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Lowering workplace and community risks through proactive engagement with the cannabis industry
December 13, 2022
Since legalization in 2019, the cannabis industry has rapidly developed new cultivation, processing, extraction, and retail facilities to serve the Canadian market. Although the public is often…
Contaminants in black market cannabis: Consumers need answers
February 19, 2020
Legalization of cannabis in 2018 was intended, among other things, to cut off funding to organized crime by removing revenue streams from the sale of illicit cannabis. Public health broadly supported…
Cannabis poisoning in BC: Insights from poison control centre calls
July 24, 2019
This blog is a synopsis of a recent seminar entitled “Calls to the British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre on the Cusp of Cannabis Legalization”, presented in our 2019 NCCEH Environmental…
Cultivation, Consumption, and Complexity - Cannabis Legalization Day in Canada
October 17, 2018
On October 17, 2018, the Federal government’s Cannabis Act (2017) will come into force. Three main goals have anchored the Act through the legislative process: Reducing cannabis availability for…
Cannabis legalization: what can public health do?
October 17, 2018
Given the complexities of the Cannabis Act (2017) , public health communities will face a series of challenges as the Act’s implementation rolls out. Attention to a few key issues may help to…