#Execute Your Cannabis Store Within Ontario

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Execute Your Cannabis Store Within Ontario | Toronto Cannabis Consultants

Setup Your Retail Cannabis Store Within Toronto: The federal law on cannabis prohibits the sale or distribution of cannabis or cannabis accessories through retail stores, dispensaries, dispensing devices, vending machines or other outlets. You can set up an e-commerce platform after you have received a purchase permit, but it is still subject to the same restrictions as a pharmacy.

The retail trade in recreational cannabis is the responsibility of the provinces and not the federal government. In other words, each province has behaved with a different framework for licensing retailers. The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) is the largest cannabis retail store in Canada and the only one of its kind in the country. It is a Crown Agency of the Ontario Government, but also responsible for licensing retail stores, pharmacies, dispensaries, vending machines and other outlets.

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The Largest U.S.-Focused Marijuana Deal To Date Has Closed -

It's truly incredible how far the marijuana industry has come in such a short amount of time. Just 24 years ago, Gallup polled adults in the U.S. 25% favored legalizing pot nationally. There were also no states that had legalized medical or recreational weed, and not a single country worldwide legally allowed adult-use cannabis.

Fast-forward to 2019, where now two out of three Americans in Gallup's annual poll want to see marijuana legalized. What's more, two-thirds of all states have given the green light to medical pot, with 10 allowing adult consumption. To our north, Canada has become the first industrialized country in the world, and second overall behind Uruguay, to legalize recreational weed.

That's one heck of an about-face in less than a quarter of a century. With the cannabis industry now considered a legitimate business model, it's moving on to the next logical phase of its development. Image source: Getty Images. To put things mildly, there are way too many marijuana companies in Canada and recreationally legal U.S. A large number of competitors means the possibility of grower overproduction, leading to long-term oversupply. We could also see aggressive pricing practices that could eventually weigh on operating margins. While competition is going to be a good thing for the consumer, we as investors would like to see a reasonable level of competition, rather than companies that rush the gates, so to speak, for cultivation and retail licenses.

As we move headlong into 2019, we're liable to see this consolidation in North America taking shape. This past week, the largest U.S.-focused marijuana deal to date officially closed, and it had vertically integrated dispensary iAnthus Capital Holdings (NASDAQOTH:ITHUF) acquiring MPX Bioceutical (NASDAQOTH:MPXEF). 630 million.

Each MPX shareholder is also receiving one common share of the newly formed MPX International Corporation, which will hold all of the non-U.S. 682 million, but this deal won't be completed for many more months. This makes, for now, the iAnthus acquisition the largest U.S.-focused deal in history to have actually been completed. Image source: Getty Images. The deal itself targets a push by vertically integrated dispensaries to enter new states as quickly as possible.

Not only is it costly and time-consuming to open dispensaries, but there are also the added costs of developing grow farms and/or processing facilities to control every aspect of the marijuana supply chain. Remember, weed is still a Schedule I substance in the United States, meaning interstate transport isn't allowed. That means dispensaries that want to internalize their costs and control product quality must be willing to also operate grow farms in the states where they're conducting business. In addition, applying for cultivation licenses, processing licenses, and retail permits can be costly and take time. If vertically integrated dispensaries like iAnthus can speed up this process by acquiring these licenses and permits, all the better.

Following closure of the deal, the company now has its footprint in 11 states, with 19 open dispensaries. However, the combination with MPX lifts iAnthus' dispensary license count to 63, providing an ample runway to expand its retail presence. According to iAnthus, the combined company has 210,000 square feet review of speed greens licensed grow space but is targeting 600,000 square feet. This near-tripling in capacity matches up well with the more than tripling in store count expected in the years to come. With iAnthus' operation increasing in size from six to 11 states, we plan to take advantage of this opportunity by unveiling unified national retail and product brands across the organization.

We realize that as the cannabis market continues to grow, the need for strong national brands only increases. With our ambitions to be the leader in the U.S. Image source: Getty Images. Which dispensary is next? With real consolidation under way in the vertically integrated dispensary space, the big question has to be, "Which company is next?" While this remains nothing more than an exercise in dart-throwing, one possible target is Trulieve Cannabis (NASDAQOTH:TCNNF). Arguably the biggest obstacle to consolidation is valuation. 1.3 billion market cap, Trulieve Cannabis would appear to look more like a buyer than a company to be acquired. In fact, Trulieve did recently acquire two businesses, one in California and one in Massachusetts, that'll allow it to expand into these recreationally legal states.

