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Headline October 19, 2018/ '' 'CANADA *CROWNS* CANNABIS' ''


'' 'CANADA *CROWNS* CANNABIS' ''




*POTHEADS ARE NOTORIOUSLY very, very, very impatient. When they want their weed, they  really want their weed,'' said Ryan Bose, 48.   

SO CANADA is just all set to become the largest country with legal pot sales....

Mat Beren and his friends used to drive by the vast greenhouses of southern British Columbia and joke about how much weed they could grow there.

Years later, it's no joke. The tomato and pepper plants that once filled some of these greenhouses have been replaced with a new cash crop: marijuana. Beren and other formerly illicit growers are helping cultivate it.

The buyers no longer are unlawful dealers or dubious medical dispensaries; it's the Canadian government.

On Oct.17, Canada becomes the second and largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace. Uruguay launched legal sales last year, after several years of planting.

It's a profound social shift promised by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and fueled by a desire to bring the black market into a regulated, taxed system after nearly a century of prohibition.

It also stands in contrast to the United States, where the federal government outlaws marijuana while most states allow medical or recreational use for people 21 and older.

Canada's national approach has allowed for unfettered industry banking, inter-province shipments of cannabis, online ordering, postal delivery and billions of dollars in investment; national prohibition in the US has stifled greater industry expansion there.

Hannah Hetzer, who tracks international marijuana policy for the New York-based Drug Policy Alliance, called Canada's move ''extremely significant'' given that-

That about 25 countries have already legalized the medical use of marijuana or decriminalized possession of small amounts of the drug.

A few including Mexico, have expressed an interest in regulating recreational use.

''It's going to change the global debate on drug policy,'' she said.

''There's no other country immediately considering legalizing the non-medical use of cannabis, but I think Canada will provide almost the permission for other countries to move forward.''

At least 109 legal pot shops are expected to open across the nation of 37 million people this Wednesday, with many more to come, according to an Associated press survey of the provinces.

For now, they'll offer dried flower, capsules, tinctures and seeds, with sales of marijuana-infused  foods and concentrates expected to begin next year.

The provinces are tasked overseeing marijuana distribution. For some, including British Columbia  and Alberta, that means buying cannabis from licensed producers, storing-

Storing it in warehouses and then shipping it to retail shops and online customers. Others like Newfoundland are having growers ship directly to stores or through the mail.

Federal taxes will total $1 per gram or 10 percent, whichever is more. The feds will keep one-fourth  of that and return the rest to the provinces, which can add their own markups. Consumers will also pay local sales taxes.

Some provinces have chosen to operate their own stores, like state-run liquor stores in the U.S, while others have OK'd private outlets. Most are letting residents grow up to four plants at home.

Canada's - most populous province, Ontario, wont have any stores open until next April, after the new conservative government scrapped a plan for state-owned stores in favor of privately run shops.

Until then, the only legal option for  Ontario's residents will be mail delivery - a prospect that didn't sit well with longtime pot fan, Ryan Ryan Bose, a LYFT driver.

''Potheads are notoriously very impatient. When they want their weed, they want their weed,'' he said after buying a half-announce at an illicit marijuana dispensary in Toronto.

''Waiting one or two or three days for it by mail, I'm not sure how many will want to do that.''

With respectful dedication to the  much loved and respected Canada's great Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Grandparents, Parents, Students, Professors, and Teachers and then the world's.

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