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Canada Legalised Recreational Use of Marijuana Countrywide
Canada Legalised Recreational Use of Marijuana Countrywide- Details
The Parliament of Canada has passed Cannabis Act (or Bill C-45), a historic law that legalizes recreational use of marijuana (a psychoactive drug from the Cannabis plant intended for medical or recreational use) countrywide.
Now, Canada is the first G7 country to legalize the drug’s recreational use and the second to have a nationwide, legal marijuana market, after Uruguay (permitted in December 2013).
The new law controls and regulates how the marijuana drug can be grown, distributed and sold. It allows adults to possess up to 30 grams of dried cannabis in public, but minimum legal age to buy and consume the drug has been set federally at 18.
The new law makes illegal to possess more than 30 grams of cannabis in public, grow more than four plants per household and to buy from an unlicensed dealer. It provides a stringent penalty of jail up to 14 years if someone caught selling the drug to the minor.
With the passage of the bill, Canadians will be able to buy and consume marijuana legally as early as September 2018.
Marijuana
Marijuana is a greenish-gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds and flowers of Cannabis sativa – the hemp plant. Most people smoke marijuana, though it can also be used in other forms such as edibles, powders, and oils.
Marijuana used for controlling pain for medical issues, like cancer, nervous system diseases, glaucoma, migraines, etc and also used to treat nausea and improve appetites for people with HIV or other chronic illnesses
