Indopedia All Things Marijuana
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau first revealed his desire to bring down the scourge of marijuana prohibition in the northern nation nearly a year ago. Now, a number of reports show the Canadian government is making good on its promise, with plans to introduced legislation on Thursday to legalize recreational marijuana nationwide.
Although there are still a number of details that will need to be hashed out before Canada’s plan to launch a fully legal pot market comes to fruition, the goal still appears to be giving adults the freedom to purchase weed from their friendly neighborhood dispensary no later than July 2018.
The bill, which is set to be revealed in the next few days, will address the many components of legal marijuana, including age restrictions and home cultivation limits, all of which will need to be negotiated by governing forces this year.
In 2016, a report published by Trudeau’s marijuana task force recommended giving adults 18 and over legal access to marijuana. It seems likely that each province and territory would be given permission to establishing ages for legal pot consumption in a manner to what they presently do with respect to alcohol. In…
