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If you have more than 50 grams of cannabis in your possession you can be prosecuted under the ''[http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-38.8/index.html Controlled Drugs and Substances Act]''. It’s a '''hybrid offence''', meaning that the prosecutor can treat it as a less serious, '''summary offence''' or a more serious, '''indictable offence'''. You would normally get bail while awaiting trial, unless you had a criminal record. | If you have more than 50 grams of cannabis in your possession you can be prosecuted under the ''[http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-38.8/index.html Controlled Drugs and Substances Act]''. It’s a '''hybrid offence''', meaning that the prosecutor can treat it as a less serious, '''summary offence''' or a more serious, '''indictable offence'''. You would normally get bail while awaiting trial, unless you had a criminal record. | ||
'''Working in the cannabis industry'''—to work in the legal cannabis industry, you must be licensed and work for a licensed facility to possess and distribute more than 30 grams of legal cannabis. There is no automatic exclusion for cannabis workers, so if you sell cannabis to a minor you can be prosecuted if you fail to take reasonable steps to find out how old they are. Similarly, if you distribute more than 50 grams of cannabis to an unauthorized or unlicensed retailer or distributor of cannabis, you can still be prosecuted. | |||
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