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BNN BLOOMBERG | Quebec raising legal age for cannabis to 21, the strictest in the country
Published: 6 January 2020
Daniel Weinstock, director of the institute for health and social policy at ۲ݮƵ University, said it's clear where the Quebec government is coming from, citing research that shows a risk factor for developing brains.
“The problem is the amount of cannabis that's already present in the illegal market. We have to think long and hard about our ability to effectively enforce prohibition,” Weinstock said. “And if we can't - and I strongly suspect we won't be able to - ... we risk finding ourselves in the worst of all possible situations.”