{"id":1873,"date":"2018-10-18T16:15:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T05:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/dazed-and-confused-canada-cannabis-legalization-brings-complex-new-laws\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:02:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:02:18","slug":"dazed-and-confused-canada-cannabis-legalization-brings-complex-new-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/dazed-and-confused-canada-cannabis-legalization-brings-complex-new-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Dazed and confused: Canada cannabis legalization brings complex new laws"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada legalizes marijuana: here\u2019s everything you need to know<\/a>  <\/p>\n

Leyland Cecco<\/a> Tue 16 Oct 2018 <\/p>\n

 Canada will become the second country in the world to legalise recreational marijuana. Photograph: Carlos Osorio\/Toronto Star via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Canada<\/a> will this week become the second country in the world to legalize recreational marijuana, but as they negotiate a patchwork of new legislation and inconsistent enforcement, smokers may soon find that their enjoyment of weed is still blunted.<\/p>\n

New rules governing cannabis use are different in each of the country\u2019s 10 provinces and three territories, and campaigners warn that experimentation could still result in hefty fines \u2013 or even arrest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be more laws around the cannabis plant after legalization than there were before,\u201d said Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, a professor at the University of Toronto. \u201cI don\u2019t think the average Canadian is aware of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

But regulations rushed into place to govern the legal market could have jarring and unintended consequences, said Abby Deshman of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re legalizing the industry, but criminalizing a lot of the aspects around the use of cannabis,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Only purchases from officially recognized stores will be legal: someone selling a few ounces to a friend could still face fines or even jail time.<\/p>\n

Giving marijuana to a minor remains illegal, so an 18-year-old sharing marijuana with a 17-year-old could in theory face a maximum sentence of 14 years in jail.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe danger in this is that people are going to go out and think that they\u2019re using a legal substance and will use it in a variety of ways that may seem innocuous, but could result in criminal charges,\u201d said Deshman.<\/p>\n

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