Graphic warnings on cannabis packaging – Cannabis | weed | marijuana

Graphic warnings on cannabis packaging has got to be the dumbest idea in the world. Canadian legalization already has a problem with the persistence of the “illegal market”.

The government arbitrarily sets upper limits for food. They also increase production costs through unnecessary regulatory hurdles. Plain packaging regulations hurt manufacturers trying to differentiate their products.

If you’re looking for an example of how cannabis can’t be legalized, Justin Trudeau’s “post-national” Canada is a prime example.

And it could get worse. A CLN inquiry to Health Canada confirmed that cigarette-style cannabis warnings are currently out of the question. But the local Ottawa Public Health Authority (OPH) is pushing for graphic warnings on cannabis packaging.

Many cigarette smokers go to First Nations reservations to buy tax-free cigarettes without graphic content. It also helps support First Nation communities. But “smuggled” cigarettes aren’t nearly as common as the illicit cannabis market.

What does the OPH think when it launches drastic propaganda warnings about a harmless, non-toxic herb?

Graphic warnings on cannabis packaging

The OPH is pushing for graphic warnings on cannabis packaging. When we say graphic, we mean graphic.

Here are some examples from cigarette packs in Canada:

This was the package that convinced my friend to start buying First Nation smoking products. Thanks for nothing, Health Canada

And they want the same for cannabis? Are you crazy? What possible justification could they have?

OPH thinks of the kids!

In addition to graphic warnings on cannabis packaging, they want fewer cannabis retail outlets. They justify this encroachment on our civil liberties by appealing to “the children”.

But only power-hungry authoritarians prohibit capitalist acts between consenting adults. Both Nazis and Communists used this fallacy of “thinking of the children” to gain support. It’s a despicable tactic that has no place in a free society.

This does not mean that the appeal to “the children” is always an appeal to emotions. There is indisputable evidence that young people are experimenting with hydromorphone because they believe it is “safe” in terms of public health.

(Of course, the answer is to legalize all drugs and educate children and adults about their effects.)

Little girls across the country go through a tomboy phase and are incited by authority figures to mutilate themselves. Objecting to this is not an appeal to children.

(The answer is to break up this vast continent into tiny little countries and city-states. If a radical left-wing commune wants to bully kids, do it, freaks. Most places would probably put an age limit on making decisions like… smoking cannabis, getting a tattoo, or undergoing a gender reassignment.)

But what about “accidental cannabis intoxication in Canadian children”? Doesn’t that justify graphic warnings on cannabis packaging? Aren’t cannabis-related hospitalizations “on the rise” since legalization?

No, reports of accidental cannabis poisoning are piling up because no sane parent would have admitted it during Prohibition.

But public health officials cannot be expected to understand the basics of economics.

Graphic warnings on cannabis packaging

Graphical warnings on cannabis packaging are the dumbest idea we’ve heard this month, possibly all year. Even if we take the OPH at its word, there is a gap in its logic.

According to OPH, cannabis companies are attractive to children. They want to ban words like “candy” from packaging. They also don’t want edibles with “shapes, sprinkles, and colors” because they might appeal to children.

But consider what happens when a child accidentally consumes THC. There are psychoactive effects that would probably worry you. As we’ve already discussed, mindset and attitude are paramount to a good cannabis experience.

As you can imagine, the parent’s fear of accidental ingestion affects the child as well.

But pharmacologically, THC behaves the same way in children as it does in adults. The only difference is that high doses of THC could have negative effects on brain and heart development.

To date, however, there has never been a fatal cannabis overdose. Whether in children or adults.

The hypocrisy of Ottawa’s public health

The OPH believes graphic warnings on cannabis packaging and a blanket ban on foods that “appeal to children” are warranted.

But where is the logic in that?

If the OPH cared about children’s health, it would call for a ban on all foods with “shapes, sprinkles and colors.”

Consider the different ways refined sugar damages a developing brain and body.

• Sugar contributes to obesity, insulin resistance, and other metabolic problems (such as type 2 diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and various cardiovascular diseases).
• Sugar is the number one cause of tooth decay and tooth decay in children.
• Refined sugar offers empty calories. It has no nutritional value. When children consume sugar, they crowd out nutrient-dense foods from their diet, leading to deficiencies in essential vitamins and minerals.
• Kids get high on sugar. You experience energy spikes and crashes. This can make it difficult to concentrate.
• The research is conclusive: high sugar consumption is associated with impaired cognitive function in children. These include decreased memory, attention problems, and poorer academic performance.
• Sugar leads to addiction-like behavior in children. They crave it and get cranky when they can’t have it.

Ottawa Public Health – please shut up. If you want to put cannabis on a list of toxic substances for children, it should be low on the list.

All scientific evidence and research indicates that refined sugar is public enemy #1.

This absurd crusade against cannabis will only fuel the “illegal” market and confirm that Canada is broken. We are sinking into an all-round bureaucratic nanny state.

Canada used to be a conservative country with liberal values. In the last eight years we have developed into a liberal country with “progressive” values.

It won’t end well.