But Trulieve also has a dangling carrot that pretty much any dispensary would love to get its hands on: its laser focus on the Florida medical marijuana market. Trulieve also has ample grow farms within the state and is able to put more than 125 company-branded products in its dispensaries. It's worth noting that Florida has awarded cultivation licenses to just over one dozen companies, making the market especially exclusive, and therefore attractive to a potential acquirer. Once again, I'm no fortune-teller. But if consolidation is to continue as expected in the U.S., Trulieve Cannabis could potentially find itself as the next prime target.

What do you do? Where are you going? How long are you staying? And what is the purpose of your visit? When a Canadian enters the U.S., according to U.S. U.S. for a valid reason, says Green. While it is illegal to use cannabis in the U.S., so is presenting fraudulent documents or misrepresentation, which includes lying to a border official. "Never, never, never, ever lie to U.S. While a person who works for a cannabis company should not volunteer that information, if asked they are going to have to provide some kind of answer to satisfy the official, says Green. Leonard Saunders is a U.S. The Immigration Law Firm in Blaine, Wash.

He told Business In Vancouver that when asked about cannabis, if involved in the industry, the best thing to do is say nothing. Saunders says he knows of at least 12 recent cases of cannabis executives receiving lifetime bans. Once legalized, cannabis will be sold in government-run LCBOs in Ontario. Trina Fraser, co-managing partner at Brazeau Seller LLP, says U.S. LCBO cashiers in the same category as cannabis industry executives. Fraser says she spoke to Homeland Security officials about whether someone like her, who represents clients in the cannabis industry, would have trouble travelling to the U.S. "illegal purpose for entry" for which she could be denied entry.

Denial of entry for those connected to cannabis companies "is the exception not the norm," says Fraser. The problem is there is no clarity and so much discretion that people like her are subject to the whims of a random border agent. "It just seems to be so willy-nilly and so haphazard," she says. "If they happen to be in a really bad mood and have a bee in their bonnet, that could lead to questions being asked that you're not able to answer in a satisfactory way. On June 21, Bill C-45, which legalized cannabis, received royal assent. Bringing cannabis across the border into Canada will remain illegal once the law takes effect, however, even if arriving from a jurisdiction where cannabis is legal and if it is for medicinal purposes, according to the Government of Canada.

To safeguard their health and quality of life, patients with debilitating chronic pain require special accommodations and protections in society, a principle which the field of physiatry has helped to establish and champion in the decades since its founding. Following a year-long hospitalization at Walter Reed Army Hospital, 13 spinal surgeries, and a re-injury in a motor vehicle turnover collision, Mr. Tuck developed 'failed back surgery syndrome'. He suffered from severe daily chronic pain, a neurogenic bladder requiring intermittent self-catheterization, and chronic muscle spasms. He managed his debilitating symptoms with prescribed use of morphine and benzodiazepines. He reported that his morphine dosage had not escalated over 16 years of daily use because he had also relied on the palliative and proven analgesic properties of whole plant cannabis as an adjuvant medicine for pain relief.

This prospect terrified Mr. Tuck, and in the midst of worrisome legal proceedings in 2001, he fled to Canada and sought asylum following his arrest, as the medical utility of cannabis had recently been federally recognized there. I saw Mr. Tuck again at a hearing in the Federal Magistrate's Courtroom later in the day. I observed his slow and deliberate gait as he shuffled into the courtroom. One leg was significantly more rigid than the other. His facial grimacing was consistent with expressions of extreme pain and discomfort. The Magistrate scheduled a hearing for the following day. The next day, I returned to the Courtroom for Mr. Tuck's hearing.

Mr. Tuck again appeared to be in significant pain and discomfort. During the course of this hearing, the Magistrate asked me to address the Court briefly. I stated my name and home address and my affiliation as President of the Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility. I told the Court that I would be able to serve as a liaison to Seattle's hospital system for Mr. Tuck. I committed to seeing to it that he would receive his needed medical care. The Magistrate bonded myself and Mr. Hiatt to the court, and Mr. Tuck was released into our custody with the understanding that he would receive medical care and then report to the jurisdiction where he faced charges in California. Due to AP media presence, news of Mr. Tuck's medical condition and his conditional release appeared in 50-100 newspapers across the country.

