Canadá: Ontario creará un consejo regulador del cannabis y abrirá puntos de venta

La provincia canadiense abrirá establecimientos especiales para poner en práctica su monopolio sobre el suministro. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

By Hannah Thibedeau

The Ontario government announced Friday that it will create a cannabis control board and open up to 60 storefronts in the first year to manage the sale and distribution of marijuana in the province.

Ontario ministers announced the measures at morning press conference.

The plans include restricting marijuana sales to those 19 and older, a year above the minimum age recommended by the federal government's cannabis task force report in December.

The stores selling marijuana to the public will not be housed inside existing LCBO stores as Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne had previously suggested.

Illegal pot shops in Ontario would be shut down over the next 12 months.

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