Eight months before recreational marijuana is set to be legalized in Canada, two former high-ranking police officers have launched a new company that connects patients with medical pot. Both men spent decades battling illegal drug use in their law enforcement careers, with Fantino going as far as equating legalizing marijuana to legalizing murder while serving as Toronto's chief of police in 2004. "We're not in the marijuana business. Souccar, a former RCMP deputy commissioner, previously served on the prime minister's marijuana legalization task force. Fantino, former Toronto police chief, says Aleafia is 'not in the marijuana business.'

Source: CBC News November 15, 2017 00:33 UTC