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The Story Turns Back to Pot Stocks (GRWG, CRON, MEDIF, NUGS)

The green machine is back. And we would expect the usual election hype to get started again ASAP. We are now closing in on the next moment when some percentage of the population will be focused more on whether or not their particular state is about to offer legal pot than on who’s the next president. And that percentage is worth a mint to the industry and to investors who get in for the run into the election. In addition, this time around is super spicy because the polling numbers slant heavily in Biden’s favor and the Biden-Sanders "unity task force" put together a lengthy document of policy recommendations across a wide array of issues that is highly instructive on the pot stock election hype factor.  For example, among the issues that the task force considered was recreational cannabis legalization, calling for the decriminalization of marijuana using executive action. The task force also expressed support for the federal legalization of medical marijuana. So, get your engines started folks. With that in mind, here’s a selection of some of the most active names in the space, including: GrowGeneration Corp (OTCMKTS:GRWG), Cronos Group Inc (NASDAQ:CRON), and Medipharm Labs Corp (OTCMKTS:MEDIF), and Cannabis Strategic Ventures (OTCMKTS:NUGS). GrowGeneration Corp (OTCMKTS:GRWG) trumpets itself as a company that, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates retail hydroponic and organic gardening stores in the United States. Currently, GrowGen has 27 stores, which include 5 locations in Colorado, 5 locations in California, 2 locations in Nevada, 1 location in Washington, 4 locations in Michigan, 1 location in Rhode Island, 4 locations in Oklahoma, 1 location in Oregon, 3 locations in Maine and 1 location in Florida.  GrowGen also operates an online superstore for cultivators, located at https://growgen.pro/. GrowGen carries and sells thousands of products, including organic nutrients and soils, advanced lighting technology and state of the art hydroponic equipment to be used indoors and outdoors by commercial and home growers.  GrowGeneration Corp (OTCMKTS:GRWG) just announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 7,500,000 shares of its common stock at an offering price of $5.60 per share. GrowGen expects the gross proceeds from the Offering to be approximately $42.0 million, before deducting the underwriting discount and other estimated offering expenses.  The Offering was upsized from the previously announced offering size of $35.0 million of common stock. GrowGen has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,125,000 shares of common stock offered in the public market. The Company expects to close the Offering on or about July 2, 2020, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. If you're long this stock, then you're liking how the stock has responded to the announcement. GRWG shares have been moving higher over the past week overall, pushing about 7% to the upside on above average trading volume. Shares of the stock have powered higher over the past month, rallying roughly 10% in that time on strong overall action.  GrowGeneration Corp (OTCMKTS:GRWG) pulled in sales of $33M in its last reported quarterly financials, representing top line growth of 152%. In addition, the company is battling some balance sheet hurdles, with cash levels struggling to keep up with current liabilities ($11.4M against $17.3M, respectively). Cronos Group Inc (NASDAQ:CRON) casts itself as an investment firm in the biopharmaceutical space, with a strong emphasis on medical marijuana and cannabis-related research and products. In short, the company seeks to invest in other companies, either licensed or actively seeking a license, to produce medical marijuana pursuant to Canada’s Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR). The firm typically invests in companies based in Canada. The firm is primarily an equity investor, may also advance debt as appropriate. It seeks to make minority investments with appropriate governance and shareholder rights. The firm seeks board representation consistent with the size of the investment but does not need control. Cronos Group Inc (NASDAQ:CRON) just announced that the shareholders have approved a special resolution authorizing the Company to make an application for the continuance of the Company from the laws of the Province of Ontario to the laws of the Province of British Columbia, as further described in the Proxy Statement.  The Company believes the greater flexibility afforded by the British Columbia corporate statute by virtue of the absence of a Canadian residency requirement for members of the board of directors of the Company will allow the Company to consider Board candidates from a larger pool of candidates to ensure the Board maintains the right composition, skills, expertise and diversity to drive long-term value. The completion of the Continuance remains subject to the satisfaction of the conditions described in the Proxy Statement. While this is a clear factor, it has been incorporated into a trading tape characterized by a pretty dominant offer, which hasn't been the type of action CRON shareholders really want to see. In total, over the past five days, shares of the stock have dropped by roughly -5% on above average trading volume. All in all, not a particularly friendly tape, but one that may ultimately present some new opportunities. CRON shares have been relatively flat over the past month of action, with very little net movement during that period.  