Alice Bo wrote a blog on the legalization of marijuana. It was titled,

Economics of marijuana legalization

I, likewise to Alice, recently moved to Vancouver and have also noticed the predominance of marijuana in the pop-culture scene. It is debated rather strongly on whether or not it should be legalized. Effects of marijuana in general but Vancouver seems to ploy more attention to tourists and locals as well. “The best weed in the world” is what I directly heard a marketer say. Though Alice was talking and debating on the economics of marijuana legalization, I would like to talk about the ethics behind the promoting that is done on the streets of Vancouver. I have never seen this in my life and I thought someone would get arrested if someone did that. But then I got told that according to the law, possession of Marijuana is illegal nothing else. Therefore, someone could be walking the streets high. This was rather interesting to me because back in Uganda, we are so corrupt that we just pay the police off if someone if caught doing something illegal. I came to Canada very cautious of my decisions until i saw this stand.

Is this ethical? Can you campaign on something that is illegal on its own. Yes, we can picket, riot, strike and do all sorts of things… but on an illegal substance? I don’t want to be biased. It is a free country which is what was rather startling to me. They say Canada is a free country but in Uganda…rules/laws such as these nearly exist because of our corruption rates.

I was just a very interesting thing to think about.