On 20 June, Canada became the first member of the G-20 group of industrialised countries to formally legalise the recreational use of marijuana; the legislation comes into effect on 17 October. A major part of the argument used by Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in favour of supporting the move was that legalisation would allow state oversight of production of the drug, thus reducing the role of organised crime, as legal marijuana must be produced by certain authorised companies – many of which are already producing marijuana for medicinal purposes, after this was approved in Canada in 2001. The example set by Canada may well further encourage those in Mexico pushing for the legalisation of marijuana as a means of combatting the rising levels of violent crime associated with drug trafficking.End of preview - This article contains approximately 1227 words.
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