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Recreational cannabis is now legal in Canada... to a point. Here are some ground rules:
Adults of at least 18 years old will be allowed to carry and share up to 30 grams of legal marijuana in public, according to a bill that passed the Senate in June. They will also be allowed to cultivate up to four plants in their households and make products such as edibles for personal use.
[...] The supply of recreational marijuana could be limited, at least early on, in some stores. Officials in Nova Scotia and Manitoba said they won't have a large selection, at least not on the first day, CNN affiliate CBC News reported. [...] Marijuana will not be sold in the same location as alcohol or tobacco. Consumers are expected to purchase the drug from retailers regulated by provinces and territories or from federally licensed producers when those options are not available.
[...] Authorities will soon announce plans to pardon Canadians who have been convicted with possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana, CNN partner CTV reported. The production, distribution or sale of cannabis products will still be an offense for minors.
Headline roundup:
- Canada cannabis legalisation: 'We know the world is watching'
- First legal weed sold in Canada at Newfoundland shops
- Canadian cannabis entrepreneurs dream big in the face of uncertainty
- Nanos survey: Nearly 8 in 10 Canadians uninterested in smoking cannabis once legal
- 26% of Canadian parents say they use cannabis: Ipsos poll
- Canadian Weed Legalization Could Usher in "Prohibition 2.0," Warn Critics
- Ahead of Cannabis Legalization in Canada, Facebook Lifts Ban on Weed Pages
- Marijuana in the mail: Canadian postal services ready for legal cannabis deliveries
- 7 Cannabis Strains to Celebrate Canadian Legalization (Yup, Including Beasters)
- Marijuana is now legal in Canada, so what does it mean for NHL, NBA, MLB? Five things to know
Uruguay was the first country in the world to legalize cannabis.
Previously: First Country to Legalize Marijuana Votes Against Anti-Weed Presidential Candidate
Canadian Man Pledges to Give Away 1 Million Cannabis Seeds, Authorities Not Impressed
4/20: The Third Time's Not the Charm
4/20: The Mary Jane Majority
Canada Becomes the Second Nation to Legalize Cannabis
Peter Thiel's Cannabis Company Was Briefly Worth More Than Twitter
Hostage to NAFTA? Canada Signs on to War on Drugs Despite Recent Cannabis Legalization
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @03:55AM (3 children)
For hence forth, the country will be known as Cannabia and its citizens will be called Cannabians! Recreationally so.
The adjustment of the country's flag is trivial but the issue of anthem change is still pending; and it may remain so for a long time, can't sing well while giggling.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @04:11AM (1 child)
There's even a dude in the linked CNN article holding up a modified version of the Canadian flag. Gotta love it!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Thursday October 18 2018, @04:13AM
The jokes will get old fast, but this is their moment.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @02:16PM
You can't sing the new National Anthem "Oh Cannabis"?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @04:15AM (5 children)
This is a hardy North American plant that looks like nice greenery. I want it under my front windows. It's sort of toxic, but less so than oleander, and I still have some of that.
Four plants won't make much of a hedge.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @05:19AM (3 children)
I, too, am always on the lookout for hardy plants that make do without me.
I do not use the stuff, but I get the idea that if the Government simply got out of the business, it would defund a lot of gangs around here... if someone wanted some, they would just grow some, or get it from a friend who did, and would probably be about as "valuable" as dandelion.
But, someone will lose a lot of money, both in enforcing and evading the law.
So we remain compelled to both pay for law enforcement and buy AK-47's for the gang-bangers.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday October 18 2018, @04:06PM (2 children)
Except that Dandelions don't get you high. Dandelions are edible, except, I think the roots, but generally no one eats them. Because, they're bitter. They don't have much else going for them. Cannabis on the other hand would have a certain amount of value to a group of people who like to use it. No matter, if it was as ubiquitous as Dandelions.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 18 2018, @05:31PM
Dandelion wine might inebriate you.
I just looked at some recipes for dandelion wine. Shocking. One recipe calls for a bottle of rum, or vodka, instead of allowing the wine to ferment fully. This recipe actually looks good: https://apothecarysgarden.com/2013/05/01/my-best-dandelion-wine-recipe/ [apothecarysgarden.com]
I'm going to buy my defensive radar from Temu, just like Venezuela!
