Cannabis has been legal in Canada for everyone over 18 (or 19, depending on the province) since October 17, 2018, and yet six months later there has still been
no noticeable increase in stoned driving and related crashes overall according to police. While it may still be too soon to tell, that is still
very encouraging news that takes much of the wind out the sails of both prohibitionists and ageists alike.
This adds to the
growing body of evidence that legalization of cannabis was NOT a disaster after all, and that there is no good reason to set the age limit any higher than 18. Food for thought indeed.
There's an article in the New York Times titled "Marijuana Damages Young Brains", calling for the minimum smoking age to be raised to 25. The article's idea is ludicrous and oppressive. Those type of people should not be voted into office. I would certainly vote against them. Neuroscience shouldn't determine people's rights. In an obvious rebuke of the article, moderation and education of the effects of Cannabis are the answers in regulating Cannabis.
ReplyDeleteLudicrous and oppressive indeed. While cannabis is arguably more hazardous before 18 and especially before 15, there is ZERO hard scientific evidence that cannabis is any more hazardous at 18 than it is at 21, 25, or even 30 for that matter.
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