Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party introduced a bill that would legalize marijuana, making Canada just the second country in the world behind Uruguay to do so.
加拿大總理賈斯汀·特魯多的自由黨提出一項法案,將大麻合法化,使其成為除烏拉圭外第二個大麻合法化的國家。
The Cannabis Act would make the drug legal for anyone over 18, though provinces could decide to raise the minimum age.
大麻法案將使其對任何超過18歲的人合法,雖然各省可以決定提高最低年齡。
The bill's authors believe that by regulating marijuana, the government can help keep it away from children and cut into the profits of organized crime.
該法案的作者認為,通過管制大麻,政府可以幫助它遠離兒童和削減組織犯罪的利潤。
The government wants to ensure that marijuana use won't affect safety. Part of the bill focuses on how to determine whether someone is driving stoned by developing a bud breathalyzer.
政府希望確保大麻的使用不會影響安全。該法案的部分是通過開發呼氣測醉器確定某人是否醉毒駕車。
The bill is expected to pass through Canada's Parliament and receive Trudeau's signature and would be implemented in the summer of 2018.
該法案有望通過加拿大議會并獲得特魯多的簽字,并將于2018夏季實施。
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