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The best social reactions to the news Canada may legalize pot in 2017

Canada's bill to legalize pot to be introduced in spring 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito.
Canada's bill to legalize pot to be introduced in spring 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott announced on April 20 that the legislation to legalize marijuana in Canada will be introduced in the spring of 2017.

Philpott said that Canada’s plan on pot is to remove marijuana consumption and incidental possession from the Criminal Code.

READ MORE: Canada to introduce pot legalization legislation in 2017

“We know it is impossible to arrest our way out of this problem,” Jane Philpott told the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on drugs on Wednesday morning.

This announcement happened to fall on the counterculture holiday devoted to smoking marijuana, 4/20.

She clarified that,

“We will introduce legislation in spring 2017 that ensures we keep marijuana out of the hands of children and profits out of the hands of criminals.”

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READ MORE: Pot dispensaries are sprouting up all over Canada. Here’s why.

There have been some mixed responses toward the legislation to legalize marijuana in Canada, but people on Twitter were happy to wade into the debate.

Here are some of the best social reactions to the announcement.

https://twitter.com/GregConlin/status/722803597109370882

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https://twitter.com/BrandonTozzo/status/722813574360338432

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