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Justin Trudeau Has Ordered Canada’s Justice Minister to Start the Weed Legalization Process

Justin Trudeau Has Ordered Canada’s Justice Minister to Start the Weed Legalization Process ByManisha Krishnan Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has given his first official order starting the process towards legalizing weed. In a public mandate letter issued to Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould Friday, Trudeau listed the government’s top priorities, including working with the Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and Health ministers to “create a federal-provincial-territorial process that will lead to the legalization and regulation of marijuana.” The letter also calls for a review of sentencing reforms with the goal of reducing incarceration rates amongst Indigenous Canadians. Under Stephen Harper, the… View Article