Ready or Not, Recreational Marijuana Use Is Coming to Canada

With about eight months to go before Canada becomes the second nation after Uruguay to take this step, the federal government and the provinces are staring at a formidable to-do list.

TIVERTON, Ontario — Behind a forbidding high-security fence topped with razor wire, Supreme Pharmaceuticals is busy preparing for the legal marijuana trade, with workers expanding a greenhouse complex where the lucrative crop grows.

But while Supreme looks like it will be ready for the day when prohibition ends, Canada’s governments still have a lot of work to do.

Proposing legislation to legalize the recreational use of marijuana was the easy part for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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