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Four years ago, the Canadian government passed The Cannabis Act that legalized recreational cannabis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

October 16, 2022

After four years of legal cannabis, provinces should review their policies

Michael J. Armstrong, Brock University

Provincial governments should follow the federal government’s lead by revisiting their cannabis policies to improve them.

While licensed retailers are subject to inspections and constrained to selling products sourced through licensed channels, the unlicensed market seems to operate outside these requirements, with little pressure from law enforcement. (Shutterstock)

May 3, 2022

Canada needs better CBD policies to protect consumers from unlicensed products

Majid Eghbali Zarch, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Jennifer Marlowe, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and Sandy Brennan, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Policy-makers and stakeholders in Canada should re-examine CBD policies and ensure they are protecting, rather than confusing, consumers.

Integrating cannabis consumption into tourism will improve the normalization, acceptance and tolerance of cannabis in Canada and abroad. (iStock)

April 20, 2022

Tourism is the missing piece of Canada’s cannabis legalization puzzle

Susan Dupej, University of Guelph

Canada is in a position to be a global leader in setting an international precedent for socially responsible and informed policy for cannabis.

A T-shirt worn by a cannabis advocate during a court hearing on the legality of the plant in South Africa. RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images

November 30, 2020

What history teaches us about shaping South Africa’s new cannabis laws

Thembisa Waetjen, University of Johannesburg

Policy makers need to protect and promote the interests of people whose indigenous knowledge and toil developed a thriving national cannabis economy - in the face of harsh police crackdowns.

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