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Did you know weed simulation goggles were a thing?
As Canada prepares to make history and become the largest country to fully legalize cannabis, officials and lawmakers will have to creatively find ways to regulate the plant after years of prohibition. While longtime medical patients and black market frequenters should have no problem adjusting to the sweeping change, there are several factions of Canada that will need to modify the way they view cannabis.
One such faction is the Canadian Forces. They are beginning to look at ways to educate and assimilate their members about cannabis culture, and it’s various effects. And no, they’re not prepared to pass around blunts amongst their troops. However, they do want them to experience what it’s like to be stoned.
So what’s the closest thing to getting high?
Simulating the effects of THC via weed simulation goggles, of course.
Canada Seeking Weed Simulation Goggles For Its Troops
The request was found in a notice on the Canadian federal government’s “Buy and Sell” website. The Department of National Defense is looking to purchase 26 marijuana simulation kits because its Armed Forces don’t know what it is like to be high.
“The Directorate Force Health Protection/Strengthening the Forces (StF) within the Canadian Forces Health Services Group (CF H Svcs Gp), has a requirement to procure twenty-six (26) Marijuana Simulation Kits. The purpose of the Marijuana Simulation Kits is to raise awareness of marijuana impairment, reduce the risk of marijuana impairment, and promote healthy lifestyles within the Canadian Armed Forces,” says the website.
One of the primary items in the kits is weed simulation goggles. Because the