Canada Passes C-45 and Legalizes Cannabis

[njdevilsfan87]

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada...to-vote-on-pot-legalization-bill-tonight.html

OTTAWA—The Senate has approved the Trudeau government’s landmark legislation to lift Canada’s 95-year-old prohibition on recreational cannabis — but with nearly four dozen amendments that the government may not entirely accept.

Bill C-45 has passed in the upper house by a vote of 56-30 with one abstention, over the objections of Conservative senators who remain resolutely opposed.

Congrats to you Canadians! I'm interested to see what the amendments are. I expect the US to follow within the decade. Times are changing. If you're interested in this, or want to follow it some more, some good references:

https://www.reddit.com/r/weedstocks/
http://www.cannmarketcap.com/

 

[sandorski]

sweet

 

[sdifox]

actually surprised the Senate didn't hold it up.

 

[Zorba]

It wasn't already legal? When I was biking around Vancouver I saw/smelled people smoking it all over the place, especially every beach I passed.

 

[sdifox]

It wasn't already legal? When I was biking around Vancouver I saw/smelled people smoking it all over the place, especially every beach I passed.

well, not yet, but police weren't actively enforcing.

 

[brycejones]

Better get started on the northern wall to keep out the Canadian pot fiends.

 

[sdifox]

Better get started on the northern wall to keep out the Canadian pot fiends.

Lol you know we export pot legally to you guys right?

 

[brycejones]

Lol you know we export pot legally to you guys right?

So build a bigliest wall?

We can take your pot we just don't want your crazed duggies invading our fine country desperate for over priced health care.

 

[sdifox]

So build a bigliest wall?

We can take your pot we just don't want your crazed duggies invading our fine country desperate for over priced health care.

We'll just get some ladders.

 

[brycejones]

We'll just get some ladders.

We will put the most bestest wall designer type people into a wall science program to build ever bigly walls. They will be best walls, really nice.

 

[Iron Woode]

Ontario PC's win majority in Ontario election. Doug Ford new Premier of Ontario.

 

[K1052]

My state better get cracking on this since I’ll be needing some by the time we hit Ivanka’s 3rd term as president.

 

[shortylickens]

INB4 people start posting green Canadian flags.

 

[sandorski]

Ontario PC's win majority in Ontario election. Doug Ford new Premier of Ontario.

Hopefully his evasive Trump act was just an act and he doesn't make a mess of things.

 

[Iron Woode]

Hopefully his evasive Trump act was just an act and he doesn't make a mess of things.

things are already a mess.

 

[zinfamous]

Now let the herb flow!!!

 

[compuwiz1]

I see no problem with this. Gets the criminal element out of distribution and product can be properly sold, legally, and taxed.
I've got a childhood friend who runs a successful pot farming business in Spokane, Wa. Even after doing prison time for being a cocaine king pin, he still got a license. Google Cip Paulsen.

 

[Victorian Gray]

Now let the herb flow!!!

Bob Marley - "Yeah, man. It's time to let de people get good herbs an' smoke. Government's a joke. All dey wan' is ya smoke cigarettes and cigar. Some cigar wickeder den herb. Yeah, man, ya can't smoke cigar. Smoke herb. Some big cigar me see man wit', God bless! Me tell him must smoke herb."

 

[sdifox]

Hopefully his evasive Trump act was just an act and he doesn't make a mess of things.

Nope. Not an act. He is that clueless.

 

[Thebobo]

The only problem I see is if the individual provinces or territories ban growing your own. That's what big money growers want and potential big pharma. Once the big $$ gets in they start writing the laws. This is why I like the Wash DC version, no sales except for medical but you can grow your own and give to friends. That to me is the spirit of the green wave.

 

[Jhhnn]

The only problem I see is if the individual provinces or territories ban growing your own. That's what big money growers want and potential big pharma. Once the big $$ gets in they start writing the laws. This is why I like the Wash DC version, no sales except for medical but you can grow your own and give to friends. That to me is the spirit of the green wave.

Not everybody can grow their own but the option needs to be there for an honest market. It's important to have a legal retail channel for those who can't. Otherwise black market providers will meet the demand.

 

[Thebobo]

Not everybody can grow their own but the option needs to be there for an honest market. It's important to have a legal retail channel for those who can't. Otherwise black market providers will meet the demand.

Well not everyone but a lot can and I guess my point was growing your own needs to be part of any legalization anywhere while with canada I think I read it's up to the provinces/territories? It's like saying you can't grow your own tomatoes.

And back to the point of growing, all you need is a 2 foot square piece of dirt outside or some cheap CFL lights, soil a timer and an empty closet or even a cardboard box and you can grow some damn good weed in your own house or apartment. Well you do need some seeds.

 

[sdifox]

The only problem I see is if the individual provinces or territories ban growing your own. That's what big money growers want and potential big pharma. Once the big $$ gets in they start writing the laws. This is why I like the Wash DC version, no sales except for medical but you can grow your own and give to friends. That to me is the spirit of the green wave.

4 plants per household.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

I thought this would trigger a little more activity here at work. Usually any time there's a development on weed trading volumes on weed stocks go up. So far it's been quiet on the trade floor...

 

[dank69]

We'll just get some ladders.

The wall will be made of frickin' laser beams.