Open AccessProposed Models of Marijuana Distribution in Canada: Public or Private?
Author(s) -
Samuel Bodner
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
political science undergraduate review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2562-1289
pISSN - 2562-1270
DOI - 10.29173/psur50
Subject(s) - distribution (mathematics) , context (archaeology) , ideology , cannabis , recreation , argumentative , subject (documents) , political science , business , law and economics , economics , law , psychology , computer science , geography , politics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology , psychiatry , library science
A number of Canadian provinces have, in the wake of the decision to legalize recreational marijuana, deliberated on the various methods of distribution to utilize. While both the public and private distribution models have their inherent merits, it is important to recognize the flaws certain distribution models will have in the Canadian psychoactive substance market. The inception of a cannabis market will be the first of its kind since the end of prohibition in Canada. A proper examination of the implications created in a Canadian context following different ideological methods of distribution implemented is necessary to create a broad picture to keep Canadians fiscally as well as socially informed. While this paper takes a clear argumentative stance on which model of distribution Canada should ideally follow, it is hardly an entirely comprehensive reading on the subject, making broad strokes in describing the implications of undertakings by the respective governments and corporations mentioned.