Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Canada off the subject but I have to ask......

What are the laws concerning marijauna use and possesion in Canada?

It's illegal,you can be charged with possesion of a controled substance up to a certain amount( a couple grams) beyond that amount you will be charged with possesion with intent to traffic a more serious offence.But I don't think the penalties are stiff enough!!!

I just remember hearing about a big push to legalize it up there a few years ago.

Oh ya the cronic users and abusers are always trying to get it de-criminalized, the scumbags who proffit from the drug trade don't want it legalized they would loose to much money so they push for de-criminalization.

Mr. Rog;
Welcome to the Campfire from the Okanagan.

Thanks for answering the question, as I had no clue really about pot except that it is a real problem in these parts. All drugs are of course a concern, but the culture of trafficking and all the side effects is not positive to any community.

I don�t really know what the answer is, but I do know this isn�t working real well.

Anyway again, welcome from south central BC.

Regards,
Dwayne

It's legal to have up to a certain amount (I think 2 oz, but I may be off) here in Alberta. This law was put into place around 6 years ago IIRC.

All cannabis is illegal in Canada. Possession of less than 30 grams (1 ounce) is a summary conviction offence, and as such fingerprints are not taken. Over 30 grams, fingerprints can be taken. Possession for the purposes of trafficking requires more evidence than just amount unless the amount is so big it couldn't be personal use.

I did a fair amount of drug enforcement during my 30 year career.

It's techically illegal to posess it. Just like it's technically illegal to spit on most streets.

The cops have realized wasting time busting people for posession is a waste of time and effort. Judges have realized that the harm done by the substance is much smaller than the harm done by a sentence.

Prohibition has never worked - any time - any place - for anyone - for any substance.

It's time to end the farce.

Criminalizing marijuana just makes it profitable for criminals to become involved in the trade. Individuals growing a small amount should be legal.

You BC boys are really pushing for legalization, eh? Anything to do with being from a "green" province?

Pick the 'shrooms instead. As long as you don't sell them, they're legal.

That's funny.



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Jordan;
Hello there, I hope this finds you and yours well on this hot long weekend.

I'm not sure what the answer is Jordan, but as I said in my previous post, the side effects of having an illegal black market activity thriving in some of our communities likely brings the issue much closer to home for us in BC.

I could fill volumes with my own grow op stories Jordan and in the main they are tales of woe.

Its a real pain hunting or chasing cows in the hills and bumping into the mess they leave behind. Of course they don't close gates or give a rotund rodent's rectum what kind of snares they leave for the livestock - horses or cattle, either.

Some days it seems to me the only thing we're accomplishing with the current legislation is making a super rich class of criminals, you know?

Anyway, I believe its just because we BC folk bump into it all too frequently Jordan, not the burning desire to legally fire up a rocket on the way to work!

Have a good long weekend.
Dwayne

Hi Dwayne,
I was just yanking yer guys' chain since the two posters before me advocated legalization and happened to both be from BC!

You're not going to stop these guys from doing pot, why not legalize it and bring the market value down 1000%

Jordan;
I did take your response that way, but sometimes I answer in �long hand� anyway. Sorry about that, eh?

I am getting closer all the time to thinking that legalization is a viable option and I�ll tell you honestly that 10 years ago I wouldn�t have envisioned even considering it. Some of my LEO friends privately agree as well.

Are you folks hot there too? We hit 38 or 39 yesterday in the shade when I got back from work at 4:00pm. We�re at 35 already today � no flaming hot icon!

Well again I hope you and yours have a good long weekend.

Say, you must feel deserted there across the hill, no? Most of Alberta appears to be here in Vernon, Kelowna or Penticton � and we�re darn happy to have them finally arrive!

Have a good one,
Dwayne

Dwayne,
Yeah it's hot here, but not nearly as hot as it is there! I think it's been about 29-30 here the last few days, and today it's supposed to get up to a high of 32 degrees. You guys must be dying out there!

Pretty much the entire city of Calgary is gone to BC for the weekend, which means less traffic and more reloading components available in the stores for me

I hope you enjoy your long-weekend as well.

Take care,
Jordan

The amounts of money that the drug trade generates is a problem.From the payoffs to the reluctance to clamp down hard.Whole area economies would go down.I know of one interior town with a small sawmill and lots of new pickups.

I'm not a pot smoker, can't stand the stuff, but it's really not the evil stuff that ruins lives that we are led to believe by some people.

I think it should be legalized and regulated like alcohol and tobacco. It's really not any more "dangerous" than beer or whiskey.

Get the criminal element out of it, grow it and sell it to authorized distributors, etc.

Edgewood...........???

Actually seen an older style station wagon with Alberta plates and full of hippy looking dudes last week-end. Written in the dirt on the back window was, "Edgewood or Bust".

Pretty sure they weren't in town for the sites.........

I could care less about the pot and the smokers.It's these meth house's that scare me.