Significant social value to allow home growers to continue in a regulated system

My considered position is that it is better for the government to endorse responsible use and responsible conversations rather than try to pretend home growing will not continue if taken out of the scope of Bill C-45.
It is important to recognize that until cannabis is dried and trimmed, one cannot just 'take off a few buds.' Truly, for 95 per cent of the plant’s life cycle, it cannot be consumed for psychoactive effect. Dried cannabis can and should be kept under lock and key, as many families do with their liquor cabinet today, writes Dan Sutton.  

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