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Wednesday will be a major moment in Canadian history -- the day when the recreational use of marijuana becomes legal.
While getting legal weed may be difficult because many provinces are still struggling to set up retail outlets, there has been no shortage of stories on legalized cannabis from The Conversation Canada over the past few months.
For your weekend reading pleasure, I've assembled some of our best cannabis-related articles.
Enjoy the weed-kend. We'll be back in your Inbox on Monday.
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Great Weed-kend Reads
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Michael J. Armstrong, Brock University
In competing with Canada's black markets, legal cannabis has potential strengths and weaknesses. Most flow directly from governments' policy choices.
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Stephanie Lake, University of British Columbia; M-J Milloy, University of British Columbia
As Canada moves towards legalization of cannabis in 2018, there is growing evidence of the drug's potential to treat opioid addiction itself, as well as the chronic pain that often drives it.
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Rebecca Haines-Saah, University of Calgary
When it comes to cannabis legalization, we don’t need more education, we need to do education better.
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Geraint Osborne, University of Alberta
Parents can help protect their kids from cannabis abuse by openly discussing the health risks, the pleasures and the responsible ways to use the drug.
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Michael J. Armstrong, Brock University
Ontario must quickly create rules for cannabis stores. How the Ford government decides to regulate retailers will have a major impact on how many retailers will get into the business.
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David Soberman, University of Toronto
As marijuana legalization looms and we we contemplate the future of cannabis sales in Canada, there are still lots of questions for both the public and government to consider.
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Samuel E. Trosow, Western University
As Canada moves to legalize marijuana and online sales become commonplace, privacy concerns can’t be an afterthought; they must be built into the system from the outset. That's not happening.
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Michael J. Armstrong, Brock University
Ontario’s change to private sector cannabis stores will give consumers more convenience. That will mean stronger competition against the black market, but potentially higher consumption too.
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Dan Malleck, Brock University
History has shown that prohibiting popular intoxicants spurs illegal and sometimes excessive use. Ontario municipalities taking up Doug Ford's offer to ban local retail weed sales should take note.
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Chris Montoya, Thompson Rivers University
In advance of marijuana legalization in Canada, one university in British Columbia has taken a firm stance, banning all smoking of cannabis products on campus.
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Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph
Canada will soon legalize marijuana. For aging baby boomers, the move is a culmination of a cultural phenomenon that started in the 1960s.
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Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph
Canada is legalizing marijuana on July 1. But how the drug became criminalized in the first place is an interesting saga that involves anti-Chinese racism and international influence.
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Andrea Furlan, University of Toronto
More places, including Canada, are legalizing cannabis, but how do we figure out when it's no longer safe to drive?
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Sylvain Charlebois, Dalhousie University
Cannabis-infused food products could shake up the food industry.
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