Calgary police officers will not be allowed to consume marijuana once it's legalized even on their days off — and the union representing members is unhappy, saying the service "took the easy way out." The abstinence directive was issued to CPS staff on Friday less than four weeks before recreational marijuana is legalized across the country. This is an issue policing agencies across the country have been dealing with since the Liberal government announced it was moving forward with plans to legalize recreational cannabis. The Canadian military has not banned recreational marijuana usage by its members but instead placed restrictions on consumption. Leggatt is not ruling out changes to CPS policy as more research is done.

Source: CBC News September 26, 2018 21:45 UTC