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What do grade 12
students at
Nepean HS think
about the
legalization of
cannabis?
B Y r i ii IID Ii r o lz 0 N IN 0 V IF: M IB IF: IR: 7, 2 01 S e (II.... EAVE A COM IM IE IN r )
I113y 1136111a Cirysleir
Oct6ber, 1 irnairlked flielega�lizatlon of c'.arir'4L)is irl (".'ariada, a
C:Arnpa6ign Ilr)1Iedge IcyIll:::)rii ii a IIWinister.A.6thl FIR.idem.j tl'iat was
)1 0 ;.1y, -ie ag(.:�, of'
irft4lHly pir-q1posed un AIjpr-fl1 1.3, 2C T, F d jjeqj:fle over 1.1,
D
1.9 ir-� Oritario are AIIowed -to j,')osseSS LJ�13 to 30 grarns of IIIegA�
carunAL.)is ill IIpLiNic" ar'd gl"OW UIjp tO f0L11" jzIII alata hripil-Mate
residence.
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Fl-ieCi�riIrial,.)is Act airns t(,-)ir,ev.flate a--)Irid i-es-brict the use of
c Iru Irk a Ib i s i in o ird e ir t u II<e e I13 it o u t of t h e h ain d s of yo l,.j 11µi a in d ke e1,.)
t.jiser's OLA of fl iej�..j�-,;tice systern. Ac
cc to fl -ie Governrnerit of
Cariada, rrior-,e thar-i 1-41f of 41HII drug of ferx,-es rqM-Muted Iby 1r-)dl6ce ar-e
mrtnal,)is irdated.
Ir -i 2016, a staggerTrig 23,00C.) car-ir-iabis i -dated dl-iar-g(.:�s er--e Maid.
Dun- ing U -ie year� Illeadir-ig up to it [)ecornirig IllegaIlI,ir-noIIS e flhar-i orie lr-i
seveti Ca�nadiauIS Used WE�ed at'. east orice, am-Irdirig toStatistics
Car-mda, roug[-fly or -i par with tl-ue lIL.Prrfl-.)er- ofCar-iadiar-ls W -Io
sr-rioke clgarettf..rs,,
ExIj,,)errts say thatlegAizlng carir4bis wfllI taI<(,:,,I a lar-ge N.xrderl off
the cour-ts aurid II«qp rnar-)y norm....vidlerit offer-iders out of jad. Otl-ier,
positive irnpacts of: this act iridlude keepirig �,,jser-'s any frorn
buyirig carit,41bis dhat-.,has Ibee�n cor,itarniriated witlh other har-rnfud�
suibstances. IIIc aIlIso repr-es(.:�r--its substant4ll ecorioniic o pl-)o rtui in i ties
for.. Canada. "'Phe minriabis hnduist]-y has Ibeeri vaIlIt.,iied at al"OU11C] $23
bflliori Iby researdh arid ac(-.-.,our-fflng fir'rn,['.)610it-tE:k Cariada.
Car°uada is or --fly the secorid cm.tribr-y ir-i t1he oru ld to legalize
carir-iabis ar-id rnaIri Iha ve c-oricer--r-is about I-iow this cella r-Ige wfllI
affect youtl,-u arid Il-ieir- ccru nrnuur-iity. "The Gover-,r-irneirft of Canada
has corni-nit-ted ar,ou lli IrnflIII iori to Ibe aIj,,)II,)IIied to c,aririas bis
I:xflUlic arx] awareriess activities over-. fl,�)e next five year --s
with a s�j,-)eciAfrac LIS 011 IT),.-.)IdIIg Su., re YOLAIII Lflrider-star'id the heAtl-u
ar--id safety risks or° carir"iabiS Use aurid d'"LIg iulTfl,,mire(] (Jr-ivirig.
Gir,ade 1.2 stude� rits firorTl II IIr)eari III 11 igl,i Sdhodl, W -Io 6111 111 eadh Ibe
turriirig 19 withiri tl,'ie I'IED(t two years, s[iared thdr- flhm.jgl[-its cxin
the IIIega1lizat:ion of ca rir4bis iri C'ar-iada.
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("Mikia Meirlhi: "A Ilot. of peqplle aire goting to Ike using it. [irnore 4:aaf6lyj 9n1han befoire
sfince it's coirning out of a dIlspeinsairy, so Lheire is ss c�haince of it beiiing
�lace' 1:::Ihoto Iby 1[361hla Cirys�leir
Jed II IIuIIInahy: 'I fe6l that Chis MH regUlate the distiribufloin of soirnefl-fing
Chat wm,nW OCIIEirwi�-.;e Ibe givein out Iby cirirniinak aind II think lt'f,> Ibetteir Chat now it
wflhl II. e distributed Ire y 1:11he goverinirneint." 1:::Ihoto Iby 1[361hla Crys�leir
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M61]y Goodirnainm 'A agiree Mflh t1he deciriirninahzadoin of cainins.ibis Ibecause II think
that is rorng that there acre a Ilot of IpeaalpIeWho are b61ngainvested and goiling
to jafll foir sirnoHing weed oir th(,:Ipu,-,sessiloin of it. 'rhey acre IbeiinMng iincairceirated
vvith1:)eqp�le Who aire iin t1heire J.Jafl] foir rnLAC[I worse ciriirnes, Ihbu t II thr ink bhe
legahzadoin of it migVft ju. s Iproirrote the uise of it. to a different extent." IPINnoto Iby
�B e I I a C rys I e ir
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11/13/2018
What do grade 12 students at Nepean HS think about the legalization of cannabis? — Kitchissippi Times
I uca INiir. astiro: '] worry Uhat Ikiids are gohng to Chink that lt's ok to do it just
because it's legA aind start do fing it Imre fl-iiinking that it's fline firer you, Ibut fl-leire
are sol-ne efft,.bcfts on youir IheJ Ch es�j,,)ec4hly at a young age."Flhotoby Be,�Ha
QI
Bella Crysleris a grado.12student a Mopean ligh School.
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