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You have no rights at the border.
Crossing a foreign border is a privilege not a right.
A problem we can fix!
Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know
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> On the bright side, we could finally get some quality data on the health impacts of pot Doesn't this already exist from other countries where it's been legal for decades?
I don't think there are any. Not in the West, anyway. Even in the Netherlands it's only "tolerated", not legalized or even decriminalized.
Portugal decriminalized all drugs a few years ago, with tremendous success from a health and crime perspective. Decriminalization and state-sponsored addiction programs were key in controlling a drug epidemic there.
It would be a solution for the current American opioid crisis, but implementing such measures there would be political suicide.
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"Canada is leading in personal freedoms", perhaps in weed laws, not in free speech etc.
Any examples in regards to free speech?
Canada does not have Free Speech, not like the Americans do.
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Hey, person living in Czechia here. Weed is illegal here. For carrying a joint or up to 10g of weed, you can get fined up to 600USD. More than that and you might have some serious problems with police. Of course you can't smoke it in public only at home. I think it's quite a misconception about Czechia being super weed friendly. As a tourist you are most probably going to get scammed on streets of Prague. If you want…
Tangent: when did "Czechia" become a recognized short form of "Czech Republic"? (I lived and worked in Prague in the late 90's and before today had never come across "Czechia".)
As far as I've noticed, most ppl including residents seem to just call it "Czech".
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It is already how it works for alcohol and gambling. Makes sense that drugs would also be sold by the government.
Also, prostitution is legal in Canada. What's the next government monopoly, I wonder...?
> Also, prostitution is legal in Canada.
Being a prostitute is legal but buying her services is not. It's just because we want prostitutes to call the police if they get hurt or something like that.
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"Canada is leading in personal freedoms", perhaps in weed laws, not in free speech etc.
> not in free speech etc. What's your source on this? Free speech is enshrined as a "fundamental freedom" in the Charter. There are reasonable limits as well, to ensure that things like hate speech are deemed illegal.
Like all charter rights, it is weighed in balance with the others and so can be limited.
So, IE, Blasphemous Libel is a thing in Canada.
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Pilots are in short supply worldwide, any country creating further restrictions is going to obviously face even more supply problems. Get the feeling it will pass unnoticed, like many regulations that don't make sense it's far easier to let it slide rather than change the rules.
I’m surprised to hear that pilots are in short supply. I started learning to fly as a hobby and I saw many videos about how hard it is to get a job at a commercial airline. I got the impression that there is more supply than there is demand.
Pilots aren't in short supply. Pilots willing to accrue $40k in dept for the necessary education to then get paid $25k a year are very much in short supply. Many regional pilots are on food stamps. This is the reason I currently write software instead of flying commercial airplanes.
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For a counterpoint, please see https://www.reddit.com/r/quittingkratom/ Kratom has many benefits, including the ability to get people off of serious opiate addictions. However, it is dependence forming and many people have said the withdrawal process is worse even that heroin or benzo withdrawal. It's not without its negative affects.
Thanks, I didn't see that. I'm looking for all the cons.
I've heard of people quitting 1000$ a month cocaine habit and then adopting a 2000$ a month kratom habit. Kratom must absolutely not be hailed as a miracle drug.
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I have been sent to the back of the queue to tick boxes on forms correctly by U.S. customs/border jobsworths and wondered why the experience has to be so patronisingly humiliating. Once on a connecting flight so I wasn't even wanting to leave the airport. At the time I was working for a highly regarded company and going on to do some work for CBC in Toronto. I had flown in on business class and my smile, polite Briti…
I’m with you. I’m a Canadian and I try to avoid crossing US border at all costs, even flying transit. I’ll pay more for a ticket to avoid layover in US. The experience is just so bad.
Yup, I fly direct just to avoid the security theatrics. It's just not worth it.