The skinny:
Age restrictions: 19+
Where to buy: Government-operated storefronts and online sales.
Home grow: Up to four plants
Where to consume: Only on private property and in private residences. No possession limits in private residences. All cannabis must be securely locked up in users’ homes. A drug-impaired driving program has been implemented.
Other notes: 11 cannabis stores will open in July 2018. Saint John Cannabis Café opened in St. John, New Brunswick to provide medical cannabis. Though the business was technically illegal, the police did not interfere, even when the cafe moved to a larger location across from a police station. Customers were required to attest that they suffered from one of 300 qualifying medical conditions, in order to purchase. The owner stated that 200 people per day made purchases at the store, with many more “just looking”, and that a number of customers were from the cruise ships that dock at St. John. The Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey of 2012 noted that New Brunswick had the lowest proportion of people reporting past-year cannabis use of any Canadian province, at 8.5%.