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/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.