Pot Charges Rise in Montreal Despite Downward Trend in Rest of Canada

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Montreal and Quebec police aren’t scaling back cannabis-related charges as legalization looms. Marijuana charges are on the rise in Montreal and elsewhere in Quebec, while in the rest of Canada cannabis-related charges are declining ahead of Ottawa’s plans to legalize the drug. The number of cannabis-related charges has ebbed countrywide from last year, continuing a downward trend since a peak in 2011. For Canadians older than 12, 17,700 were charged with possession last year, according…

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