Canada To Legalize Recreational Marijuana By July 1, 2018

The Liberal government of Canada will announce legalize recreational marijuana in Canada by July 1, 2018. A senior government official has reported the news on Monday.

According to CBS News, the legislation on recreational marijuana will be announced during the week of April 10 and will broadly follow the recommendation of a federally appointed task force. The task force was chaired by former liberal justice minister Anne McLellan.

The Prime Minister of Liberal government Justin Trudeau has long promised to legalize recreational pot use and sales. Canada would be the largest developed country to end a nationwide prohibition of recreational marijuana.

CBC News has reported that the US voters in California, Massachusetts, Maine, and Nevada voted last year for the approval of the use of recreational marijuana. The others joining states are Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. However, Uruguay in South America is the only nation to legalize recreational pot.

The news report has stated that the federal government will be in charge of making the country's recreational marijuana supply is safe and secure and Ottawa will license producers. Ottawa will set a minimum age of 18 to buy and use marijuana and the provincial government will also have the right to set the price of marijuana.

The warning became more concrete a week later when police in Toronto, Vancouver, and other cities have carried out raids on recreational marijuana dispensaries. They have also charged several people with possession of trafficking, including noted pot advocates Marc and Jodie Emry.

The Liberal government had promised to introduce the legislation on recreational marijuana by the spring of 2017. They will be announcing the legislation the week of April 10 and that will allow the party to hit the deadline.

However, the Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould has declined to confirm the dates provided by the official. But in a statement the government said, the government is committed to introducing the legislation on recreational marijuana in this spring.