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Nova Scotia cannabis users concerned over ‘excessive’ plastic packaging

Nova Scotia cannabis users concerned over ‘excessive’ plastic packaging

Packaging must be tamper-resistant and child-proof, but provinces decide how to follow rules Some Canadians are discovering smoking cannabis legally comes wrapped in a whole lot of plastic. Nova Scotians who have purchased legal cannabis through the province’s stores have been taking to social media, surprised their paper bags of pot are filled with so much packaging. Greg MacLean says he was...

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Toronto: Nothing in store, except cannabis enthusiasm

Toronto: Nothing in store, except cannabis enthusiasm

Header image Toronto, just after midnight: A depiction of a cannabis bud drops from the ceiling at a countdown party by the education group Leafly. picture by Chris Young/The Associated Press   In Canada’s largest city, cannabis users didn’t have a legal store to line up at when midnight hit. For now, the province is...

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Canada cannabis legalization: ‘We know the world is watching’

Canada cannabis legalization: ‘We know the world is watching’

For many Canadians, the idea of legal cannabis once seemed a pipe dream. But from 17 October, Canada will become the first G7 country to give recreational cannabis the green light. It’s following a trail first blazed by Uruguay in 2013. “It’s becoming a serious industry,” says one entrepreneur. Supporters say legalization will bring new...