Cabinet to Spend More Than $1 Million on Review of Legal Marijuana

Cabinet plans to spend more than $1 million on its statutory review of legal marijuana with a final report due next year, records obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter show.  Parliament, in voting to legalize recreational cannabis in 2018, mandated that the impact of the decision be investigated within five years. “The anticipated incremental costs associated with the panel’s work on the legislative review of the Cannabis Act are estimated to be $1.03 million,” the Department of Health said in a submission to the Senate national finance committee. As yet, no deadline was set for a final report, but the Cannabis Act requires that the minister of health table a report in both houses of Parliament no later than 18 months after the start of the review....