Canada Legalizes Recreational Marijuana, and a National Experiment Begins

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Here’s what you need to know as Canada legalizes marijuana.]ImageThe first legal cannabis sale at Tweed, a retail store in St. Subscribe to our weekly Canada Letter newsletter.]The stated rationale for legalizing cannabis was to tame an illegal multibillion-dollar trade. They will also be permitted a maximum of four homegrown marijuana plants per household in most provinces.[Yes, Canadians can grow their own, but not in every province. Here Are Some Questions, Answered.Tara Walton for The New York TimesCanadians Already Smoke a Lot of Pot. That reversed somewhat in the afternoon, leaving the largest companies’ shares down just slightly by the end of trading.

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Legalizing Recreational Marijuana, Canada Begins a National Experiment

ImagePeople gathered in Toronto to watch the “bud drop” at the stroke of midnight, in celebration of the legalization on Wednesday of recreational cannabis use in Canada.CreditCreditIan Willms/Getty Images

By Dan Bilefsky

Oct. 17, 2018

MONTREAL — Canada on Wednesday became the first major world economy to legalize recreational marijuana, beginning a national experiment that will alter the country’s social, cultural and economic fabric, and present the nation with its biggest public policy challenge in decades.

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