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Oct 10, 2023 · When Canada legalized the use of cannabis in October 2018 after decades of prohibition, the goals were to improve safety and public health as well as to reduce access by youth, crime and the...
Jul 3, 2018 · It’s official: Canada is the second country in the world, after Uruguay, to legalize cannabis at the federal level. What’s more, the Canadian government has given us an EXACT DATE for when...
In April 2017, the Canadian government unveiled Bill C-45, commonly known as the Cannabis Act. The legislation proposed the legalization and regulation of recreational cannabis for adults, aiming to create a legal framework that prioritized public health and safety.
Oct 17, 2018 · Taking cannabis, or any product containing cannabis, across Canada’s international borders, whether you are leaving or entering Canada, remains illegal and can result in serious criminal penalties both at home and abroad.
- Cannabis Use Is Up
- Public Health Impact
- Challenges Ahead
- Industry Seeks Changes
On Oct. 17, 2018, cannabis became legal in all provinces and territories for adults 18 and over, making Canada just the second country to legalize recreational use of the drug. The Cannabis Act, introduced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, had a number of goals. Among them were to keep the drug out of the hands of youth, take profits a...
Russell Callaghan, a professor in the UBC Northern Medical Program at the University of Northern British Columbia, is researching the impacts of legalization on a range of public health indicators. He says research in that area is still in its early stages. What has stuck out to him so far, however, is that many of the concerns around legalized can...
Some experts caution it may be too early to call legalized marijuana an all-round success. "The research is still quite new, so there's a caveat there," Callaghan said of his work. Another goal of the Cannabis Act is to protect public health, and on that measure, rising consumption may bring new challenges. "When we see increases in rates of use, t...
Now that the third anniversary of legalization has come, the statutory review of the Cannabis Act is set to begin. The Cannabis Council of Canada (C3), which represents more than 700 licensed producers and processors of cannabis in Canada, has some policy changes it wants the government to make. In a report card on legalization released this week, ...
Oct 17, 2023 · When Canada passed its landmark Cannabis Act in 2018, one of its biggest goals was to move marijuana users away from the illicit market towards a legal, regulated market.
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Oct 17, 2018 · Recreational marijuana is legal, but the vision of a pot-permissive Canada still remains hazy. We try to answer some frequently asked questions surrounding legal weed.
