Warning: Do not operate machinery of government while high

What are they smoking at Ontario’s Health Ministry?

New regulations introduced by the government (and just as quickly pulled back after a torrent of criticism) would have allowed medical-marijuana users to bypass strict no-smoking policies and light up pretty well wherever they chose – restaurants, shopping malls, at the movies, on the job.

In a modern medical miracle, Ontario made the dangers and annoyances of second-hand smoke evaporate in a puff of pot. The government department tasked with keeping people healthy simply fixated so…