Trudeau sets Canada's recreational pot legalization for October 17, 2018 - Polidicks

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cannabis-pot-legalization-bill-1.4713839 Upon coming into force, adults in Canada will be legally allowed to: purchase fresh or dried cannabis, cannabis oil, plants and seeds for cultivation from either a provincially or territorially regulated retailer, or — where this option is not available — directly from a federally licensed producer; possess up to 30 grams of dried legal cannabis or its equivalent in public; share up to 30 grams (or its equivalent) of legal cannabis and legal cannabis products with other adults; cultivate up to four plants at home (four plants total per household); and prepare varying types of cannabis products (e.g., edibles) at home for personal use provided that no dangerous organic solvents are used in the process. What is interesting here is that it appears that the bill does not give provinces the right to exclude home cultivation. However, that's from going off of the bullet point summary above, not the full text of the bill. I have read the full text of the bill, but I can't say that I understand it all -- but I did not see any language that clearly indicated provincial authority to block cultivation, at least. Until the bill receives royal assent — the last procedural step of the legislative process — it will be illegal to transport cannabis. So the federal government believes it will take weeks to formally establish a distribution system that will allow producers to transport their product to provincially-run stores or, depending on the province, to private retailers. Employees will have to be hired, screened and trained on the sale of the drug, too, meaning retail operations cannot materialize overnight. The distribution system itself can't get started until the bill receives royal assent, so it's going to be a rush to get things rolled out in time for October. Stay tuned for BC's economy and its tax revenue to skyrocket this winter.

Yeah, along with the crime and death rates... smh 😞

Er... How would legalizing weed increase the rate of crimes? If anything it'll kill off a lot of gangs.

there's not a whole lot of data from the states to say either way, fundamentally you're reducing one set of crimes by legalizing it but there's always going to be some other crimes that can be tied to this, the biggest worry of which has been cartels abusing this and increasing gang violence which its hard to say if it has in places that have legalized it. Part of the problem in the US though has been states around legal states seeing larger drug related crime from people bringing it inti their state which a full federal legalization would theoretically eliminate

The biggest challenge, really, is designing a legal pot distribution and sales regulation regime that weakens the black market and draws consumers out into the sunlight (where they'll pay taxes on their weed). It has to be of higher quality and easier to obtain, because it will likely be more expensive than the street at least in BC (due to the overhead costs of business licensing and paying employees benefits and so on, plus taxation). However, the typical small-time grower supplying the street market is growing shitty indica-dominant clones of clones, so offering better weed is going to go a long way. It does give the police greater incentive to go after the large illegal operations, however, because there's now no excuse not to apply for licensing unless, y'know, you're a gang who never intended to move out of the black market.

also he's joking

Marijuana junkies murdered my brother for 15 cents of pocket change so they could get their next "kush" fix from a dispensary

Huh that's two days before my birthday. I've always been curious of what it's like, too bad I don't like in Canada.

Weed shops are already super accessible in BC, at least in Vancouver Ill pay a premium to have a guarantee that shit isnt spiked

I mean in Vancouver personal amounts have basically been unofficially legal for like ten years, but I'm talking about in other, smaller communities where there isn't already a thriving and competitive dispensary environment, and where the black market may be able to substantially outcompete businesses. Like just how many dispensaries are going to be open in Smithers, and how likely is it that they'll be more profitable and higher-quality than knowing a buddy who has an unauthorized outdoor grow op in a random patch of woods halfway between town and the mountain?

Four plants will yeild faaaaaaaaaaaaar more than 30 grams. This wasn't well thought out.

I think 30 grams only refers to the amount you can carry in public IIRC

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