Illegal Marijuana Dealers Still a Danger to Public Despite Cannabis Legalization, Parliament Told

Illegal marijuana dealers continue to be a danger to the public despite the sale of recreational cannabis being legalized in 2018, a Department of Health panel told parliament this week. Criminal activity involving the illicit sales of marijuana remains a major problem, the expert panel said in its legislative review of the 2018 Cannabis Act, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter. The panel’s report found that criminal activity surrounding the sale of the drug remains an issue, despite the 95 percent decrease in the number of marijuana possession charges between 2017 and 2022. The report, which is part of a $1 million statutory review of the 2018 law, was authored by a panel consisting of University of Toronto Professor Peter Selby, criminal lawyer Lynda Levesque, University of Montréal Professor Patricia Conrod, Queen’s University Associate Professor Oyedieji Ayonrinde, and former Trudeau Foundation CEO Morris Rosenberg....