Talk:Legal history of cannabis in Canada

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'''See the TALK page at Cannabis in Canada .. we agreed there that we needed two articles: ''' 1. A discussion of the history of cannabis with all of the important court decisions, etc. over many years. Now, Legal history of cannabis in Canada contains all of that - pulled from Cannabis in Canada. There is only a bit of content about the steps being taken in 2015, 2016 and 2017 to legalize marijuana.

2. The discussion of the many steps that are being taken to legalize marijuana for recreational use. That started recently, in 2015 and will conclude by late 2017 or early 2018. This more recent content - without the old history - is now the Cannabis in Canada article. Peter K Burian (talk) 22:05, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

History of Cannabis in Canada

The government of Canada added marijuana in the Confidential Restricted List in 1923 under the Narcotics Drug Act Amendment Bill after an imprecise reference to a “new drug” throughout a late-night session of the House of Commons April 23, 1923.

Mainly, the government launched the Act to Prohibit the Improper Use of Opium and other Drugs; this was a consolidation of other legislation listed three new drugs, including marijuana.

During the 1960s, marijuana use began to spread quickly. From 1930-1946, the RCMP just made 25 cannabis-related arrests. That ratio increased to 2,300 in 1968, and 12,000 in 1972. The largest demographic of marijuana users by then was white-collar class, college students.

Gallup polls in the 80s indicated that cannabis use seemed to be stabilizing, but rates of use rose dramatically in the 90s.

Historical Use of Medical Marijuana

Marijuana for medical use was legalized in Canada in 2001 with the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations. Following this decision, a series of legal disputes affirmed Canadians’ rights to use cannabis for medical usage but left to advance the legalization or decriminalization of this drug.

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien’s administration initiated a bill in 2003 that would have decriminalized the possession of cannabis to a maximum of 15 grams.

After Justin Trudeau was chosen Prime Minister in 2015, he formed the Task Force on Marijuana Legalization and Regulation in order to examine the process for legalization.

In December 2016, the task force released a 106-page report, which was (and still is) accessible to people in general.

The report spread out processes and considerations for legalization and the people noticed it when the government composed the final legislation.

The Cannabis Act, known as Bill C-45, was passed in June 2018, and cannabis officially became legal on October 17, 2018. This made Canada the second country in modern times to legalize cannabis, with Uruguay being the first.

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