After months of waiting—and loads of speculation—we finally have some concrete info about the regulation of edibles in Canada. In June, Health Canada released details of when these products will be available and how consumers can actually get their hands on them.
What’s actually legal? Dried and fresh cannabis, seeds for home cultivation, pre-rolled joints and oils have been legally available to consumers since October 17, 2018. This June, when Health Canada released its plan for the next wave of cannabis legalization, it took a conservative look at how edibles and topicals will be rolled out in the market. As of October 17, 2019, edibles , topicals and cannabis extracts , will all be legal.
The Health Canada regulations are also pretty specific about packaging, noting that it must be child-proof and opaque, and cannot be designed in a way that is appealing to children. And that last part makes sense, obviously. But because HC doesn’t define what “appealing to children” means exactly, some people in the cannabis community have concerns.