{"id":4941,"date":"2015-10-30T23:09:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T23:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=3884"},"modified":"2015-10-30T23:09:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T23:09:53","slug":"canadas-new-prime-minister-promises-to-legalize-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/canadas-new-prime-minister-promises-to-legalize-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s New Prime Minister Promises To Legalize Marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/canadas-new-prime-minister-promises-to-legalize-marijuana\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Justin Trudeau&#8217;s Liberal party clinched a decisive victory in the country&#8217;s election Monday, with a pledge to legalize the substance among his policy promises.<\/p>\n<p>Legalization and regulation of marijuana would significantly increase the markets available to licensed marijuana growers.<\/p>\n<p>There are approximately 35,000 to 40,000 patients enrolled in Canada&#8217;s medical marijuana program and the current market size is estimated at $80 million to $100 million, as reported by the Financial Post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will legalize, regulate, and restrict access to marijuana&#8221;, reads the Liberals&#8217; website. It does not prevent young people from using marijuana and too many Canadians end up with criminal records for possessing small amounts of the drug. Canopy Growth&#8217;s CEO, Bruce Linton stated that the government has most likely identified that it can shape the marijuana industry into a legal business that can provide taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the country has joined the list of nations that are open-minded about marijuana legalization, more questions are rising about the structure of the Canadian marijuana reforms.<\/p>\n<p>The changing of the guard in Ottawa could result in recreational access to the drug &#8211; a move that would fuel rapid growth in Canada&#8217;s burgeoning cannabis industry.<\/p>\n<p>One estimate from ArcView Group previous year said the U.S.&#8217;s legal marijuana industry is set to skyrocket, from $1.8 billion in wholesale and retail trade in 2013 to $10.2 billion by 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The professor added that, &#8220;Marijuana is a very well tolerated drug without the side effects that we see in other drugs like opioids&#8221;, which has been used more and more over the years by Canadians, causing a rise in related deaths.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian noted that legalizing marijuana had been a key issue of Trudeau&#8217;s electoral campaign, as he promised to legalize cannabis &#8220;right away&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Medical marijuana stocks soared Tuesday as Justin Trudeau&#8217;s Liberal Party swept to power in Canada&#8217;s federal election, according to the Toronto Star.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To ensure that we keep marijuana out of the hands of children, and the profits out of the hands of criminals, we will legalise, regulate, and restrict access to marijuana&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/canadas-new-prime-minister-promises-to-legalize-marijuana.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News Moderator: Jacob Redmond <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><br \/>\nFull Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/fleminggazette.com\/9947\/canadas-new-prime-minister-promises-to-legalize-marijuana\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canada&#8217;s New Prime Minister Promises To Legalize Marijuana<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: Ross Houston<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"mailto:info@fleminggazette.com\">Contact The Gazette<\/a><br \/>\nPhoto Credit: None Found<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/fleminggazette.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Fleming Gazette<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Trudeau&#8217;s Liberal party clinched a decisive victory in the country&#8217;s election Monday, with a pledge to legalize the substance among his policy promises.<\/p>\n<p>Legalization and regulation of marijuana would significantly increase the markets available to licensed marijuana growers.<\/p>\n<p>There are approximately 35,000 to 40,000 patients enrolled in Canada&#8217;s medical marijuana program and the current market size is estimated at $80 million to $100 million, as reported by the Financial Post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will legalize, regulate, and restrict access to marijuana&#8221;, reads the Liberals&#8217; website. It does not prevent young people from using marijuana and too many Canadians end up with criminal records for possessing small amounts of the drug. Canopy Growth&#8217;s CEO, Bruce Linton stated that the government has most likely identified that it can shape the marijuana industry into a legal business that can provide taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the country has joined the list of nations that are open-minded about marijuana legalization, more questions are rising about the structure of the Canadian marijuana reforms.<\/p>\n<p>The changing of the guard in Ottawa could result in recreational access to the drug &#8211; a move that would fuel rapid growth in Canada&#8217;s burgeoning cannabis industry.<\/p>\n<p>One estimate from ArcView Group previous year said the U.S.&#8217;s legal marijuana industry is set to skyrocket, from $1.8 billion in wholesale and retail trade in 2013 to $10.2 billion by 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The professor added that, &#8220;Marijuana is a very well tolerated drug without the side effects that we see in other drugs like opioids&#8221;, which has been used more and more over the years by Canadians, causing a rise in related deaths.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian noted that legalizing marijuana had been a key issue of Trudeau&#8217;s electoral campaign, as he promised to legalize cannabis &#8220;right away&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Medical marijuana stocks soared Tuesday as Justin Trudeau&#8217;s Liberal Party swept to power in Canada&#8217;s federal election, according to the Toronto Star.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To ensure that we keep marijuana out of the hands of children, and the profits out of the hands of criminals, we will legalise, regulate, and restrict access to marijuana&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/canadas-new-prime-minister-promises-to-legalize-marijuana.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News Moderator: Jacob Redmond <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><br \/>\nFull Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/fleminggazette.com\/9947\/canadas-new-prime-minister-promises-to-legalize-marijuana\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canada&#8217;s New Prime Minister Promises To Legalize Marijuana<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: Ross Houston<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"mailto:info@fleminggazette.com\">Contact The Gazette<\/a><br \/>\nPhoto Credit: None Found<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/fleminggazette.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Fleming Gazette<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1597,9,1,3],"tags":[4165],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}