Cronos Group Inc (NASDAQ:CRON) generated sales of $11.3M, according to information released in the company's most recent quarterly financial report. That adds up to a sequential quarter-over-quarter growth rate of 17.6% on the top line. In addition, the company has a strong balance sheet, with cash levels far exceeding current liabilities ($1.9B against $286.8M). Medipharm Labs Corp (OTCMKTS:MEDIF) bills itself as a company that primarily focuses on producing pharma-grade cannabis oil and concentrates in Canada. It also focuses on providing cannabis contract processing services to licensed producers and growers; supplying cannabis oil to companies for sale under its brand; and supplying raw materials and processing for the creation of ready-to-sell cannabis products. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Barrie, Canada. This expert focus on cannabis concentrates from our cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices) and ISO standard clean rooms and critical environments laboratory, allows MediPharm Labs to produce purified, pharmaceutical-grade cannabis oil and concentrates for advanced derivative products. MediPharm Labs has invested in an expert, research-driven team, state-of-the-art technology, downstream extraction methodologies and purpose-built facilities to deliver pure, safe and precisely-dosed cannabis products to patients and consumers. MediPharm Labs’ private label program is a high margin business for the company, whereby it opportunistically procures dry cannabis flower and trim from its numerous product supply partners, to produce proprietary cannabis oil concentrate products for resale globally on a private label basis. Medipharm Labs Corp (OTCMKTS:MEDIF) just announced that it has appointed James (Jim) Maloney as Chief Financial Officer, effective July 20, 2020.  In his role, Mr. Maloney will be responsible for leading the finance function including all aspects of financial planning and analysis, setting Medifast's financial and capital allocation strategies, and managing investor relations. He will serve as a member of the company's leadership team and report directly to Chief Executive Officer Dan Chard. The stock has suffered a bit of late, with shares of MEDIF taking a hit in recent action, down about -7% over the past week. Medipharm Labs Corp (OTCMKTS:MEDIF) generated sales of $11.1M, according to information released in the company's most recent quarterly financial report. That adds up to a sequential quarter-over-quarter growth rate of -65.8% on the top line. In addition, the company is battling some balance sheet hurdles, with cash levels struggling to keep up with current liabilities ($21.4M against $25.1M, respectively). Cannabis Strategic Ventures (OTCMKTS:NUGS) bills itself as one of the largest publicly traded marijuana cultivators in the United States. The Company is Los Angeles-based and incubates, develops, and partners with category leaders within the cannabis and ancillary sectors.  The Firm's NUGS brand experience provides operational and financial strategic partnerships and a range of essential services to emerging and existing Cannabis consumer brands. Cannabis Strategic Ventures (OTCMKTS:NUGS) recently announce topline performance data for the month of June, which featured over $1.3 million in sales, representing over 40% sequential monthly revenue growth. This performance demonstrates a dramatic acceleration in month-over-month growth. “June set new records for the Company, with a massive acceleration in the pace of growth, which is so far continuing in July,” stated Simon Yu, CEO of Cannabis Strategic Ventures. “We have successfully repositioned ourselves in the ecosystem of the California cannabis marketplace, moving up the ladder and widening our distribution footprint. We will continue to focus on ramping production capacity and steadily driving gains in quality, efficiency, and volume. That has been our focus all year. Besides dramatic expansion in sales volume by weight, we have also been rewarded by the market with steady gains in pricing. That represents the ultimate positive reinforcement.” Even in light of this news, NUGS has had a rough past week of trading action, with shares sinking something like -2% in that time. That said, chart support is nearby and we may be in the process of constructing a nice setup for some movement back the other way. Shares of the stock have powered higher over the past month, rallying roughly 53% in that time on strong overall action.  Cannabis Strategic Ventures (OTCMKTS:NUGS) generated sales of $1.4M, according to information released in the company's most recent quarterly financial report. That adds up to a sequential quarter-over-quarter growth rate of 91.4% on the top line. In addition, the company is battling some balance sheet hurdles, with cash levels struggling to keep up with current liabilities ($222K against $13.1M, respectively). Read the full article

