Thousands line up early in Canada to buy marijuana legally

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North of the border tonight, recreational marijuana is now legal across Canada, and it comes not without controversy. Can Americans bring some of the marijuana back over the border? ABC Gio Benitez in Montreal tonight
今晚，加拿大正式将娱乐用大麻合法化，对于此事大家都持有不同意见。我们是否能够将大麻携带过境并带回美国呢？下面请ABC 记者吉奥.贝尼特斯在蒙特利尔为我们带来相关报道。

They started lining up before dawn, down the street, around the block, thousands of Canadians waiting hours to buy marijuana
天还没亮，数千个加拿大人就开始在街道上排起了长长的队伍，为了买到大麻，他们需要在此等待几个小时。

“Thank you so much”
“谢谢”。

As the day went on, the line grew longer, Canadian flags unfurled. the country now is one of the only two in the world to legalized recreational pot.
时间一点点过去了，队伍却越来越长，有的人将加拿大国旗披在自己身上。目前，加拿大是世界上仅有的使娱乐用大麻合法化的两个国家之一。

“it’s pretty cool actually, it’s like coming out of a prohibition. So that’s why we are here in such a big moment”
“这真的太酷了，就像我们刚刚解除了一场禁令一样，所以我要到这来见证这个伟大时刻。”

Yes, there are detractors, the medical association journal calls it all an “uncontrollable experiment ”, putting money above the health of Canadian.
当然，仍然有人反对娱乐用大麻合法化，一医学协会的杂志将这一行为称为“不可控的实验”，它所带来的经济利益是建立在加拿大国人的健康之上的。

But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who campaigned on a promise to legalize,today tweeted that regulating pot means “profits out of the hands of criminal, protection for our kids”.
加拿大总理贾斯丁.特鲁多之前向民众承诺要将大麻合法化，今日，他发布推特称：“监管大麻意味着我们将会从犯罪分子手上夺回这些利益，并保护我们的青少年”。

It could also means an estimated $400 million in tax revenue.
同时这也意味着估值4亿美元的税收。

“Cannabis is legal in Canada, and everybody should come to Canada, and enjoy cannabis”
“既然大麻在加拿大已经合法了，人们都应该来加拿大看一看，尝一尝大麻”。

Big news in north border tonight , and Gio is in Montreal for us , and Gio, a lot of people back here at home are likely to ask: can you bring some of the marijuana across the border, is that legal?
这确实是今晚的大新闻，感谢吉奥在蒙特利尔为我们带来的报道，那么吉奥，美国还有很多人询问，这些大麻可以过境带回美国么？合法么？

Well David, customs and border protection said absolutely not, and if they catch you with it at the border, you could be arrested
大卫，海关和安检人员说这是绝对非法的，一旦抓到有人携带大麻过境，将会执行逮捕。

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