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by agumonkey 806 days ago
Thanks for the report, so basically it removed the legal burden on people and police, no need to hide or buy at secret deals, and no need to arrest them all the time for smoking, is it right ?

Are there regulation on the production of cannabis on sale ? concentration and limits in amount of impurities etc ?

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> Are there regulation on the production of cannabis on sale ? concentration and limits in amount of impurities etc ?

Yes, it is regulated. However, growers get to choose which labs they send their samples to. With those incentives, you can guess what happens next.

Other than that, I agree with the GP: nothing has really changed; those who smoked continue to do so, often relying on the cheaper black market; those who didn't like it continue to not partake.

I vape once every few months and it is nice to have access to legal weed with transparent pricing.

Yeah regulated in terms of amount you can grow, sell, how much you can sell at a time, how much you can have in edibles, inside one package and etc. It was very weird in the beginning since the production didn't catch up with the demand, so was very expensive and sounded like quality was sub-par, making the regulars to rely on black market. Now, well, I guess you can still go with black market, but everyone I know that has been dabbling with it for the past 20+ years have switched to legal cannabis.

Keep in mind, nobody would have ever arrested you for smoking cannabis for ages especially in the west coast Canada. Sure it was illegal, but everyone has a friend who has been smoking for years.

What is meant with "legal cannabis"? That the last step somehow is a licensed dealer selling? Or is is guaranteed the whole chain from farmer to point of sales is legal?
Basically the whole chain.