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Some of the concerns regarding the rollout of the Cannabis legislation in October of 2018 was that there was lack of consistency among the provincial rollout and although the federal government approved it there appear to be a lock of supports for how to properly manage both the rollout as well as the marketing. So one thing was that in provinces such as Ontario at the store funds were not ready yet.
Roll out so unlike other provinces citizens do not have equal access to safe and control cannabis and although it does not seem like a huge barrier. It was only online the beginning so that means individuals from low socioeconomic status or may not have equal access to online or may not have credit to have credit cards to use online or unable to access the government regulated cannabis and this puts them in a precarious position.
 Cuz they cannot access cannabis if they do need it as well as it may force them to some of the more illicit markets which puts them at increased risk for criminalization second. There is a lack of guidance for people who had not used cannabis on the introduction of cannabis. There wasn't great Marketing in terms of provincial governments addressing some of the concerns with cannabis use and this was prevalent particular Ontario where the provincial system was to provide different canvas license.
 Storefronts and there is a lot of promotion in terms of Canada's access and cannabis use and a lot of very like advertisement towards younger demographic on the use of cannabis and this has some concerns obviously because it is a thousand of psychoactive effects and individuals need to be aware of both the benefits it can bring as well as the risk that they may encounter while using cannabis.
 second there was a lot of additional supports both on in terms of rolling out a parallel research program to understand the new impact of wide access to cannabis and Canada, which we have an extremely beneficial to understand both maybe a new uptake generation as well as the long-term effects of federally supported cannabis access as well as there was not additional
 Put into addictions treatment and although cannabis is seen as a highly although cannabis may seem as some as a recreational drug. There are addictive potentials for it particularly individuals with underlying mental illness and with owed with increasing Supply with old increasing access to mental health support particularly those centered in on cannabis. It has some very real effects for individuals who may be new to using cannabis and
 unaware of the mental health facts and they have and their ability to access treatment.

Some of the concerns regarding the rollout of the Cannabis legislation in October of 2018 was that there was lack of consistency among the provincial rollout and although the federal government approved it there appear to be a lock of supports for how to properly manage both the rollout as well as the marketing. So one thing was that in provinces such as Ontario at the store funds were not ready yet.

Roll out so unlike other provinces citizens do not have equal access to safe and control cannabis and although it does not seem like a huge barrier. It was only online the beginning so that means individuals from low socioeconomic status or may not have equal access to online or may not have credit to have credit cards to use online or unable to access the government regulated cannabis and this puts them in a precarious position.

 Cuz they cannot access cannabis if they do need it as well as it may force them to some of the more illicit markets which puts them at increased risk for criminalization second. There is a lack of guidance for people who had not used cannabis on the introduction of cannabis. There wasn't great Marketing in terms of provincial governments addressing some of the concerns with cannabis use and this was prevalent particular Ontario where the provincial system was to provide different canvas license.

 Storefronts and there is a lot of promotion in terms of Canada's access and cannabis use and a lot of very like advertisement towards younger demographic on the use of cannabis and this has some concerns obviously because it is a thousand of psychoactive effects and individuals need to be aware of both the benefits it can bring as well as the risk that they may encounter while using cannabis.

 second there was a lot of additional supports both on in terms of rolling out a parallel research program to understand the new impact of wide access to cannabis and Canada, which we have an extremely beneficial to understand both maybe a new uptake generation as well as the long-term effects of federally supported cannabis access as well as there was not additional

 Put into addictions treatment and although cannabis is seen as a highly although cannabis may seem as some as a recreational drug. There are addictive potentials for it particularly individuals with underlying mental illness and with owed with increasing Supply with old increasing access to mental health support particularly those centered in on cannabis. It has some very real effects for individuals who may be new to using cannabis and

 unaware of the mental health facts and they have and their ability to access treatment.

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The Cannabis Act came into...

Were there any concerns with... (transcribed)

Were there any concerns with how this was handled?

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Some dispensaries continue to sell... (transcribed)

Some dispensaries continue to sell cannabis products without a license. What are your thoughts on this?

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So in this problem we're... (transcribed)

So in this problem, we're talking about the federal cannabis act, that was passed and how provincial and Municipal governments dealt with the processing of this act. So I think it's important to start out by recognizing that they federal government. I think is tried to handle this quite similarly, to handle the andal liquor laws. This is that's a provincial issue. How its licensed, how it's and how it's sold.
 So I think in that sense, this process really make sense that it's there's some type of overarching federal consensus. And then there's individual provincial at provincial regulations. Just because Canada is such a large and diverse population. It makes sense that much like Health Care. This is something that is dealt with on the provincial level.
 This prompts also asking if there's any concerns about how this was done and I do think there were several concerns that had to be taken into consideration. So we had to think about this from a patient safety or people, safety level. So, how are we going to ensure that the people know how to use this substance responsibly? And that's you know, a lot of its going from Public Health.
 And there I know that there are ads on TV about this. So that's one thing that had to be considered. And then we also have to think about in terms of health care how its distributed as a as a medication which has its own other set of ramifications. If we had to think about how the drug or how it was going to be sold and dispensed.
 you also have to think about how it's going to be produced, and you have to think about it from a saved, like a safety standpoint as well in terms of
 Driving with this substance and in terms of the legal ramifications, so to say, so proper way of ensuring that there was proper ways to test for levels of marijuana and drivers. That was something I know that was an issue. And we had to ensure that there was proper those proper precautions before, it could just be something that was mainstream.
 So I think there's several levels that had to be several concerns that had to be dealt with, you know, age ranges for how old you have to be to. You have to be to purchase, or use this type of substance. There's so many issues and I do, I don't think that we've ironed out all of those yet because it is still so new here in Canada and in Ontario. However, I do strongly agree that it should be something dealt with provincially. I don't
 I know about a lot about the response in other places in Canada, and I know a little bit about it in our tario, but I do believe that there's so many avenues that had to be considered and it's something that is just going to take more time to have a real clear, real clear guidelines on. But I think we're definitely getting there and I think it's important for there to be proper resources out there for ontarians to access so that they
 have all the correct answers and so that they're going about it and getting these things from regulated sources much like how liquor is is now done. So to summarize, I think that it's great that it's dealt with at a provincial level, and I think we still have a little bit, a ways to go before, it's whereas confident with it dealing with it as we are with something like liquor. So, thank you.

