加拿大合法化消遣大麻，总理认为利大于弊

Canada passed a landmark bill Tuesday legalizing recreational marijuana, becoming the second country to make pot legal nationwide.

加拿大星期二通过了一项具有里程碑意义的法案，将休闲大麻合法化，成为第二个在全国范围内大麻合法化的国家。

The legislation will allow Canadians to buy and consume weed as soon as September, the BBC reports. It is expected to receive royal assent sometime this week.

BBC报道，该立法将允许加拿大人在9月份开始购买和消费大麻。预计本周某个时候将获得皇室同意。

Canada criminalized pot possession in 1923, but became an early adopter of medical marijuana in 2001.

加拿大于1923年将大麻占有定为犯罪，但早在2001年合法化医用大麻。

The Cannabis Act was approved by the Senate 52-29 after already passing the House of Commons. The law allows the federal government to license producers and regulate how they grow, sell and distribute marijuana.

大麻法案在通过下议院后由参议院以52比29的票数批准。法律允许该联邦政府对生产者进行许可，并规定他们如何种植，销售和分销大麻。

Under the law, adults 18 and up will be allowed to possess up to ounce of weed for recreational use, and grow a maximum of four plants.

根据法律规定，18岁及以上的成年人可以拥有多达一盎司的大麻用于消遣用途，最多可种植四株大麻。

Weed-infused edibles will be legal within one year of the law’s implementation, a delay meant to to give the government time to figure out how to regulate the products.

在法律实施的一年内，含有大麻的食物将成为合法，这一延迟目的是给予政府时间做出如何管理这些产品的规定。

The exact timeline for the law depends on when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decides to put it into effect and how much time he allots for the territories and provinces to roll out retail sales.

法案出台的确切时间表取决于贾斯汀-特鲁多总理什么时候决定实施，以及他给予地区和省份推出零售计划的时间。

Trudeau had made legalizing and federally regulating marijuana one of his 2015 campaign promises, arguing that only criminal syndicates profited from the drug’s prohibition. On Wednesday, he tweeted, “It’s been too easy for our kids to get marijuana – and for criminals to reap the profits. Today, we change that.”

特鲁多已将大麻合法化和联邦管制大麻作为其2015年竞选承诺之一，声称只有犯罪集团从该禁令中获利。周三，他推特说：“我们的孩子要获得大麻太容易了，而且罪犯也可以从中获得利润。今天，我们改变了这一切。“

In 2015, Canadians reportedly spent CAD 6 billion on marijuana, almost as much as was spent on wine.

据报道，2015年，加拿大人的大麻花费?为60亿加元，几乎与花在葡萄酒上的花费相当。

In the U.S., nine states have legalized recreational marijuana. Uruguay was previously the only country that permitted recreational marijuana in public.

在美国，九个州已经合法化消遣大麻。乌拉圭以前是唯一一个公开允许消遣大麻的国家。