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While licensed retailers are subject to inspections and constrained to selling products sourced through licensed channels, the unlicensed market seems to operate outside these requirements, with little pressure from law enforcement. (Shutterstock)

May 3, 2022

Canada needs better CBD policies to protect consumers from unlicensed products

Majid Eghbali Zarch, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Jennifer Marlowe, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and Sandy Brennan, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Policy-makers and stakeholders in Canada should re-examine CBD policies and ensure they are protecting, rather than confusing, consumers.

People gather in Trinity Bellwoods park for a weed bubble blowing event in Toronto on Oct. 17, 2018, the day cannabis became legal in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

March 7, 2021

Cannabis education should aim to normalize — not prevent — safe and legal use

Maisam Najafizada; Bui K. Petersen, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Jennifer Donnan, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Lisa Bishop, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and Sandy Brennan, Memorial University of Newfoundland

If the goal of cannabis legalization was to protect public health and safety, education and awareness campaigns must normalize safe cannabis use, not stop cannabis consumption.

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