SOCB50H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Public Health, Public Good, Shoppers Drug Mart
Document Summary
Breaking the law of caught charged with possession :. No longer dark alley, made themselves a health clinic. Safety concerns and health concerns reduced: tps marijuana dispensary raids, owners allegedly forewarned, possession and trafficking, what the tps raiding these places when they knew it will be legislated anyway. Uber taxi issue (not policed by tps) instead law need to catch up to accommodated uber, no law existed to accommodate it but in near future for dispensaries goes beyond legality. One last front assume its bad :. Its fear hmm maybe it is bad. Should be stopped: maybe we should regulate and control amount of dispensaries. Canadian gov aims to have new legislation by 2017: task force of 9 officers. Aims: *know for exam: legalize, restrict access, get out of hands of youth, eliminate crime group profits. Economic impact: revenue reducing spending on drug crimes, substantial tax revenue = taxed good, employment , reduced gov spending on litigating drug crimes.
