Smart Approaches to Marijuana Canada (SAMC) Mission:
The mission of Smart Approaches to Marijuana Canada (SAMC) is to promote a health-first approach to marijuana policy that neither legalizes marijuana, nor demonizes its users. SAMC’s commonsense, third-way approach to marijuana policy is based on reputable science and sound principles of public health and safety. At SAMC we reject dichotomies — such as “incarceration versus legalization” — that offer only simplistic solutions to the highly complex problems stemming from marijuana use. Our aim is to champion smart policies that decrease marijuana use, like prevention and early intervention. We do not believe that low-level marijuana users should be saddled with criminal records that stigmatize them for life. But rushing to legalization would have important harmful consequences that must be weighed carefully before major policy changes can be discussed rationally and in the best interests of society.
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Smart Approaches to Marijuana Canada (SAMC) Mission:
The mission of Smart Approaches to Marijuana Canada (SAMC) is to promote a health-first approach to marijuana policy that neither legalizes marijuana, nor demonizes its users. SAMC’s commonsense, third-way approach to marijuana policy is based on reputable science and sound principles of public health and safety. At SAMC we reject dichotomies — such as “incarceration versus legalization” — that offer only simplistic solutions to the highly complex problems stemming from marijuana use. Our aim is to champion smart policies that decrease marijuana use, like prevention and early intervention. We do not believe that low-level marijuana users should be saddled with criminal records that stigmatize them for life. But rushing to legalization would have important harmful consequences that must be weighed carefully before major policy changes can be discussed rationally and in the best interests of society.