The plants pose no such risk when growing outdoors. If health outcomes determined drug laws instead of cultural norms marijuana would be legal.
Alcohol poisoning kills thousands annually.
Marijuana, on the other hand, has never been shown to cause an overdose death. Canadian tax dollars are being wasted on anti-drug strategies that only make marijuana growing more profitable. The drug war's distortion of basic supply and demand dynamics makes an easily grown weed literally worth its weight in gold. The thriving black market has no controls for age, making it easier for teenagers to buy illegal drugs than beer. Politicians need to stop worrying about the message drug policy reform sends to children and start thinking about the children themselves.