How Canada can ensure legalized pot trumps the black market

"The government will introduce legislation that will legalize, regulate, and restrict access to marijuana."- Governor General David Johnston, December throne speech

The Liberal government has not yet indicated when, and how, it will make marijuana legal to Canadians but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked MP Bill Blair, the former Toronto police chief, to be his point man on the file.

Of course, medical marijuana is already available to anyone with a prescription. ​But opening up the pot market to recreational users raises some very big, practical questions: Like how, and where, pot should be sold and regulated? And how to avoid, well.... legalized reefer madness?

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