Countdown: 7 Days.
In one week’s time, we will be able to legally blaze it up and purchase cannabis from your provinces legal sales channel (In Ontario, this is online via the Ontario Cannabis Store’s website). Certain provinces will have a limited number of brick and mortar stores open for sales on legalization day.
In Ontario, Cannabis can be legally purchased on the OCS webstore on October 17th.
How will you be spending legalization day? Will you be attending or hosting a cannabis party in the upcoming weeks?
Here is a breakdown of the provincial cannabis rules:
ALBERTA
Age of legal consumption: 18+
Where to buy: Privately-run retail stores and government-operated online sales
Grow your own?: Up to four plants, subject to restrictions from landlords
Where to smoke?: Prohibited in cars, in areas frequented by children, and wherever tobacco is restricted.
Other notes: Kids are banned from entering cannabis stores, even with adult accompaniment
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Age of legal consumption: 19+
Where to buy: Both government and privately-run storefronts and online sales
Grow your own?: Up to four plants, out of public sight
Where to smoke?: Prohibited in cars, in areas frequented by children, and wherever tobacco is restricted
Other notes: Landlords can restrict cultivation and smoking on their properties
NEW BRUNSWICK
Age of legal consumption: 19+
Where to buy: Government-operated storefronts and online sales
Grow your own?: Up to four plants
Where to smoke?: Only on private property and in private residences
Other notes: 20 cannabis stores will open in July 2018. All cannabis grown outdoors must be located behind a locked enclosure that is 1.52 metres high. Landlords can restrict cultivation and smoking on their properties.
ONTARIO
Age of legal consumption: 19+
Where to buy: Online sales initially and then private retail shops by April 2019
Grow your own?: Up to four plants
Where to smoke?: Only on private property, subject to landlord restrictions
Other notes: Municipalities will have a "one time window" during which they will be able to opt-out of having cannabis stores within their boundaries
WEED the North
I will be spending legalization day in MLSE Square/Jurassic Park kicking off the start to the Toronto Raptors season. Keep an eye out for me and let’s celebrate legalization in a BLAZE of GLORY.
