the driving thing should be obvious, but it does require some education. there's a common, but flawed, perspective that driving stoned is less dangerous than driving drunk. you will hear that explicitly from marijuana users.
and, there is a slight caveat. alcohol tolerance is a thing that exists, but it's not at the same level as marijuana tolerance. the more often you smoke, the less it affects you. this creates a misperception about it. it may actually be true that a heavy marijuana user could, in theory, operate a vehicle at a fairly high level of thc in the blood - although the law should ignore this truth, in setting down objective levels. that's far less true of alcohol. but, the key is that the abstract truth does not apply to casual users. so, you get this level of ignorance around the safety of driving coming from heavy users that don't realize that it doesn't apply to casual users, and casual users foolishly behaving like heavy users.
on the one hand, this is something that a public education campaign can do a lot to resolve. on the other hand, there are idiots on this planet and there's not much you can do to stop them. if they're not driving around baked, they're taking their snowmobiles on the river in spring or...you get the point. you can't legislate against stupidity. you can try and beat it out of people with psas. but, it's going to happen.
regarding the black market: it is essential that people make the choice to do this legally. pushing public input is important, and i think this incarnation of the liberal party gets that. being competitive with the black market is important - but will be hard. but, the absolute key thing is that we have to collectively decide to buy it at the store. it's really up to us. personally, i'm in.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/trudeau-marijuana-colorado-1.3287747
Alan Cane
Why do I get the impression that most pot supporters here are from BC?
Bogmer
Pot is Canada's second largest industry.
jessica murray
it's actually even thought to be the single largest industry, by gdp, in british columbia