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SEATTLE, May 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CFN Media Group ("CFN Media"), the leading agency and financial media network dedicated to the North American cannabis industry, announces publication of an article covering Vancouver technology company, BLOCKStrain Technology Corp. (TSX-V:SR.H). The company has developed the first integrated blockchain platform that registers and tracks intellectual property for the cannabis industry. Strain protection and genetic identification are major issues for growers and breeders, and this new technology allows them to identify and secure rights to their valuable intellectual property (IP). The BLOCKStrain platform also streamlines the administrative process of genetic and mandatory quality-control testing for legal cannabis, cutting the administrative time and expense in half.

BLOCKStrain's proprietary, immutable, cryptographically-secure blockchain-technology establishes a global 'single source of truth' for cannabis strains, their ownership, potency and chemical makeup. In an industry where a popular strain can be worth millions of dollars, quantifying genetics, potency and equivalencies between cannabis products is crucial to the future of legal marijuana. BLOCKStrain delivers needed transparency to growers, retailers, regulators, and consumers in Canada, who have struggled to find realistic solutions to these logistical challenges ahead of the upcoming legalization of recreational cannabis. The good news is that the blockchain technology implemented by BLOCKStrain is ideally suited to solve these kind of problems by implementing an immutable and non-corruptible record of transactions.

Further, as the legalized cannabis industry begins to grow around the world, new challenges exist around the ability to provide safe and legal inventory to an evolving marketplace while simultaneously meeting the mandatory product testing requirements of regulatory bodies. The demand for safe and legal cannabis will increase exponentially with legalization, and although Licensed Producers are undertaking great efforts to meet this demand with increased production, the current administrative process for testing is outdated and burdensome.

It is not uncommon for personnel in a Licensed Producer to spend multiple hours a day manually completing the paperwork required for testing. BLOCKStrain has begun tackling this problem by developing an intuitive, intelligent and automated system to quickly and easily synchronize Licensed Producers with GMP Health Canada approved cannabis product testing facilities.

BLOCKStrain has developed a comprehensive cannabis genetics archiving platform that aims to transform global cannabis business transactions and operations. Using immutable blockchain technology, the company provides an environment that automates, accelerates, and encodes transactions while ensuring privacy and security for everyone. These elements create a single reliable record for cannabis strains and their ownership across the supply chain.

The inherently open architecture of the blockchain enables growers, testers, researchers, and others to securely access and integrate with the platform. For example, a retailer may integrate their point-of-sale or inventory management solution with the BLOCKStrain platform to verify strains before and after they're sold.

The company was co-founded by Robert Galarza and Tommy Stephenson. Mr. Galarza brings a diverse professional background to BLOCKStrain with over 10 years of experience in advertising and mass media communications and over seven years as a transactional attorney and corporate executive where he worked on mobile platforms, software-as-a-service solutions, and blockchain integrations. Mr. Stephenson brings nearly 20 years of experience in software design and development to the company, where he worked with many leading Fortune 500 companies and served as the CTO of Ghost Group, Inc., currently the largest cannabis software company in the world, with its flagship product Weedmaps.com.

WeedMD Inc. (TSX-V:WMD) (OTC:WDDMF) recently announced a strategic investment into BLOCKStrain Technology Corp. Under the terms of the deal, WeedMD will invest $500,000 into the company and receive a board seat, making it Canada's first licensed producer for medical marijuana to integrate blockchain technology into its ecosystem. The move also paves the way for the licensed producer to expand its wholesale genetics business.

"We are thrilled to have the strategic support of WeedMD in the development and launch of our technology-based solutions," said CEO Robert Galarza. "Our platform customizes the best aspects of blockchain technology for cannabis industry, specifically in the area of protecting the intellectual property of producers, while giving customers visibility and transparency. By utilizing BLOCKStrain, WeedMD can now expand its library of world-class genetics while building customers' trust."

WeedMD is a licensed producer under the Canadian government's Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR). It has a 26,000-sq.-ft. indoor facility in Ontario and a second facility under development, with another 610,000-sq.-ft. of capacity. In addition to its own production, the company has entered into supply agreements and other strategic relationships to expand its capacity. The company's primary focus is on the senior care market, where its products can help alleviate many conditions without the use of potentially harmful or addictive prescription drugs.

