Canada's recreational cannabis should come in plain packaging, panel says

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Canada's recreational cannabis should come in plain packaging, panel says

14 December 2016

Canada’s government should regulate the production of cannabis when it is legalized for recreational use and require plain packaging for such products, an official panel has recommended, in a potential setback to growers who hoped to build brands.

How cannabis is sold should be left up to the provinces and should include both retail storefronts and a mail order system, the report recommended. Authorities have been battling a surge in illegal dispensaries over the past year, particularly in Ontario and British Columbia.

Medical marijuana is already legal in Canada, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government made legalizing marijuana for recreationa use a part of its successful election campaign last year and will introduce legislation in the spring of 2017.

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