354005)
Possession has been sort of de-facto decriminalized in Canada for many years - police just don't enforce the law.
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Re:Canada legalises recreational cannabis use by atheriel on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @10:56AM (#17355982)
This is only true in major metro areas -- that is, Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto. Most smaller cites/towns or rural regions are far less tolerant.

(In fact, differential enforcement by regional police departments was one of the more compelling arguments in favour of decriminalization.)

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