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Windsor police Chief Al Frederick says that police will keep enforcing current marijuana laws — including during “4/20” celebrations planned in Windsor on Thursday — despite the Trudeau government’s intention to legalize its use.

“Today, marijuana is illegal,” Frederick said in a scrum with reporters following the unveiling of Windsor police’s 150th anniversary cruiser Tuesday. “And anybody who (illegally) possesses or traffics marijuana today is subject to prosecution. No question.”

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If legalized in July 2018, the federal minimum age of purchase would be 18. Those over the legal age will have the right to buy and grow small amounts, and to possess up to 30 grams of marijuana. Larger producers would have to obtain licences from Ottawa, while provinces would regulate its distribution, sale and pricing.

Frederick said police will be present around the downtown core on Thursday as marijuana advocates mark 4/20, a code term for the consumption of marijuana. A 4/20 Festival is taking place at Charles Clark Square, and a 4/20 Windsor event is planned for the downtown medical marijuana lounge Higher Limits.