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Montreal police raid illegal magic mushroom store | Winnipeg Free Press
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Same thing happened here in Winnipeg recently. I applaud the balls on these folks, knowing full well what will happen, but continuing their activism regardless of the consequences. The fact that our tax money is being spent on busting mushroom shops is ridiculous.
I'm not sure we should go down the path of letting police decide which laws should be applied or not. I'm all for legalization of psychedelics and I'm happy to see activists pushing back, but bottom line is that police is doing exactly what they should.
Police no, but municipalities yes IMO. If Montreal / Winnipeg choose to turn a blind eye to victimless crimes, they should be able to do so and order their police to ignore offenses. Much like how here in SK the provincial government passed laws requiring provincial oversight and handling of any federal firearms appropriation, making it so the feds couldn't simply demand we turn over our guns after Trudeau's gun grab.
If the federal government wants to enforce their drug laws they can send the RCMP to enforce them, like the DEA does in the USA. It shouldn't fall on local police departments to enforce unpopular federal laws.