Let’s check in on how Canada’s doing with its national legalization of cannabis, four months in. It’s the largest cannabis legalization program ever undertaken, and even though Americans do terribly in learning from other countries (or from history), perhaps we can buck that trend and take away some insight from the good folks with whom we share a border that doesn’t require a wall or slats or whatever horseshit Mango Unchained is proposing this week.
First, some numbers: Canada has a population of 37 million people. In comparison, California has 40 million people, and Oregon has 4.2 million.
Canada has a robust medical cannabis program, with nearly 330,000 registrants as of June 2018. Unlike Oregon, Canada’s medical program has actually expanded in size since legalization, which physicians attribute to people wanting the assistance and guidance of a medical professional to sort out options, and to determine the best products for their pain and health issues.