So in this problem, we're talking about the federal cannabis act, that was passed and how provincial and Municipal governments dealt with the processing of this act. So I think it's important to start out by recognizing that they federal government. I think is tried to handle this quite similarly, to handle the andal liquor laws. This is that's a provincial issue. How its licensed, how it's and how it's sold.

 So I think in that sense, this process really make sense that it's there's some type of overarching federal consensus. And then there's individual provincial at provincial regulations. Just because Canada is such a large and diverse population. It makes sense that much like Health Care. This is something that is dealt with on the provincial level.

 This prompts also asking if there's any concerns about how this was done and I do think there were several concerns that had to be taken into consideration. So we had to think about this from a patient safety or people, safety level. So, how are we going to ensure that the people know how to use this substance responsibly? And that's you know, a lot of its going from Public Health.

 And there I know that there are ads on TV about this. So that's one thing that had to be considered. And then we also have to think about in terms of health care how its distributed as a as a medication which has its own other set of ramifications. If we had to think about how the drug or how it was going to be sold and dispensed.

 you also have to think about how it's going to be produced, and you have to think about it from a saved, like a safety standpoint as well in terms of

 Driving with this substance and in terms of the legal ramifications, so to say, so proper way of ensuring that there was proper ways to test for levels of marijuana and drivers. That was something I know that was an issue. And we had to ensure that there was proper those proper precautions before, it could just be something that was mainstream.

 So I think there's several levels that had to be several concerns that had to be dealt with, you know, age ranges for how old you have to be to. You have to be to purchase, or use this type of substance. There's so many issues and I do, I don't think that we've ironed out all of those yet because it is still so new here in Canada and in Ontario. However, I do strongly agree that it should be something dealt with provincially. I don't

 I know about a lot about the response in other places in Canada, and I know a little bit about it in our tario, but I do believe that there's so many avenues that had to be considered and it's something that is just going to take more time to have a real clear, real clear guidelines on. But I think we're definitely getting there and I think it's important for there to be proper resources out there for ontarians to access so that they

 have all the correct answers and so that they're going about it and getting these things from regulated sources much like how liquor is is now done. So to summarize, I think that it's great that it's dealt with at a provincial level, and I think we still have a little bit, a ways to go before, it's whereas confident with it dealing with it as we are with something like liquor. So, thank you.

So yeah, the reality is... (transcribed)

So yeah, the reality is that the there are dispensaries that are still selling marijuana without a license and I do think that that is an issue and it's something that it's going to take time to be able to deal with ice because it's still so new. We are we just aren't able to regulate it as well yet and some of the issues I see with this are just our from a safety standpoint. If they don't have the proper licensing, how can we be sure that they are following other?
 Proper rules like ensuring that they're not selling to underage, mine or underage people and that they're selling a product that's actually regulated through the government. We don't know these things. So there's a lot of safety issues with this and I think that it's going to take a lot more time to to be dealt with and since there are so many places that sell it and it's not
 It's not something like it's not as well. Organized, like the sale of liquor. I think. I think that's where it could improve on. I think we could look at places like the LCBO that are regulated to sell liquor and perhaps we could implement the sale of marijuana in places like that. So that it's, we're removing this type of dispensary locations, and individually owned locations, so that it's more regulated.
 Ted by The Province, and it's more of a cohesive regulation.
 And I do think going forward that that could be one potential solution to try to limit the sale of marijuana without proper licensing, without proper licenses.

So yeah, the reality is that the there are dispensaries that are still selling marijuana without a license and I do think that that is an issue and it's something that it's going to take time to be able to deal with ice because it's still so new. We are we just aren't able to regulate it as well yet and some of the issues I see with this are just our from a safety standpoint. If they don't have the proper licensing, how can we be sure that they are following other?

 Proper rules like ensuring that they're not selling to underage, mine or underage people and that they're selling a product that's actually regulated through the government. We don't know these things. So there's a lot of safety issues with this and I think that it's going to take a lot more time to to be dealt with and since there are so many places that sell it and it's not

 It's not something like it's not as well. Organized, like the sale of liquor. I think. I think that's where it could improve on. I think we could look at places like the LCBO that are regulated to sell liquor and perhaps we could implement the sale of marijuana in places like that. So that it's, we're removing this type of dispensary locations, and individually owned locations, so that it's more regulated.

 Ted by The Province, and it's more of a cohesive regulation.

 And I do think going forward that that could be one potential solution to try to limit the sale of marijuana without proper licensing, without proper licenses.

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