Canada's decision to legalize cannabis will create a backlog in the courts as those charged with driving while drug-impaired are sure to launch a wave of legal challenges, a lawyer who specializes in impaired driving cases says.
A Colorado reports shows marijuana sales in the state have exceeded US$1 billion as of August of this year, with tax revenue from those sales reaching US$200 million.
The managers of two pot shops on Vancouver Island where police seized thousands of dollars worth of marijuana say the British Columbia government failed them by only approving one store in the province before legalization.
Amid euphoric media coverage of the first Canadian to buy legal pot, the more interesting and ignored angle would be the last person charged with possession of cannabis in this country.
A day after announcing his budding career in the pot business, former prime minister Brian Mulroney said the massive social change Canadians are experiencing with cannabis legalization is comparable to society’s acceptance of same sex marriage.
The Liberal government is well aware the massive black market for marijuana is banking on the appeal of products like gummies, tablets, sprays and creams but it defends waiting for another year to greenlight these items for the legal market.
