Canada

• Bill
• 7 years ago
• Categories: drugs, health and safety, International, law
• Tags: common sense, law, legalisation, marijuana

Ralph Goodale, Canada’s public safety minister on the laws around cannabis possession and use –

“If your objective is to protect public health and safety and keep cannabis out of the hands of minors, and stop the flow of profits to organized crime, then the law as it stands today has been an abject failure…

• Canada aims to end over 90 years of prohibition by July of next year.
•  Ottawa will regulate production, including licensing producers and ensuring the safety of the country’s marijuana supply.
• The provinces will determine how the drug will be distributed and sold and what the minimum age limit will be if they choose to have a limit above 18 years of age.
• ‘Grow your Own’ will be limited to four plants per household.
• Pricing and taxing details are expected to be unveiled in coming months.

Medical cannabis is already legal in Canada.

Meanwhile, in the country that used to lead the world on many fronts and that just happens to enjoy excellent climatic growing conditions for marijuana, a bloody license is still required for the growing of non-thc hemp.