For BLOCKStrain, the addition of a world-class licensed producer serves as a valuable proof-of-concept for its platform, as well as a source of early funding. With initial data derived from intelligent and real world performance within its platform, the company is well positioned to provide the market with a solution-based software product, as well as providing retail outlets and consumer groups a product to close the supply chain loop. Additionally, regulators can begin to see how the platform will help deliver a safe and legal inventory of cannabis to the marketplace and thereafter introduce reasonble requirements for visibility and verification using the platform.

BLOCKStrain Technology Corp. represents a compelling investment opportunity for anyone looking for a solid technology stock with good exposure to the cannabis sector. It uses technology to resolve the administrative bottleneck that is associated with testing and verifying large quantities of cannabis for mass consumption, all the while saving producers and distributors time and money. Furthermore, by harnessing the power of blockchain technology, it hopes to create the de-facto standard for verifying and tracking cannabis strains across the supply chain. The open platform and future cryptocurrency incentives could help spur early traction, which could in turn help create high barriers to entry for competing technologies.

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Trudeau Unveils Bill Legalizing Recreational Marijuana in Canada

Canada is likely to legalize recreational marijuana nationwide. The law will require purchasers to be at least 18 years old, limit the amount people can carry at any one time to an ounce, and people can grow up to four marijuana plants. Should the United States follow Canada’s lead? Why? What are the ethics underlying your decision?

Fulfilling a campaign pledge, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation on Thursday to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Canada.

Many nations have either decriminalized marijuana, allowed it to be prescribed medically or effectively stopped enforcing laws against it. But when Mr. Trudeau’s bill passes as expected, Canada will become only the second nation, after Uruguay, to completely legalize marijuana as a consumer product.

“Criminal prohibition has failed to protect our kids and our communities,” said Bill Blair, a lawmaker and former Toronto police chief whom Mr. Trudeau appointed to manage the legislation.

Mr. Blair said at a news conference that the government hoped to begin allowing legal sales by the middle of 2018. While the government’s plan has been broadly shaped by a panel of experts, many issues still need to be ironed out.

While the federal government will license and regulate growers, each of Canada’s provinces will need to decide exactly how the drug will be distributed and sold within its boundaries. The government will have to develop the marijuana equivalents of breathalyzers so that drivers can be checked for impairment at the roadside and workers can be tested for safety on the job. Diplomats will have to address conflicts with international drug treaties. And many in the medical field are concerned about the long-term health effects of increased use of marijuana by Canadians under the age of 25.

Though eight American states have legalized marijuana to various extents, the drug remains illegal under federal law. Mr. Trudeau’s move eliminates any such ambiguity in Canada. It follows a court-mandated legalization of marijuana for medical purposes, which was introduced with tight controls in 1999 and later broadened by further court orders.

While the new legislation will take Canada beyond its medical marijuana system, it stops far short of creating an open market. The law will require purchasers to be at least 18 years old — though provinces can set a higher minimum — and it will limit the amount they can carry at any one time to 30 grams, about an ounce.

Households will be allowed to grow up to four marijuana plants. But the legislation seems built on the assumption that most users will be supplied by commercial growers, who will be licensed and closely supervised by the federal government.

Growing, importing, exporting or selling marijuana outside licensed channels will remain serious crimes, according to Mr. Blair and Ralph Goodale, the public safety minister.

Each province will decide where and how marijuana may be sold, and will set prices in conjunction with the federal government.

How much marijuana will cost and how heavily it will be taxed will be influenced by Canada’s experience with tobacco, which is also tightly regulated.

When the country tried to discourage smoking by sharply increasing cigarette taxes, it inadvertently created a growing black market for cigarettes smuggled from the United States and elsewhere.

Since one of the government’s main aims with the new law is to wipe out — or at least reduce — illicit marijuana dealing, it will want to avoid measures that spur its growth.

It is unclear where users will be able to buy the drug. Several provinces restrict alcohol sales mainly to government-run liquor stores, and a similar arrangement may be used for marijuana. But a federal task force that released its findings late last year recommended that marijuana not be offered in shops that also sell alcohol.

