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Making Sense of Canada’s Cannabis
Like many things in Canada, exactly what legal marijuana means varies by province. But there’s no doubt that the country’s fractured and not fully prepared system will nevertheless bring significant social, economic and legal changes and challenges. Canada is the first major industrialized economy to take this on. Its success or failure with legal recreational marijuana will likely become a model — or a warning — for the rest of the world.

Massive Lines Outside Canada Marijuana Shops After Country Legalizes Weed
Stores in the country’s easternmost province, Newfoundland, opened at the stroke of midnight to serve queues of customers hoping to be a part of the nation’s historic day. In the city of St. John’s, hundreds of customers were lined up around the block at a store on the main commercial drag in the provincial capital by the time the clock struck midnight. A festive atmosphere broke out, with some customers lighting up on the sidewalk and motorists honking their horns in support as they drove by the crowd. Similar scenes can be observed around the country.

Canada Just Legalized Recreational Marijuana. Here’s What That Means for You.
Canada is only the second country in the world to legalize weed, after Uruguay. It is the first country whose weed laws will have a substantial effect on Americans. Here’s what citizens in the States need to know before taking a weed vacation up north.

Toronto Police to Canadians: Stop Snitching on Your Neighbors About Marijuana
With the official start of marijuana legalization in Canada on Wednesday, and retail stores opening across the country, the Toronto police force started a public awareness campaign to inform people that they should no longer snitch on their neighbors about marijuana use.

A Gathering of News Updates on All Things Related to Canada Historic Day
This news story gives you a panoramic view of Canada historic day from U.S.-Canada border crossings to first-day sales figure. Also, a federal official told The Associated Press that Canada will pardon all those with convictions for possessing up to 30 grams of marijuana, the now-legal threshold.

Marijuana Growers Wrestle with Cannabis’ High-Tech, Industrial Future
Cannabis cultivators are grappling with industrialization issues as production that once was hidden in closets and deep forests becomes just another part of American agribusiness. Some growers will continue tending plants by hand and try to preserve natural traditions for a boutique marijuana market. But for the mainstream, the future lies with technologies like genetic testing, robotic harvesting, crop data analysis and even yeast-based manufacturing, experts at the New West Summit marijuana conference in Oakland said.