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A number of parliamentarians in the debate on the Cannabis Bill - Bill C-45 - in the Parliament of Canada have quoted the Canadian Medical Association Journal which published an article entitled “Cannabis legislation fails to protect Canada's youth”, which urged that cannabis not be legally granted to young people 18 to 25 years old.

Mr. Bill Blair (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.):

“I listened to the questions and earlier comments by the members opposite, about this concern and suggestion that we should prohibit anyone under the age of 25 from having legal access to this regulated substance. I reflected on my life before I was 25. Before I was 25, I was married. I was the father of two kids by then. I owned a house. I had a mortgage. I was a cop. I carried a gun. I was entrusted with all the powers of a police officer, including the authority to restrict a person's liberty and to use force, perhaps even deadly force. I could buy a drink, and I could smoke a cigarette. That was how I was trusted, yet the members opposite suggest that.” Canadians between the ages of 18 and 25, who are adults, could not be trusted to make an informed choice about their own health.”

http://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/house/sitting-185/hansard