So glad I live in a place where you can just walk down the street smoking a blunt and not have to worry about police. Worst case scenario they take it from you. More often than not they pretend they didn't notice because it is still technically illegal in most cases. Sometimes they just ask you to put it out and move along, no search or anything. And I don't blame them, the paperwork must be a bitch... everyone smokes weed up in here.
That being said... if I knew they would arrest me and I lit one up in their face, would I really have a legit argument? You can get arrested on purpose then bitch that you got arrested. You can only argue that you disagree with that particular law.
I knew we would change fast about ten years ago when I went up on a possession charge. Possession of roach! I'm not kidding. Not even enough for more than one good pull. The Crown spent like 20 minutes going into all the minutiae and finally the judge stopped him mid sentence and said "I don't want to see another case like this from you again." and then looked at me and said I was free to go. After that I knew it was just a matter of time. Short time. I give it a few more years. The problem is a federal one. If the province had their say we would already have legalized it. I buy mine from a legit company that collects and pays taxes, I get a receipt, can use a CC or bank card. It's all quite legit.... accept for the fact that it's technically illegal. It's just that nobody, and I mean NOBODY, cares. Our biggest problem is dealing with US law enforcement who want to come up in here and impose their war. DEA needs to stick to cross border traffic and leave our local dealers the fuck alone. Going after gangs that traffic to the US with a joint task force is one thing, but going after locals that have no ties to the US is ridiculous. I can't believe anyone finds that acceptable. Again, it's a federal thing. Whatcha gonna do. They're always late to the party.