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QUEBEC — Adding its two cents to the raging debate, the Parti Québécois has opted for a strict, state-controlled marijuana distribution system, but would set the legal age to buy it at 18.

The PQ also wants to see some controls on home crops, saying an individual would be limited to two plants not four as the federal government has proposed. And the owner of a building would have the option of banning their tenants from growing and consuming it.

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When it comes to where people can smoke weed, Quebec would apply the same rules as it has in place for vaping and smoking tobacco and consuming alcohol.

Taking a somewhat softer line on the issue than the Coalition Avenir Québec party, which wants the legal age to be 21, PQ leader Jean-François Lisée argued it’s almost impossible to find the right age because youth are going to smoke regardless.

Setting the age at 21 creates a catchy political slogan, Lisée said, but it just means youth under 21 will get their weed underground — which leaves no chance to warn them about the risks for young brains described by experts.