Saturday, January 6, 2018

Legalization of pot in Canada -- military fallout

Newsweek reports that Canada is working to address the military implications of the country's impending legalization of marijuana. Excerpt:
Canadian military policy experts are researching how to prevent their armed soldiers from getting stoned and operating dangerous military equipment as the country gears up for pot legalization. Lt.-Gen. Chuck Lamarre told CBC news that military personnel in the army, navy, air force and special forces must be held to a higher standard than those in other workplaces because of the nature of their job.

"We're concerned about how folks will be able to do their job," he said in the report published Friday. "And we are concerned about folks who have the challenges of operating heavy equipment, weaponry, who are on call on a regular basis to go and do things, like our [search and rescue] technicians."
The article prompted this comment:

Michelle Drinkell · 

By dealing with it the same way they deal with soldiers drinking? Only in your spare time, when not on duty or on call. I am not sure where the problem is here or am I missing something?

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