Canada to allow mail-order marijuana sales

[jpak]

Source: The Hill

Canadians will soon be able to order marijuana through the mail as part of the nation’s new legalization of recreational pot.

Lawmakers in the country passed the Cannabis Act earlier this week, setting the country up to regulate the market in the coming months.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday that legalization will begin on Oct. 17. The country is the second to legalize the substance nationwide, after Uruguay.

The federal minimum age for marijuana use in Canada will be 18, but some provinces are setting their own minimum age at 19, which is the drinking age in most areas. Provinces are also creating their own regulations regarding pot shops, home-growing and taxes.
Medical marijuana, which has been legal in Canada for nearly 20 years, has been available through the mail since 2013.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/international/393768-canada-to-allow-mail-order-marijuana-sales

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Oh Canadaaaa....

[NanceGreggs]

1. It's a nightmare living here in Toronto ...

... universal healthcare, low crime rate, strict gun laws - and now THIS!!!

Is this any way to run a country?!?!

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

3. Personally, I'm not sure how you can suffer through..

Sounds like a living hell...(for the 1%)

[babylonsister]

6. Hahaha!

[Maxheader]

20. Had a chance to work

for bell helicopter in toronto..years ago...would
have been a good job but I stayed in kansass

[keithbvadu2]

2. If you think we got a lot of Canadian pharmacy email spams, wait for this batch coming.

If you think we got a lot of Canadian pharmacy email spams, wait for this batch coming.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Well well,those Red States along the Border are

going to have to build a Wall just to keep the USPS from delivering Weed. Gollie Gee Wilikers.

[roamer65]

7. I plan on vacationing more in Canada.

Spend some of my money to help the Canadian economy.

[OhNo-Really]

8. [phone]

[riversedge]

18. :-)

[Uncle Joe]

9. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread jpak

[jmowreader]

10. I can think of something else Canada needs

They need to permit businesses where people can go to partake in cannabis. They'd be like taverns, but with marijuana instead of (or in addition to) alcohol.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. Places with a bunch of TVs showing Blue Jays, Maple Leafs, etc.?

Or maybe just traffic cam footage. The clientele won't know the difference.

Dude.

[jmowreader]

19. It wouldn't matter what they have

If you live in a “no smoking” apartment, or you’re a tourist, you won’t be able to smoke any weed. Edibles aren’t the same, and vapes require equipment one may not want to buy for a weekend in Canada. Smoking rooms would solve those problems.

[OnlinePoker]

11. Here in BC, Shopify just got the contract to set up web sales

They have to create two websites, one for the retailers to use and one for the clients. The product will then be couriered to the buyer and age verification done before it's handed over. People will also be able to grow their own at home, up to four plants. No edibles, though...something to do with not being able to verify dosage from batch to batch.

[Midnight Writer]

12. How do I invest?

[OnlinePoker]

13. Toronto Venture Exchange and Canadian Securities Exchange have a lot of pot stocks.

Most of them have had their run-ups, though as they were established while the Liberals were working on the legislation.

[JohnnyRingo]

14. I'm moving to Canada Kentucky.

I looked it up. There's a city named Canada in Kansas too, but it's Kansas and that'd be a buzzkill.

I'm counting on the postal workers up north being stoners. i just hope their weed is better than their cigarettes.

[CanSocDem]

16. A year ago...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/12794588

[riversedge]

17. I am envious, but great for Canada.