How Will Marijuana Legalization in Canada Affect You?

Beginning today, recreational marijuana is legal across Canada. CBC Reporter Jonathan Pinto tells us what to expect next.

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Beginning today, recreational marijuana is legal across Canada.

The country is now the largest weed marketplace in the world. 

Brick and mortar marijuana stores are expected to open in Ontario next year, but how else will the law affect Canadians and Michigan tourists?

 

Listen to CultureShift’s Amanda LeClaire talk with CBC Windsor reporter Jonathan Pinto about what to expect.

Author

  • Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning journalist and managing editor and lead reporter of WDET's new environmental series, the Detroit Tree Canopy Project, as well as WDET's CuriosiD podcast. She was the host of WDET’s CultureShift and a founding producer of the station’s flagship news talk show *Detroit Today*. Amanda also served as a Morning Edition host at WDET and previously worked as a host, audio and video producer, and reporter for Arizona Public Media.