Health groups support 19 as minimum age for pot in Ontario

The provincial government’s plan to make 19 the minimum age for legal marijuana use in Ontario got support Friday from health organizations — including some that had been pushing for a higher minimum age.
Ottawa Public Health, for example, suggested 25 was a better minimum age when asked for input by the federal government last year.
Twenty-five is the age at which brains fully mature. A growing body of evidence shows that marijuana use earlier can do permanent damage to developing b