One thing seems clear: The illegal marijuana stores that sprang up in several cities after Mr. Trudeau came to power in late 2015, in anticipation of the new law, are not likely to be allowed to stay in business. The shops are supplied by black-market growers or organized criminal groups, and while the police have left them alone in some cities, the authorities have been openly skeptical about assertions by shop owners that they sell only to medical users.

Ontario’s attorney general is seeking a forfeiture order that would allow them to confiscate almost 600,000 Canadian dollars in cash — about $450,000 — that was seized at the Toronto airport from an employee of a chain of seven illegal medical marijuana outlets in the city.

Figuring out how to measure impairment is a priority on the government’s list of things it must do before the legal market is expanded.

Several police forces, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, are testing two types of screening devices that can detect drugs — including THC, the main psychoactive substance in marijuana — in saliva.

Proposed amendments to criminal laws would require motorists to give the police saliva samples on request and allow officers to demand a breath test for alcohol when stopping drivers for any reason.

The issue goes beyond motorists. Gilbert Brulotte, the former chairman of the Canadian Construction Association, said the law may lead to increased accident rates on job sites.

Mr. Brulotte acknowledged that marijuana use by construction workers has been a safety problem for a long time. But until now, he said, any evidence of marijuana use was grounds to fire someone. After legalization, employers will need to show that the worker was impaired on the job.

“We are not against legalization; we’re just interested in making sure that thresholds and proper technologies are in place,” Mr. Brulotte said, adding that the industry also wanted the right to perform random drug tests in the workplace.

The legislation would seem to put Canada in violation of three United Nations treaties concerning drugs. But a study released this week by the University of Ottawa Global Strategy Lab found that the government may be able to justify the measure under exemptions for “scientific purposes.”

The promise of the new law has prompted investors to bid up the stocks of 11 licensed medical marijuana growers. Several have tripled or quadrupled in price over the past year.

But while the existing licensed growers — more than 40 in all, including those that are not publicly traded — are expected to have a head start in the recreational market, it is not clear that they will see a boom of the kind that, say, whiskey distillers enjoyed after Prohibition was repealed.

Indeed several of those companies saw their stock prices fall after the bill was introduced. Shares of Canopy Growth, the largest publicly traded producer and the owner of the Tweed medical marijuana brand, were down more than 4 percent by late afternoon.

Mr. Blair said the Canadian system would place public health policy above commercial interests. “It is not our intent to promote the use of this drug,” he said.

Under the new law, marijuana will be marketed more like cigarettes than like liquor. Marketing will be limited largely to providing factual information about the product, like its name, its ingredients and the strain of marijuana used.

The government is considering regulations that would allow only plain packaging to be used, as a bill now in Canada’s Senate will require for cigarettes.

Even so, Brendan Kennedy, the president of Tilray, a medical marijuana producer in Nanaimo, British Columbia, said his company would ask that producers be allowed to develop brands through distinctive packaging. “Otherwise it will be a race to the bottom, as companies will compete only based on potency and price,” he said.

Though many licensed growers appeared to get into the medical marijuana business with an eye toward the eventual opening of the much larger recreational market, Canada’s first legal grower said on Wednesday that the government’s action was premature.

“I think it’s rather aggressive,” said Brent Zettl, the president and chief executive of CanniMed Therapeutics in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. “I think it’s rather arrogant of Justin Trudeau.”

Mr. Zettl, whose company had the medical marijuana market to itself for several years, said he owed it to his investors to get into recreational marijuana, but he was not certain that it would be very profitable.

And he said he agreed with doctors and police officials who want higher minimum ages to buy the drug: 25 for high-potency products and 21 for reduced potency.

The bill includes stiff new criminal penalties for people who sell or give marijuana to minors, or who create cannabis products that appeal to children or adolescents.

Widespread use of more potent recreational marijuana, Mr. Zettl added, may also undermine efforts to understand the drug’s medicinal effects, particularly for users looking for relief, not a high.

“It’s good from an industry perspective,” Mr. Zettl said of the new law. “I don’t think it’s good for society.”

At the news conference, Mr. Goodale warned that Canada’s new law would apply only in Canada, and cautioned citizens not to take their marijuana out of the country.

John F. Kelly, the United States secretary of homeland security, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Ottawa last month that he saw no need for new border measures once the law took effect. But he did have a tip: “I would just highly recommend to Canadians to check those pockets one more time.”

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