regulate and tax the sale of marijuana. Dubbed "Weed Wednesday," the event was heralded by legalization advocates who hope Canada's new law will lend weight to federal approval in the United States.

Starting Wednesday, the sale of recreational marijuana begins in Canada following a law passed over the summer. The law says anyone in Canada over the age of 18 is allowed to possess marijuana ...

Liedtke sees Canada as on the vanguard, just the second country to nationally legalize recreational marijuana after Uruguay, which began legal sales in 2017. But he worries about U.S. law.

As of today, recreational marijuana in Canada is legal. The Windsor Police want to remind Americans that transporting the drug across the border is still illegal. The video from Canada Border ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization. On October 17, 2018, the Cannabis Act went into effect ...

Canada is set to become the largest ... The only other country to fully legalise recreational marijuana is Uruguay, which introduced the law in 2013. The drug is also decriminalised for personal ...

Just a handful of retail locations are up and running on day one, though medical marijuana has been approved for sale in Canada for some time. The law doesn’t just cover marijuana possession ...

Students in my Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform seminar continue ... The presentation will focus on medical marijuana in Canada. Like with the United States, the national attitude towards medical ...

leading to a possible boom in the illicit marijuana trade the new law is designed to thwart. Canada’s 13 provinces and territories are tasked with regulating the distribution and sale of ...

"Goodale said they've been close touch with the U.S. government on the proposed law and noted exporting and importing marijuana will continue to be illegal."The regime we are setting up in Canada ...