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I fail to see the reason for the delay... Just stop enforcing, period. There is no reason to continue enforcing something that you KNOW is going to be legal soon. Its just letting the last of of the money feed into the judicial system...

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They pretty much did over a decade ago. My own brother was caught[0] by the police with a handful of joints- they ripped them up and threw the remains in a ditch. They don't care, unless you're running a very public chain of retail shops that sell weed to anyone.

[0]Due to idiot friend, the officer had grounds to search the vehicle. I do not like my brother's idiot friend.

Like almost everything about Canada, this is very much a regional thing. Cities and provinces have a lot of leeway to deprioritize things like marijuana prohibition. Just because you won't get busted for simple possession in Vancouver or Toronto, doesn't mean you won't get busted in Regina or Winnipeg. There have been over 22k arrests for simple possession since Trudeau assumed office with the promise of legalization. [1] And the government has said it will not issue pardons for anyone convicted from these arrests.

[1] http://vancouversun.com/news/community-blogs/22400-pot-posse...

But still the police care enough to arrest someone who imports, views or even privately enjoys drawn pornography that appears to show fictional characters who may be under the age of 18.

I imagine they will more or less stop enforcing, but they probably need time to set up the legal regime for regulating sales. I assume.

*edit: I'd love for someone better informed to correct me, or fill in the gaps in my assumption.

I believe they have all but stopped enforcing people smoking it. They are still arresting those involved in major selling of marijuana, likely because it still funds organized crime.

And the fastest way to shut that down is to legalize the sale of it as quickly as possible... dealers wont take tthe risk on teh street when dispensaries are all around...

I think it might be slightly different, buyers won't take the risk when they can get it legally.

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