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Ontario to sell pot online in fall, in private stores next year

Rider420

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Ontario to sell pot online in fall, in private stores next year

Bad news for the people in Ontario you will need a credit card and can only order cannabis online. What a joke. :moon:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/ontar...in-fall-in-private-stores-next-year-1.4051191

Shawn Jeffords, The Canadian Press
Published Monday, August 13, 2018 4:38PM EDT
Last Updated Monday, August 13, 2018 7:17PM EDT
TORONTO -- Recreational cannabis will be sold online in Ontario when legalized this fall and in private retail stores across the province early next year, the government announced Monday, reversing the previous administration's plan to distribute cannabis through publicly owned outlets.

The Progressive Conservatives, who took power at the end of June, said public safety was a top concern as they came up with the system, but critics said the new model could pose enforcement and regulation challenges.

A government agency called the Ontario Cannabis Store will sell pot online once it is legalized on Oct. 17, and a "tightly regulated" private retail model will be in place by April 1, 2019. The OCS will also be the wholesaler to private retail stores, the government said.

"We will be ready to put in place a safe, legal system for cannabis retail that will protect consumers," said Attorney General Caroline Mulroney. "We will be ready to work alongside municipalities, law enforcement and Indigenous communities to combat organized crime and the illegal market."

The legal age to buy recreational cannabis will remain 19 and consumers will only be allowed to use legalized pot in a private residence, including the outdoor space of the home. The maximum amount of recreational marijuana an adult can possess will be 30 grams.

Mulroney stressed that the government will "spare no expense" to protect children from marijuana when it's legalized.

"Our message to kids, and all Ontarians, is clear," she said. "Despite the upcoming legalization of recreational cannabis use for responsible adults, it is still a drug that poses risks to health and safety."

Finance Minister Vic Fedeli said municipalities can opt out of hosting pot shops within their boundaries and stressed that the government will consult with them before moving forward with cannabis in private retail stores next spring.

Retailers will have to follow a series of rules including prohibiting the sale of marijuana to anyone under 19, Fedeli said, noting that those selling to underage buyers will lose their licence.

"We will work with private sector businesses to build a safe, reliable retail system that will divert sales away from the illegal market," he said.

Fedeli added that the online retail channel launching this fall will have a "robust verification system" and will ensure safe home delivery for cannabis products.

The province also said it will learn from the private models being implemented in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

The previous Liberal government had planned to give the Liquor Control Board of Ontario a monopoly on the sale of recreational cannabis, opening as many as 150 retail stores by 2020. The Tory government does not have a target number of stores it would like to introduce.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said the most responsible way to sell legal pot is through the public sector. She urged Premier Doug Ford to ensure the promised consultation on the private retail model is open, transparent and thorough.

"LCBO staff have the experience and training to ensure socially responsible access," she said. "The model selected by the government needs to push the criminal element out of the picture."

Interim Liberal Leader John Fraser said the government has chosen a more complex model that could be harder to enforce.

"There will be greater challenges in terms of trying to manage it," he said.

Robert Schwartz, a University of Toronto professor specializing in cannabis distribution and public health, said it's hard to imagine the Tory government's private model would be safer than the previous plan.

"If privatization is meant that any store will be able to sell cannabis, then I would say that this is highly problematic given our experience with tobacco sales that are available 24 hours a day at every corner," he said.

Schwartz, who is also the executive director of the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, said private companies have a "profit motive." Their goal is to sell as much as possible which could mean less adherence to regulations, such as ensuring customers are 19 and older, he said.

Cannabis isn't as addictive as tobacco, Schwartz said, but those that are prone to addiction could be more at risk with cannabis being sold through the private sector.

"There is a role that availability has to play on getting people started with a product and keeping them using the product," he said.

Meanwhile, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner applauded Monday's announcement, saying the previous Liberal plan wasn't going to work.

"The one warning I would give to the market is this should be focused in a way that's licensed for local businesses, local farmers and Indigenous organizations and not a sop you would give to big business or friends of the premier," he said.

