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Legalization: When and What

This comprehensive overview explores the implications and preparations for the legalization of cannabis in Canada, including key players, challenges, and potential outcomes. Get insights on production, distribution, stakeholders, and government priorities.

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Legalization: When and What

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  1. Legalization: When and What ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A realistic look to the future Mark Zekulin, Tweed May 28, 2016

  2. Who is Tweed.

  3. Who is Tweed. • A team of 220 people in the cannabis sector including growers, scientists, educators, and early compassion club founders • Facilities from 1 Hershey Drive to Niagara wine country to sister company Bedrocan in Toronto • Support well over 10,000 patients with a range of symptoms • Last week: answered 5500 patient inquiries • Last Tuesday: we shipped 901 orders of cannabis to our patients • Launched Petition E-190 in Parliament to remove tax from medical cannabis • Provided funding to support BC Compassion Clubs GST legal fight 

  4. Who is Tweed. • First to offer Compassionate Pricing Program, with prices from $4.80/g for whole bud • Sister company Bedrocan sells all product for $5/g • Launched largest cannabis clinical trial in the world • Have met with over 13,000 doctors • Provide accredited Medical Education Program for doctors • Founding funder of Quebec Cannabis Registry • Openly support rights of patients to grow at home • Partnerships with MADD Canada, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, researchers from Ryerson University and University of Ottawa

  5. Who is Tweed. • Tweed Main Street: four local support centres providing access and information • Accommodating Medical Marijuana in the Workplace (HR event in Guelph) • MS Walk • Women Grow • Taste for Life Fundraiser for HIV/AIDS Local Service Organizations • Support to Canadian Aids Society • Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana to improve insurance access • Cannabis: Herstory (focused on women's stories in the industry) • Smiths Falls Food Bank • Local HIV/AIDS Walks • Police Education • Couseling at Vancouver General Hospital OK – back to the topic at hand …

  6. Reality Check: There will be rules. “To ensure that we keep marijuana out of the hands of children, and the profits out of the hands of criminals, we will legalize, regulate, and restrict access to marijuana.” – LPC Policy Statement

  7. Reality Check: There will be rules. “Our government has committed to legalize, strictly regulate and restrict access to marijuana in a careful and orderly way,” – Bill Blair, May 2016.

  8. Legalize it.

  9. Many Opinions

  10. Balancing Acts. Who are the Stakeholders?

  11. Balancing Acts. Haters ... (Prohibition) … No Rules. (Free the Plant)

  12. Balancing Acts. Haters... Regular Canadians. … No Rules.

  13. Balancing Acts. MADD Canada. Tax Revenue. Haters... Unions. Courts. Big business. Police. Pharmacists. Nascent business market. Municipalities. Patients. Regular Canadians. Doctors. International Community. Shoppers Drug Mart / Loblaws. Public health advocates. Early Compassion Clubs. Provinces. Researchers. … No Rules.

  14. Legalization is an opportunity for Canada to be leaders on the global stage and change the world for the better. This means acting progressively & responsibly.

  15. Likely Key Themes / Priorities for Government. • International Obligations: Government needs to be in control. • Public Health Advocates / MADD Canada: Need rules and systems in place. • Government Revenue: Need to be able to tax non-medical sales. • Medical Patients and advocates: Patients still need affordable, varied and accessible system.

  16. So. What and When.

  17. What - Production. • Medical and non-medical production both through existing MMPR production system or something similar. • Many more licenses? • Some relaxation of rules to allow smaller operations? • New products? • Limited grow at home for both medical and non-medical.

  18. What - Distribution. • Federal government to hand authority over to Provinces to set up medical and recreational distribution? • Federal government to allow mail-order federal system right away that Provinces can opt into? • Provinces make their own choices: • Non-medical: LCBO, Cannabis Store, Retail private licenses, mail order … • Medical: Pharmacies, mail order, private licenses … • Same distribution channels or different? Allow overlap?

  19. When. • Spring 2017: Announce planned systems. • Spring 2018: New federal production (and distribution?) systems in place as well as legal framework. • Mid 2018: Provincial distribution channels start to come online.

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