James McIntosh
James McIntosh is professor of economics at Concordia University.
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James McIntosh
Canada’s legalization of marijuana raises a host of policy and health questions
January | February 2019
The federal government’s move to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in October 2018 raises many questions about what this will mean for Canada and Canadians. Canada is only the second country in the world to formally legalize the drug and the first G7 country to do so. The government made the move to deal with a situation…
What Canadians really want from the new marijuana laws
March 2017
The federal government has now produced its policy document on legalizing and regulating marijuana. ((See “A Framework for the Legalization and Regulation of Cannabis in Canada: The Final Report of the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation,” published by Health Canada on November 30, 2016, and available at http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/task-force-marijuana-groupe-etude/framework-cadre/index-eng.php)) Its recommendations cover the production and distribution of both recreational and medical cannabis…
