Social Affairs

Elaine Byrne: Anti-cannabis group has its say, but minister needs to listen to the other side

Frank Feighan, the minister in charge of the National Drugs Strategy, does not envisage legalising cannabis, but a legally regulated market would control what goes into cannabis, as well as generating revenue from taxes

An employee tending marijuana plants at Canopy Growth’s Tweed factory in Ontario, Canada: the cannabis sector has generated more than $15 billion in direct and indirect tax revenue for Canada since the drug was legalised in late 2018. Picture: Getty