One of Canada's most well known cannabis advocates says a federal government report on legalizing recreational pot forms a good basis.
Executive director with Sensible BC Dana Larson is reacting to this morning's release of a federal task force's recommendations following five months of study.
Larson says the report recommends storefront and mail order sales be allowed, but with an age limit.
"They said 18 is the national age limit but they would probably empower provinces to bump that up if they wanted to. So in BC we have a 19 year age limit for drinking but in Alberta it's 18, so those provinces might decide to make their marijuana limit the same as alcohol."
Larson says a recommendation against allowing pot to be sold in the same places as alcohol or tobacco makes sense.
"A lot of liquor stores have been lobbying to be able to sell marijuana. Definitely there's a lot of people who don't want to be exposed to alcohol when they're using cannabis, and I think putting them together would encourage people to use them together. While that should be your choice, they shouldn't be promoting the idea of combining alcohol and marijuana. That makes both items much more dangerous."
The report also recommends that a public possession limit of 30 grams be established; and that every household be permitted to grow up to four cannabis plants for their own use.