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[7] [8] The Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation (OCRC), was established as a subsidiary of the LCBO with a mandate to initially open 40 stores before legalization took effect in October 2018. [9] [10] OCRC also entered a partnership with Shopify to use the company's platform for operating the province's online cannabis sales. [11]
Ontario bans the sale of recreational marijuana to anyone under the age of 19 (the same age that one can legally purchase alcohol or tobacco) and adults can carry up to 30 grams in public. Minors between the ages of 12-18 who possess less than five grams of cannabis can be given a provincial offences ticket of $200.
The Ontario Court of Justice held in R. v. Long that the prohibition in the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act against the possession of cannabis were unconstitutional in the absence of an accompanying constitutionally acceptable exemption for medical cannabis. The current exemption depended on the government supplying cannabis, which it was ...
Aphria Inc., headquartered in Leamington, Ontario, was an international producer and distributor of medicinal and recreational cannabis. The company operated through retail and wholesale channels in Canada and internationally. Aphria was a main distributor of medical cannabis to Germany and had operations in 10 additional countries outside of ...
Indiva is a publicly traded company based in London, Ontario. The company operates in the Canadian cannabis industry, producing and supplying cannabis and cannabis products for both the legal recreational and medical markets. [1] [2] [3] Indiva was founded in 2015 by Koby Smutylo, Max Marion, and Niel Marotta. [citation needed]
Canopy Growth Corporation, formerly Tweed Marijuana Inc., is a cannabis company based in Smiths Falls, Ontario. In April 2019, Canopy was the world's largest cannabis company based on the value of all shares or market capitalization. [ 2 ]
Beverages sold at bars and restaurants must be consumed on the establishments' premises. The LCBO was the parent company of the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation, the only entity licensed to sell cannabis for recreational use in Ontario. [15] This is no longer true following the passage of the Cannabis Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018. [16]
Cannabis in Canada is legal for both recreational and medicinal purposes. Cannabis was originally prohibited in 1923 until medicinal use of cannabis was legalized nationwide under conditions outlined in the Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations issued by Health Canada, which regulated medical cannabis effective 30 July 2001, and was later superseded by the Access to Cannabis for Medical ...