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Do you buy legal cannabis or black market?
Legal 
13.07%
Black market 
20.32%
Grow my own 
8.08%
Don't use it 
58.53%
Total Votes:  7612

Poll: legal weed or not?

Police, lawyers and advocates say that one year into cannabis legalization, Canada has a long way to go toward stamping out the black market and pot-impaired driving.

"We can't call it a success at this point," Chief Const. Mike Serr of the Abbotsford, B.C., police department said of the law change a year ago Thursday.

He said organized crime's market share and youth consumption have not yet fallen, and tools to detect stoned drivers are still lacking.

But Serr, who also co-chairs the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police drug advisory committee, said resources and workloads have not changed much.

"When you talk to chiefs all across the country, the sky didn't fall."

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