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Yes, further rantings about the new Cannabis "legalization". Here is the BC legislation:
http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/bills/billscurrent/3rd41st:gov30-1
Here are the enraging parts:
Under DEFINITIONS:
"public place" means
(a) any place to which the public has access as of right or by invitation, express or implied, whether or not a fee is charged for entry, and
(b) any vehicle or boat located in a place referred to in paragraph (a) or in any outdoor place open to public view;
Under DIVISION 5, OTHER RULES
Intoxication in public place
78 (1) A person who is intoxicated from cannabis must not be or remain in a place described in paragraph (a) of the definition of "public place".
(2) A peace officer may arrest, without a warrant, a person whom the peace officer believes on reasonable grounds is contravening subsection (1).
Back to the rant:
So much for your deck, your patio, your backyard, your balcony, your stoop, or your porch - unless, of course, you own vast acreages of space where you can have a purpose-built, single-use, high-walled pot enclosure - a Customized Curtained Cannabis Cabana, in fact.
Yes, I know, vehicles and boats are in paragraph (b), but I know of someone who was sleeping in the back of their car after too much booze, and they were charged with being in control of a vehicle while impaired. Whether or not the charges ultimately stuck, it did mean that the person was expelled from their vehicle, abandoned without transport, and their vehicle impounded. Some officious busybody somewhere, based on the loosey-goosey language "or in any outdoor place open to public view", is going to feel justified to charge people on their patio because children could theoretically see them from the street.
Maybe I'm anticipating things that won't happen. My faith in humanity is currently not high.
http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/bills/billscurrent/3rd41st:gov30-1
Here are the enraging parts:
Under DEFINITIONS:
"public place" means
(a) any place to which the public has access as of right or by invitation, express or implied, whether or not a fee is charged for entry, and
(b) any vehicle or boat located in a place referred to in paragraph (a) or in any outdoor place open to public view;
Under DIVISION 5, OTHER RULES
Intoxication in public place
78 (1) A person who is intoxicated from cannabis must not be or remain in a place described in paragraph (a) of the definition of "public place".
(2) A peace officer may arrest, without a warrant, a person whom the peace officer believes on reasonable grounds is contravening subsection (1).
Back to the rant:
So much for your deck, your patio, your backyard, your balcony, your stoop, or your porch - unless, of course, you own vast acreages of space where you can have a purpose-built, single-use, high-walled pot enclosure - a Customized Curtained Cannabis Cabana, in fact.
Yes, I know, vehicles and boats are in paragraph (b), but I know of someone who was sleeping in the back of their car after too much booze, and they were charged with being in control of a vehicle while impaired. Whether or not the charges ultimately stuck, it did mean that the person was expelled from their vehicle, abandoned without transport, and their vehicle impounded. Some officious busybody somewhere, based on the loosey-goosey language "or in any outdoor place open to public view", is going to feel justified to charge people on their patio because children could theoretically see them from the street.
Maybe I'm anticipating things that won't happen. My faith in humanity is currently not high.
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