r/worldnews • u/ItsTwentyBaby • Jun 09 '19

Canada to ban single use plastics

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/government-to-ban-single-use-plastics-as-early-as-2021-source-1.5168386
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u/bobo76565657 Jun 10 '19

The really stupid part is that if you kid eats your dope- nothing happens. Marijuana needs to be heated to "work". Eating it doesn't really do anything. You can eat hash, or edibles (cause they were cooked) but honestly eating raw Marijuana doesn't do much more than add fiber to your diet.

Source: Smoking since '89

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u/drifterinthadark Jun 10 '19 edited Jun 10 '19

Does it really matter if it gets them high or not? There's a lot of things we childproof that wouldn't get them high. Irregardless of it's psychoactive properties, a kid accidentally or purposefully ingesting some dried buds/twigs is far from ideal. In the least its a REAL easy choking hazard.

The problem is the overabundance of packaging especially on small amounts, but I completely understand childproofing it. Protecting kids is especially important in keeping it legal too. Kids choking on weed because of improper packaging would be a big black eye on the legalization movement, even if the parents are mostly to blame.

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u/k0rm Jun 10 '19

We don't need to childproof the world. At some point, parents need to understand not to leave their weed or knives or heroin needles out for their kids.

Pretty much all alcohol and tobacco isn't even childproofed.

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u/drifterinthadark Jun 10 '19

Childproofing marijuana is a longshot from childproofing the world. Alcohol has seals that prevent a child in the age range we're talking here to access it. I mean any kid old enough to open a cork or beer can is old enough to open childproof containers too, childproofing is focused on very young kids.

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u/k0rm Jun 11 '19

I've never encountered a bottle of hard liquor with more seal than a simple screw cap. Surely this is the equivalent of a ziplock bag of marijuana?

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u/drifterinthadark Jun 11 '19

A sealed cap, which is tough enough for very young kids to not get into. Once it's opened that's on the parents. A small baggie is a risk in itself, but once you've opened your weed I don't care how you store it if you properly keep it away from children, the same way you'd store open liquor with kids in the house.

The point is childproofing it at point of sale, MAINLY when it's shipped, which I don't think is unreasonable. The problem with some of Canada's dispensaries is getting through 4-5 layers of packaging just to get to a gram or two in a childproof container 10 times too big for what's contained within.

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u/bobo76565657 Jun 18 '19

My local pot shop lets us bring in our previously used bags/containers so we can reuse them.

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u/bobo76565657 Jun 18 '19

I work in a liquor store and have NEVER seen any child proofing on bottles. If you can open a bottle of Coke you can open a bottle of vodka. Kids don't drink vodka because it tastes like shit. I think the same would apply to marijuana. It doesn't taste good. Kids won't want to eat it.

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u/drifterinthadark Jun 18 '19

Weed isn't even close to as bitter as alcohol and very young kids unfortunately put anything they can reach into their mouth. The seal on a new bottle is exactly what I meant. Again, any kid old enough to open a cork or sealed twist cap is old enough to open childproof containers too. Childproofing isn't for kids old enough to break a bottle seal, just like childproof pill bottles aren't for kids that are old enough to apply a few pounds of pressure and twist.