NEW LEGISLATION ON GROWING OF MARIJUANA IS BEING CHALLENGED IN COURTS
ALLOWING CURRENT LICENSEES TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE LOCAL GROW-OPS
The Greater Sudbury Police
Services, as is the case with many other police forces in other cities
across Canada, are seeking more input into the implementation of the
Controlled Drug and Substances Act which will issue licenses to people
for the growing of marijuana for commercial shipping to licensed users.
Their concerns are not with the use of the drug for medical purposes,
but rather with other violations that may occur as a result of the drug
being improperly used by people who are not licensed users. This is
going to create a great deal of extra work for police and should be
taken into consideration by the governing bodies when establishing
future police services budgets.
There are many lawsuits under way
challenging the legislation which was to have come into force on April
1, so those people who have current licenses to possess and grow
marijuana may continue to do so until a decision on those cases is made
in court.
The following link is a full
article that was published in the Sudbury Star on this issue.
http://www.thesudburystar.com/2014/05/15/sudbury-police-want-say-in-marijuana-licensing
