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All eyes on Canada as first G7 nation prepares to make marijuana legal
When Canopy Growth opened its first cannabis factory in an old chocolate plant near Ottawa four years ago, it did so predicting a bright future. Canada had already legalized medical marijuana, and Canopy predicted full legalization for recreational use to be next. What the company hadn’t predicted, however, was the sudden flood of foreign visitors. Politicians and police authorities from Jamaica, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Greece and Australia have all come knocking, as well as doctors from New Zealand, Brazil and Chile, along with groups of corporate investors and bankers...
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I think the only thing that would cause the USA to do this is if they could make more money taxing the living daylights out of it than throwing people in the slammer. The powers that be who benefit from keeping it illegal will fight this tooth and nail.
Baby steps. It's already happening on a state by state basis. Remember gay marriage?
Pro-weed folks (who lean left) in jail can't vote so it helps the GOP, thus they will never be for it.
My body is ready!!!