Why marijuana legalization will likely include bans on home grows
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Somatek
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That's a logical argument but ignores the social context. Alcohol is part of the culture of european settlers that colonised the america's. It's revered & celebrated unlike the "devil's weed" that minorities use in hedonistic sin. That's still the underpinning context the gov operates under. Maybe in a couple decades they'll get it right
GroErr
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Bottom line is that the federal law trumps any provincial attempts to quash the right to grow. Besides the legal fight, that also means that provinces who wish to stop homegrown can put many barriers up as per the regulations. So in the end, those in backward thinking provinces like Quebec and Manitoba will be in for a long drawn out battle with no clear winner for a long time. How bad it becomes in Ontario will depend on what happens in the provincial election imo. It didn't go unnoticed that the subject has barely been breached during the election, control freaks like the Cons and Liberals (particularly under Wynne) are likely to attempt controlling home grows here too. All they have to do is require some permits, fees, inspections, jump through too many hoops to discourage most people, I fully expect this in ON if either (Con/Lib) party wins a majority. A minority for Ontario would be the best outcome, let them fight amongst themselves for a few years while the home grow market gets entrenched, then it'll be too late to turn back the clock.
TheRealDman
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No party should have a majority in a true democracy. I like coalition government, as it truely has to work for the people.
zoic
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But they so clearly do not have anywhere near the manpower they need for realistic enforcement, as they continually seem to whine about. Business as usual eh!
This is the outcome I would like to see as well. No total power for any of them.
GroErr
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True for sure, enforcement is something they'll need their millions for, since the pot tax won't supply that it's kind of a mute point. But they'll make noise, feed the court system, and harass home growers regardless
Don't matta to me, not like I'm going to stop or slow down my own grows because some politician told me to 
Yeah everyone says minorities can't get things done, but it's not true really. It's just that people don't like compromised promises made by loud mouth politicians during the campaigns. Shit gets done, just takes longer with more checks and balances in place with a minority government. There's talk of a PC majority, that would suck big time.
CalyxCrusher
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Bylaw is at a local, not provincial level. It would go to the police seing as how it would be a provincial law banning home grows and not a local by law. Thatd be OPP or local city police here in Ontario. Local city or community police elsewhere, not sure what other provinces have provincial police.
cogitech
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BC has no provincial police, and only very large cities have a municipal police force. The rest is up to the RCMP, which is a federal force. I can't imagine BC ever trying to ban home-grows, but if they did - I can't imagine the RCMP bothering to enforce it once it is federally legal.
Hell, they aren't enforcing fuck all in BC right now, and it isn't even legal yet.