NBHC Sustainability
August 15, 2017
The Ontario branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association wants the provincial government to implement more restrictions on marijuana when the drug is legalized in 2018. It's asking that there be a zero-tolerance ban on using marijuana in vehicles, that the amount of cannabis' active ingredient be capped, that staff selling marijuana undergo special training and that pot be sold with plain packaging, similar to tobacco. The CMHA also wants tax revenue from the sale of cannabis to be diverted to Ontario's addiction and mental health programs to help fund a 2% increase in the provincial mental health and addiction budget.