Cam Battley, chief corporate officer of Aurora Cannabis Inc., a licensed cannabis producer, said the company is pleased with the change in direction.

"I think we'll find ourselves in Ontario with a very robust and smoothly operating retail system," he said. "Beyond that it ultimately may end up putting pressure on other governments to consider their own system, to consider opening it up."

Battley added that online sales can be done safely with proper age verification.

"We already do that in Canada with wine," he said. "You can order wine for home delivery by Canada Post and you have to have age verification at the door."

-- with files from Alanna Rizza and Armina Ligaya.

Ontario will get retail cannabis on April fools day. Welcome to the rule of the Tories bet your as glad you voted for Doug as cannabis users in the States are glad they voted for Trump. :laughing:
 

Rider420

Well-known member
SAJLMFAO Who the fuck believed Ford? What's worse are the fucking morons who still do!

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/can...-ontario-to-be-limited-to-private-residences/

Legal cannabis use in Ontario to be limited to private residences

Ontario says it will begin selling recreational cannabis online on Oct. 17, with private retail stores supplying marijuana from April 1, 2019. The province says consumers will only be allowed to use legalized cannabis in private residences.

THE CANADIAN PRESS

You get what you voted for.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/a-look-at-each-province-s-rules-for-marijuana-legalization-1.3894944

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

Yes that's right only people who own their own homes can use cannabis in Ontario.

Fucking conservatives!
 

Hashmasta-Kut

honey oil addict
Veteran
subject to landlord restrictions means its up to the renter if they want to allow it. Many will, maybe many won't, not sure.
 

Limeygreen

Well-known member
Veteran
Lots of landlords still let you smoke cigarettes in your apartment in ontario, can't see them care about a bit of herb as well.
 

Switcher56

Comfortably numb!
What % of Canada use cannabis?

I ask this question because it reminds me of when we were activating for e-cigs. Folks were pissed! What happened to democracy etc..? Democracy has spoken by a majority of 84/16% It is not their problem you are addicted to nicotine. It is yours, deal with it! (smoke free for 8 yrs)

In NS a by-law has been written no growing outdoors, part of the nuisance act (smell). We can grow indoors no biggy, less bugs and pests. Their rationale, your neighbours are entitled to "free pratique" and, I have to agree. Why should we imposed our will on our neighbours without any forethought. Think about it, vice what we see day in and day oyt these days of a society of me, myself and I.

Those who thought they could do as they please, smoked too much of the good stuff IMO, and rendered them delusional.

No one said you had to smoke cannabis! For starters you can vape it, little to no smell, or you can ingest it. My prefered way because the onset is nice and mellow, reaches its crescendo 2-3 hrs in and mellows out. Total ride with a size 0 mari pill, 4-6 hrs.

Improvise, adapt, overcome! There is more than one way to skin a cat. :dance013:

ETA: by making "indigestible" you have increased your THC yield by up to 20% (Ed Rosenthal) makes sense to me )
 

Jonny Lan

Well-known member
gets dam annoying though. Neighbours worried your growing indoor will burn their house down, you grow it outdoor they complain about the smell. what about in the summer time when my neighbour grills his bbq pork and all those other meat odours i find offensive? i just suck it up and deal with it dont i but i grow one plant outside to save me some money on electricity and I'm a jerk now.
 

fatigues

Active member
Veteran
Yes that's right only people who own their own homes can use cannabis in Ontario.

Fucking conservatives!

If you have an existing lease in Ontario, your Landlord cannot change the terms of it to prohibit cannabis. That's not the way leases work. And at the end of the initial term, they automatically renew as a periodic tenancy (month-to-month, normally) on the same terms and conditions as existed previously. They can't change the conditions of the lease at that point, either.

A new lease? Yes, they can offer the terms and conditions they want. But change the rules of the game after the lease has begun and they have already granted a leasehold estate to a tenant?

Nope. And to be very clear here -- this statement is not a guess.
 

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