{"id":5093,"date":"2015-11-29T19:04:42","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T19:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/?p=45430"},"modified":"2015-11-29T19:04:42","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T19:04:42","slug":"canadas-health-minister-studying-marijuana-legalization-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/canadas-health-minister-studying-marijuana-legalization-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Health Minister Studying Marijuana Legalization Models"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/canadas-health-minister-studying-marijuana-legalization-models\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Canada&#8217;s brand new top health official is actively looking into the best way for the country to legalize marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Health Jane Philpott, who\u00a0assumed office\u00a0a little more than three weeks ago,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/world-is-going-to-be-looking-to-canada-on-pot-legalization-jane-philpott-says-1.3340383\">told the CBC<\/a> that government scientists\u00a0are already briefing her on possible legal regulations for cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The world is going to be looking to Canada to make sure we do the job well,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the government doesn&#8217;t yet know all the details of how it wants to regulate marijuana, Philpott didn&#8217;t hesitate to harshly criticize the current prohibition model.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think if any of your viewers, if they ask their teenage children, they can verify for them that [marijuana]is far too accessible. And obviously there&#8217;s issues around safety and concentrations that are available in certain products are very dangerous,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Often the products are not pure, and that&#8217;s something that&#8217;s a serious health concern for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The health minister told CBC that in order to craft the best possible regulations for cannabis, the\u00a0government will convene a task force of experts who can apply prior experience with other legal products like\u00a0tobacco.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, newly sworn-in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau directed Philpott and two other cabinet officials, the minister of\u00a0public safety and emergency preparedness and the minister of\u00a0justice, to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/11\/canada-officially-begins-move-toward-legalizing-marijuana\/\">begin working together<\/a> to craft a plan to legally regulate marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau&#8217;s Liberal Party, which won a strong majority in last month&#8217;s federal elections, included support for legalization in its official platform. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/10\/legal-marijuana-could-be-reality-in-canada-soon\/\">During the campaign<\/a>, Trudeau pledged to begin work on ending prohibition &#8220;right away&#8221; if elected.<\/p>\n<p>The Conservative Party, which ruled Canada for nearly a decade prior to the election, regularly attacked Trudeau&#8217;s legalization plans during the campaign\u00a0but\u00a0declined to respond to a request for comment from\u00a0CBC about the new government&#8217;s moves.<\/p>\n<p>Philpott is confident her department will have the public support it needs to craft and implement an effective marijuana policy. &#8220;Most thoughtful Canadians recognize that the current system isn&#8217;t working and they&#8217;re looking to us to make sure we make a wise decision,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada&#8217;s brand new top health official is actively looking into the best way for the country to legalize marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Health Jane Philpott, who\u00a0assumed office\u00a0a little more than three weeks ago,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/world-is-going-to-be-looking-to-canada-on-pot-legalization-jane-philpott-says-1.3340383\">told the CBC<\/a> that government scientists\u00a0are already briefing her on possible legal regulations for cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The world is going to be looking to Canada to make sure we do the job well,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the government doesn&#8217;t yet know all the details of how it wants to regulate marijuana, Philpott didn&#8217;t hesitate to harshly criticize the current prohibition model.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think if any of your viewers, if they ask their teenage children, they can verify for them that [marijuana]is far too accessible. And obviously there&#8217;s issues around safety and concentrations that are available in certain products are very dangerous,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Often the products are not pure, and that&#8217;s something that&#8217;s a serious health concern for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The health minister told CBC that in order to craft the best possible regulations for cannabis, the\u00a0government will convene a task force of experts who can apply prior experience with other legal products like\u00a0tobacco.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, newly sworn-in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau directed Philpott and two other cabinet officials, the minister of\u00a0public safety and emergency preparedness and the minister of\u00a0justice, to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/11\/canada-officially-begins-move-toward-legalizing-marijuana\/\">begin working together<\/a> to craft a plan to legally regulate marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau&#8217;s Liberal Party, which won a strong majority in last month&#8217;s federal elections, included support for legalization in its official platform. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/10\/legal-marijuana-could-be-reality-in-canada-soon\/\">During the campaign<\/a>, Trudeau pledged to begin work on ending prohibition &#8220;right away&#8221; if elected.<\/p>\n<p>The Conservative Party, which ruled Canada for nearly a decade prior to the election, regularly attacked Trudeau&#8217;s legalization plans during the campaign\u00a0but\u00a0declined to respond to a request for comment from\u00a0CBC about the new government&#8217;s moves.<\/p>\n<p>Philpott is confident her department will have the public support it needs to craft and implement an effective marijuana policy. &#8220;Most thoughtful Canadians recognize that the current system isn&#8217;t working and they&#8217;re looking to us to make sure we make a wise decision,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2433,2417,9,1,3],"tags":[2434,2419],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5093\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}