Dropping the price of legal cannabis would take a bite out of illicit sales, argues the federal Green Party, and is a promise the party would make, according to a press release issued Thursday.
The Liberal Party’s platform will not count on a single dollar of new revenue from legalizing marijuana even though some estimates suggest Ottawa could rake in billions from taxing pot in a similar way to alcohol and tobacco.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Jodie Emery, Green Party of British Columbia candidate for Vancouver West-End, will join Vancouver City Councillor Adriane Carr for an in-depth tour of St. Paul's Hospital in downtown Vancouver at 8:30 AM on Monday, April 8.
The B.C. Marijuana Party fielded a full slate of 79 candidates in the 2001 B.C. provincial election and 45 candidates in the 2005 provincial election to advocate the normalization (legalization) and regulated sale and production of marijuana and its derivatives.