I had just come back from rehabilitation training in the US, where we were taught a zero-tolerance, punitive approach towards drug rehabilitation.
Through this new authority, we have the opportunity to create a safe, balanced, responsible, informative and legal framework for the benefit of all.
I will never encourage people to smoke weed, just as I never encourage people to smoke cigarettes.
It is harm reductive because, previously, every gram was bought illegally and, for every gram, people had no idea what they were buying.
The difference now is that, each time someone comes up to the counter to buy some weed, it will be the safest possible.