Yukon’s recreational pot rules to focus on protecting youth: minister
WHITEHORSE — Yukon’s government says it wants regulations for recreational marijuana to focus on minimizing health impacts for young people in the territory.
The government released a summary of draft legislation ahead of Ottawa’s plans for legalization this summer and the proposed rules include setting the age for consumption at 19, the same limit set by several other provinces.
Any new legislation will need to focus on protecting youth from the negative effects of consuming marijuana, said Yukon’s Health and Social Services Minister Pauline Frost.
“As recreational cannabis becomes legal here in the Yukon, one of our goals is to have people understand the very real health impacts cannabis can have on our young people, including a potential effect on brain development,” she said at a news conference Thursday.