Pot-TV Classics - CBC - Stoned - Chris Clay [1of5] Pot-TV Classics - CBC - Stoned - Chris Clay [2of5] Pot-TV Classics - CBC - Stoned - Chris Clay [3of5] Pot-TV Classics - CBC - Stoned - Chris Clay [4of5] Pot-TV Classics - CBC - Stoned - Chris Clay [5of5] (1997) Cannabis Canada Issue 10 - JUSTICE DENIED - The judge agreed that marijuana was harmless and that prohibition was racist, but ruled that pot is still illegal.
Judge McCart's Findings of FactI heard from a most impressive number of experts, among whom there was a general consensus about effects of the consumption of marijuana. From an analysis of their evidence I am able to reach the following conclusions:
1. Consumption of marijuana is relatively harmless compared to the so-called hard drugs and including tobacco and alcohol;
2. There exists no hard evidence demonstrating any irreversible organic or mental damage from the consumption of marijuana;
3. That cannabis does cause alteration of mental functions and as such, it would not be prudent to drive a car while intoxicated;
4. There is no hard evidence that cannabis consumption induces psychoses;
5. Cannabis is not an addictive substance;
6. Marijuana is not criminogenic in that there is no evidence of a causal relationship between cannabis use and criminality;
7. That the consumption of marijuana probably does not lead to "hard drug" use for the vast majority of marijuana consumers, although there appears to be a statistical relationship between the use of marijuana and a variety of other psychoactive drugs;
8. Marijuana does not make people more aggressive or violent;
9. There have been no recorded deaths from the consumption of marijuana;
10. There is no evidence that marijuana causes amotivational syndrome;
11. Less than 1% of marijuana consumers are daily users;
12. Consumption in so-called "decriminalized states" does not increase out of proportion to states where there is no de-criminalization;
13. Health related costs of cannabis use are negligible when compared to the costs attributable to tobacco and alcohol consumption.
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