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RSS FeedsMarijuana“s first legal day is surprisingly mellow
(The Star Fashion & Style)

 
 

18 october 2018 07:16:46

 
Marijuana“s first legal day is surprisingly mellow
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


The sky didnā€™t fall. The Americans didnā€™t invade. Cats and dogs didnā€™t start embracing in the streets.Unlikely as it seems, Canadaā€™s first day as the worldā€™s largest legal marijuana marketplace turned out to be pretty much just another day. A bit hazier here, a bit giddier there, without doubt ā€” but by nightfall, legalization was unfolding so smoothly there was even room for other news amid coast-to-coat cannabis coverage.Buyers were able to vote with their feet in every province but Ontario and buy they did, lining up at newly unveiled bricks-and-mortar shops starting in Newfoundland, where at the stroke of midnight Ian Power, 46, become the first Canadian to possess a fully legal, fully taxed gram of marijuana. Powers, unlike most, said he had no intention of ever smoking his bounty, vowing instead to have it mounted on a plaque with the date and time. ā€œIā€™m going to keep it forever.ā€In Canadaā€™s highest office, the man who made it all happen told reporters he has no plans to ever get high on recreational cannabis, despite having previously acknowledged smoking it a few times before.ā€œIā€™ve said many times Iā€™m not a drug user,ā€ Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa. ā€œI donā€™t drink much alcohol, I donā€™t drink coffee, I have no intention of using marijuana.ā€Read more: Despite smooth first day of legalization, high demand could delay deliveries in Ontario, government says Edmonton celebrates ā€˜surrealā€™ legalization day at the centre of Albertaā€™s pot industryTorontonians ā€˜Wake and Bakeā€™ to countryā€™s new cannabis lawsOntario may be the laggard on the national cannabis landscape ā€” though online sales began at a frantic rate of 100 purchase a minute beginning at 12:01 a.m., no storefronts will open here until next April. Yet in a flurry of legislative activity Wednesday, Premier Doug Fordā€™s government ...


 
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