(Score: 3, Interesting) by dry on Saturday October 20 2018, @03:04PM
The roots are edible and have been used for fake coffee. IIRC, they can also be used as a dye. The greens if young enough aren't particularly bitter and full of vitamins and minerals, which made them a great tonic back when people went the winter with no fresh produce.
Little realized is that they're also good for the soil. The taproot will break a layer of hardpan, bring up minerals from the subsoil and once dead, make a nice pathway for earthworms.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @09:23PM
You should a seen the stuff we ran into in the 'Nam. 20ft high. And 20ft high.
(Score: 3, Informative) by cwadge on Thursday October 18 2018, @04:15AM (3 children)
I guess it's about time Canadian law began catching up. Unfortunately, Canada is a lot more regressive than a lot of folks seem to think. I guess that's the power of PR.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @05:06AM (1 child)
It was more about their rather aggressive neighbor who demanded everyone else make the same dumb laws.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Thursday October 18 2018, @02:34PM
You aren't paying much attention to environmental issues -- tar sands, Atlantic Salmon pens, or mining.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Thursday October 18 2018, @09:51AM
"I've never known a Canadian who DIDN'T smoke weed."
I know twenty or so who don't (to the best of my knowledge). We must have very different social circles.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @04:21AM (2 children)
then I got high.
And I thought about Trudeau and concluded "Why even try".
So I rolled up a fatty as I started to cry,
and then I got high, then I got high, then I got high.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday October 18 2018, @01:28PM
Do not roll a joint with flash paper.
Do not use flash paper in an origami project to make an ash tray.
For some odd reason all scientific instruments searching for intelligent life are pointed away from Earth.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @02:02PM
I had problems with glaucoma, but then I got high
Smelled the cannabis aroma, and I got high
Glaucoma getting better and I know why
Because I got high, because I got high, because I got high
I used to smoke cigarettes, but then I got high
Getting tired and call it quits, but them I got high
I'm playing basketball and jogging and I know why
Because I got high, because I got high, because I got high
I used to drink beer and wine, but then I got high
I woke up feeling fine, because I got high
My hangover's over and I know why
Because I got high, because I got high, because I got high
Anxiety attacks, but then I got high
I used to take Xanax, but then I got high
No more prescription pills and I know why
Because I got high, because I got high, because I got high
The state made revenue, because I got high
They built a school or two, because I got high
Now the state can fund drug treatment and I know why
Because I got high, because I got high, because I got high
No more criminal traps if it's legalised
I don't have to buy from gang bangers shooting craps, if it's legalised
I can advocate with Weedmaps and I know why
It's legalised, it's legalised, it's legalised
(Score: 5, Informative) by Beryllium Sphere (r) on Thursday October 18 2018, @04:26AM (1 child)
Of course you can't take your weed with you going south, not even into Washington State, because customs enforces Federal law.
That's not the issue I'm here to tell you about.
Legal use may get you barred from entering the US.
https://www.mensjournal.com/travel/inside-the-marijuana-showdown-at-the-canadian-border-w483596/ [mensjournal.com]
https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/canadian-pot-smokers-not-welcome-at-the-border-u-s-customs-and-border-protection [windsorstar.com]
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @08:55PM
Canada will see this happening and do some economic sanctioning until that illegal behaviour stops
(Score: 4, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday October 18 2018, @04:40AM (1 child)
2006-2007.
On 4/20/2007 there was a smokeout in the small park behind the Vancouver Art Museum.
Hemp is not only legal to grow in Canada but the Federal agriculture department actively encourages it, for example by performing studies on how to cultivate it more effectively.
In may US cities can be found hemp product stores. I bought a half pound of hemp seed then amused myself by scattering it along some train tracks but then someone told me that imported seed must be sterilized.
However hemp still grows wild in Kentucky, and there are some hemp farms in the US that operate under a "research" loophole. So what I'd like to do is to fill an entire cargo van with seed, then use some manner of automated air rifle to plant hemp all over Creation.
-- Mikey Hempseed [warplife.com]
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @09:02PM
Back in the day when weed had seeds, I used to gather a handful everytime I went grocery shopping. I would deposit several in the houseplants sold there so those lucky consumers could enjoy growing some for themselves!
