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posted by cmn32480 on Monday April 17 2017, @08:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the puff-puff-pass dept.

The CBC reports that Canada's ruling Liberal Party has proposed legislation concerning the use of cannabis:

The pot plan comes with two new bills; one to regulate the recreational use, sale and cultivation of marijuana, and a second that strengthens measures to stop impaired driving.

It would allow people to possess up to 30 grams of dried or fresh cannabis and sets the minimum at 18 years of age, though provinces and territories can set a higher legal age.

Consumers can grow up to four plants at home or buy from a licensed retailer.

[...] buying, selling or using marijuana outside the regulatory regime will remain a serious criminal offence with stiff penalties.

Another CBC article describes the bill on impaired driving. Police could ask drivers for samples of saliva or blood; there are also

[...] provisions that will allow for mandatory roadside alcohol screening and new criminal offences for driving while high.

[...] A driver who is found to have two nanograms but less than five nanograms of THC per millilitre of blood could face a maximum fine of up to $1,000[.]

Additional coverage:
Toronto Star (editorial)


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  • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Monday April 17 2017, @08:24PM

    My reading would suggest that pickled, fermented, cooked, or rehydrated cannabis is subject to a different limit, perhaps covered by some other statute.

    My thought was that concentrates [leafly.com] like kief [wikipedia.org] hashish [wikipedia.org] and/or any of a bunch of different kinds of hash oil [wikipedia.org] would be covered differently than the buds and flowering tops.

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