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What are your views on the minimum age for purchasing and possessing marijuana?
It's natural to want what we can't have.
"The legal drinking age is the age at which a person can consume or purchase alcoholic beverages. These laws cover a wide range of issues and behaviors, addressing when and where alcohol can be consumed. The minimum age alcohol can be legally consumed can be different from the age when it can be purchased in some countries. These laws vary among different countries and many laws have exemptions or special circumstances. Most laws apply only to drinking alcohol in public places, with alcohol consumption in the home being mostly unregulated (an exception being the UK, which has a minimum legal age of five for supervised consumption in private places). Some countries also have different age limits for different types of alcoholic drinks."
Is the public in any danger when someone consumes cannabis? The answer is no. There is more danger when people are consuming alcohol.
"Those aged 10–17 are allowed to consume alcohol provided they are with a parent or guardian."
Licking a battery top is more dangerous than can cannabis.
Its clear that Alcohol is a National Priority,
http://www.ccsa.ca/Eng/topics/alcohol/Pages/default.aspx However, considering the fact that the Harm associated with Cannabis is really unclear.
I agree that people even admit to consuming cannabis as recreational... even though it's illegal. But the harms associated with cannabis does not justify a restriction with age limit.
Perhaps after 10 years of having no federal regulations in place, a proper study can be done to see what negative effects are shown.
Age for Babysitting
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Not all children are responsible enough by the age of 12 years, for instance, to babysit other children. It is important to know that there is no age specified by law for babysitting. It is a matter of the parent determining if a teenager is responsible enough to provide a safe environment for their younger children."
At What Age Can a Child be Left Home Alone?
Contrary to most peoples’ perception, there is not specific age at which a child can
be left unattended. The Child and Family Services Act states that parents of
children under the age of 16 years, must make “reasonable provisions” for their
care. This requires parents to ensure that if they leave their children at home
alone, that they have made appropriate efforts to ensure their children’s safety.
This must go hand in hand with a common sense approach, for instance, ensuring
children have emergency phone numbers, are mature and responsible and are not
left for long periods of time without adult supervision.
CAS strongly suggests parents not to leave a child under the age of ten (10) alone.
If the child is under the age of ten (10) and CAS intervenes, the onus is on the
parent to provide reasons and rationale to CAS that their child has not been left in
a potentially harmful situation.
In addition, the Criminal Code of Canada includes the offence of abandoning a
child. Everyone who unlawfully abandons or exposes a child who is under the age of
10 years, so that his/her life is or is likely to be endangered, or his/her health is
or is likely to be permanently injured, is guilty of an offence that carries a penalty
of imprisonment of not more than two (2) years.
The Criminal code of Canada - copied here for reference.
Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)
Abandoning child
218 Every one who unlawfully abandons or exposes a child who is under the age of ten years, so that its life is or is likely to be endangered or its health is or is likely to be permanently injured,
- (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years; or
- (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months.
- R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 218;
- 2005, c. 32, s. 12.
Selection Guidelines:
Age should not always be the determining factor. Although the minimum age
recommended by Halton CAS and Halton Community Standards for a babysitter
is 12, not every 12 year old or teenager is mature enough to care for a baby or
a child. Take the time to get to know the prospective babysitter and use your
discretion to determine if they seem to have a strong sense of responsibility to
care of your child.
Has the sitter taken a babysitting course or First Aid? Courses are available
from Red Cross, St. John's Ambulance, Parks and Recreation and the Board of
Education.
Reference checks are important. Even if you know the potential babysitter well,
do not hesitate to contact other parents who have used his or her services.
Even though the sitter may be a wonderful neighbour, he or she may not have
the skills or maturity to look after children.
Older siblings are not always the best candidates for babysitting a younger
child. Some may resent the expectation placed on them to provide care for the
younger child.
Parents should ensure that they are making supervision decisions with their child’s
best interest and safety in mind, not for financial or convenience reasons.
If a child is old enough, at the age of 12 to babysit another HUMAN BEING and has had First Aid Training, what reasonable grounds are there to restrict the consumption of cannabis? The child would certainly be old enough to be able to read the label on the package, and see what effects that cannabis has. Just like how a child of 12 should know enough to not give a baby coke. And the child is old enough to handle an exacto knife, and glass mirror and a straw. But RESPONSIBLE to know that it's not healthy option.
A child of the age of 12 should be old enough to know and understand when coke is put onto a coin (and old penny) in a small shot glass, to see that when left for a few weeks, the penny will dissolve
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