(Score: 5, Touché) by Snotnose on Thursday October 18 2018, @01:38PM
for winning the War on Drugs!
Me? At my age I don't need drugs. All I have to do is stand up fast.
It was a once in a lifetime experience. Which means I'll never do it again.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by VLM on Thursday October 18 2018, @01:48PM (11 children)
Google confirmed my fuzzy memory that some Canadians can't drink until 19, so that seems weird.
You can't (legally) visit the US anymore if you're a documented smoker, but its more interesting to me that intoxicants follow a ridiculous power law where google indicates something like 60% of the population hasn't drunk alcohol in the last 12 months, but folks in the long tail consume a lot to keep the averages up. I believe legacy TV viewership and facebook usage follow similar intoxication curves.
(Score: 1) by Blymie on Thursday October 18 2018, @02:10PM (2 children)
There are two laws. Federal law, and Provincial.
In some cases, in Canada -- one has full jurisdiction, and in others... the other.
For alcohol, it isn't 19. It's "19 for whatever province decides that".
In this case, Federal law is stipulating the minimum age. Provinces can, and many havel mandated different ages for pot. Quebec, I hear tell it's 21 for example.
FYI, there is no law against visiting the US if you are a documented smoker. You can be denied entry arbitrarily based upon that fact, and there after need a request a VISA to get back in. That's not the same thing, for the VISA process has additional background checks.. and isn't realistically unreasonable. EG, the idea of "I don't trust the guy, I want more checks before he can get into the country I am trying to protect".
Whether the "he smoked pot!" argument makes sense, doesn't matter. It isn't my country (the US), who am to complain if they have weird, non-harmful laws.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @02:35PM
The legal drinking age in Québec is 18. This is good for bars in Gatineau, because across the river in Ottawa, Ontario the legal age is 19.
Currently the legal age for cannabis in Quebec is also 18, set by the previous government, but there was a change of government a few weeks ago and they've indicated that they plan to change the age for cannabis to 21. This will be good for the legal cannabis vendors in Ottawa, when they exist.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @02:48PM
If you are deemed inadmissible, then you do not need a visa, you need an admissibility waiver. This is very different. In particular, it costs US$930 just to submit the application (which may or may not be granted), and if granted, the waiver expires after one year at which point you need to go thorugh the whole process all over again.
Due to the very close trade relations between Canada and the United States, being inadmissible to the United States can potentially be very problematic for a person's career in Canada. That's why it's a big deal if Canadians are being denied entry for things that are not illegal in Canada.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @02:23PM (4 children)
Does this mean Canada will have to build "The Wall" to keep illegals from the south out?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Thursday October 18 2018, @05:27PM (3 children)
Does this mean Canada will have to build "The Wall" to keep illegals from the south out?
Seems easier to just legalize it everywhere down here. Vote Democrat in 2018 if you want that to happen
Schumer introduces bill to federally decriminalize marijuana [cnn.com]
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 18 2018, @05:38PM
More propaganda? Thanks Mokey!
I'm going to buy my defensive radar from Temu, just like Venezuela!
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @11:09PM (1 child)
Liar. Check here instead [norml.org]. On my ballot, every Democrat except one is in favor of prohibition.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @02:46AM
Yup. I looked up mine. One lukewarm Democrat who has never explicitly endorsed legalization, but one Green Party candidate does support it but will surely lose. The rest just say "Know this candidate's position on marijuana? Tell us!" except for one anti-reefer Republican.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 18 2018, @05:37PM (2 children)
Documented smokers? WTF documents this stuff? And, WTF is admitting to the document makers that they smoke? I won't admit to any government creature that I even breathe, let alone doing something of questionable legal legitimacy.
I'm going to buy my defensive radar from Temu, just like Venezuela!
(Score: 2) by http on Thursday October 18 2018, @08:45PM
All it takes is one person you know posting a picture of you having a pinner for dinner, and the CBP people have you bent over a barrel. Lying to customs officers is about as wise as snacking on strychnine.
I browse at -1 when I have mod points. It's unsettling.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by dry on Saturday October 20 2018, @03:11PM
The lawyers up here are advising to just to refuse to answer. You get refused entry that day and can try another day. The problem is people who think because it is legal, it is OK to admit it. If you lie and get caught out, that is also a reason for a permanent ban. Been lots of warnings about taking it south as well.