The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday, April 5, edition that Canada's enforcement of its new cannabis laws is as arbitrary and heavy-handed as it was before legalization. The Globe's Mike Hager writes that Public Prosecution Service of Canada spokesman Nathalie Houle says the fact recreational cannabis is now legalized has no bearing on the PPSC's position that drug dealers should be sentenced to periods in jail similar to how they were under the old cannabis laws. Authorities have the discretion to hand out a maximum $200 ticket for people caught with more than 30 grams (about an ounce) in public or, if there is much more cannabis or other items such as baggies or "score sheets" showing customer data, the person can be charged with possession for the purpose of distribution, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years. University of Toronto professor and marijuana lawyer Allan Young says only violent or incredibly large-scale cannabis traffickers should be going to jail. Mr. Young says, "Any prosecution department that says nothing has changed is really just taking a very callous, indifferent and insensitive position and not recognizing how monumental the change is."