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skidor

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I go to a dispensary now and love it !

No more waiting , calling, screwing around.

I have always preferred hash over weed and now I can drive 10 minutes and buy it for $8 a gram and it's fine .
 

onthebottom

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i like how the canadian government is like, 'weed is perfectly safe and okay for you to smoke, now that we can make money off of it and it doesnt need to be controlled and sold by a doctor anymore"

and anyone selling pot thats not the government cant make money selling pot. only the government is allowed to make money selling pot.

https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/12/12/ontario-passes-cannabis-act-will-take-effect-july-1-2018.html
Doesn’t Canada take the same approach with alcohol
 

managee

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From my understanding, yes. It is exempt. They still have to pay.

Again, medical is out of the hands of big Parma so I don't even think the health card system they are using for the billing of those meds are not in affect for medical consumers and their LPs.

However that is a good point and one that parents should be fighting for.
It looks like we’re heading in the right direction.

https://www.marijuanamedinfo.ca/health-benefits-coverage-for-medical-marijuana/

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/02/27/budget-lays-foundation-for-pharmacare-plan-eases-cost-of-pot-based-drugs.html
 

basketcase

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i like how the canadian government is like, 'weed is perfectly safe and okay for you to smoke, now that we can make money off of it and it doesnt need to be controlled and sold by a doctor anymore"

and anyone selling pot thats not the government cant make money selling pot. only the government is allowed to make money selling pot.

https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/12/12/ontario-passes-cannabis-act-will-take-effect-july-1-2018.html
Do you say the same thing about people selling random products on the street? You need a business license to sell products as a business and can be charged for operating without one. End of story.

And if you just happen to sell a bit from your personal plant allotment, no one will bug you. It will only be the businesses that are operating illegally (or maybe selling to kids).

I would also prefer the profit to go into the national budget than some random businessman's pocket.
 

jcpro

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Well, I'll stick with the "guy" I've been dealing with for a while. Better price, he takes pride in quality and he delivers. Besides, when I want something a bit less conventional, he can get that too. At $160/oz the government cannot compete.
 

CurvLuvver

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As a person who has had a "green" card for a while I can tell you that currently if I was to buy my weed from the government my monthly bill would be over $1400 (quarter pound) I buy it instead from a local guy and only pay $600 for the same amount.
 

MattRoxx

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Hey guys, can you give me a piece of advice and give an answer to the question how long cannabis stays in your system? An article from marijuanabreak by the link...that's what I found when discovered this question. But...is that true? Thanks:)
Yes that article seems reasonably accurate and mentions several times there are many factors involved.
THC is fat-soluble and can therefore "stay in your system" for weeks depending on type of test (saliva vs. urine), frequency of ingestion, potency, amount of body fat, metabolism, etc. Hope that helps.
 

MattRoxx

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As a person who has had a "green" card for a while I can tell you that currently if I was to buy my weed from the government my monthly bill would be over $1400 (quarter pound) I buy it instead from a local guy and only pay $600 for the same amount.
Yeah I'm probably going to buy 1 gram just so I can have "licit" government-approved bag to carry my weed in. The price, limited products, and inconvenience (40 stores for all of Ontario) does not seem like an effective business model to wipe out the green market.
 

bazokajoe

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Don't use the stuff,never have and never will. I am an investor though and don't believe the Ontario plan for government stores is going to even make a dent in the black market. They will basically have to build a store on every other block if they want to have a hope of eliminating the black market,not to mention have a fair price and not doing the typical money grab they are famous for.

I believe the Ontario government will cave and allow the private sector to open stores.
 

onthebottom

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Why not just follow the US approach of regulate and tax. There is an exploding industry in Colorado of edibles, vapes and breeds (don’t know if that’s the right term) of weed.... private sector always drives innovation.
 

Platon

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Legalization will have disastrous consequences on already disadvantaged millennials and the generation after. But if it is to be done it needs to be completely privatized with very little government interference (only to enforce quality etc.). That is something that's not very likely to happen anytime soon in Ontario.
 

Insidious Von

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I agree with Platon, the legalization would be better served as a private entity. They would know better on what's best for the customers. Unlike the ex cops that the government would employ who don't give a fuck.

Pot is relatively safe if grown organically in accordance to soil specifications. Hydro with its preponderance of THC most certainly is not - I do believe the reports that it (Hydro) can lead to psychosis.
 

james t kirk

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Can't stand the smell of it.

I walk down the streets in Toronto and everywhere people are smoking dope. They are smoking in door ways, stores, alleys, you name it. Everywhere I go I'm confronted by pot smokers figuring that yee haw, it's legal, I can do it wherever and whenever I want and fuck you all.

Thanks Justin you fucking idiot.
 

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FirstCaveman

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Per the Ontario liberals I wouldn't be surprised if they buy it for $80 a gram and sell it for $10 a gram, similar to how they sold out the taxpayer with their ridiculous clean energy initiative - LOL!

Years later we will find out that the marijuana suppliers are all friends of the liberal government, similar to the wind and solar farm owners.

If there is anything the taxpaying public has learned - The government can and will fuck this up.

A) Particularly at the outset, green energy sources had to be paid at premium rates in order to show up and produce KWHs. The result was taking coal fired plants off line and reducing Toronto's smog days to zero.

B) Wind and solar installations are normally found on space leased from farmers. I'm here to tell ya - those farmers love the $$$, but they would never vote for the liberals.

C) Ontario is approaching this 'small c' conservatively. (Are you old enough to know about filling out a form to buy your alcohol a the LCBO,and then, carrying it out in a plain brown paper bag?) We can certainly expect a few bumps along the cannabis road, but it's probably a good way to start.
 

hoorawr

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Can't stand the smell of it.

I walk down the streets in Toronto and everywhere people are smoking dope. They are smoking in door ways, stores, alleys, you name it. Everywhere I go I'm confronted by pot smokers figuring that yee haw, it's legal, I can do it wherever and whenever I want and fuck you all.

Thanks Justin you fucking idiot.
Lol it’s always been like that. Eazy up pal, you’re gonna get a stroke
 

jcpro

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Why not just follow the US approach of regulate and tax. There is an exploding industry in Colorado of edibles, vapes and breeds (don’t know if that’s the right term) of weed.... private sector always drives innovation.
Because in Canada we like to reinvent the wheel. And once it's square enough, we install it on a cat pulled cart and marvel at our achievement.
 

Butler1000

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Funny how you mention this, yet the government sells tobacco which contains a multitude of chemicals and additives. I guess that is okay in your books?

How many mystery additives are in street pot today?

I have not smoked weed in a couple of decades and even when legal it will not be my choice of recreational use. I cannot recall any instances of underground killer weed being in the news.

I still think Justin and the provincial governments have not thought this through. If street weed is $10 a gram, what is the government going to sell it for? If they sell for the same price, then the underground market will reduce their prices because guess what? They have no overhead!

Per the Ontario liberals I wouldn't be surprised if they buy it for $80 a gram and sell it for $10 a gram, similar to how they sold out the taxpayer with their ridiculous clean energy initiative - LOL!

Years later we will find out that the marijuana suppliers are all friends of the liberal government, similar to the wind and solar farm owners.

If there is anything the taxpaying public has learned - The government can and will fuck this up.
Justin's campaign manager is the CEO of a pot growing company.

George Smitherman is also on the board of a pot company.
 

onthebottom

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Because in Canada we like to reinvent the wheel. And once it's square enough, we install it on a cat pulled cart and marvel at our achievement.
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