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What goals did the Trudeau government identify for regulating recreational marijuana?
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attending a meeting of the G7 in Italy, 2024.
The government of Justin Trudeau identified two principal goals for the legislation to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana in Canada:1
- Protecting children: The government aimed to address concerns regarding youth access to the drug, noting studies that indicated young people in Canada already had relatively easy access to illegal marijuana.1
- Preventing organized crime: The policy was designed to stop criminal organizations from profiting from the sale of illegal marijuana.1