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Canada's Framework for the Legalization and Regulation of Cannabis and What It Means to Growers

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 12/16/2016 - 10:41

The Canadian government has released the November 2016 report that was filed in Ottawa by the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation.  This report contains the findings and official recommendations of the task force for establishing legal cannabis across Canada.

In total the document contains 112 pages and covers issues from cultivation licenses, to processing, and distribution to taxation and home growing. Everyone interested in cannabis as an industry or as a medicine should read this document.

For growers I have summarized the main points that the Task Force recommends:

The production of cannabis and its derivatives (e.g., edibles, concentrates) should be regulated at the federal level, drawing on the good production practices of the current cannabis for medical purposes system.

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