Cannabis

Guide to information and research about cannabis use and health post-legalization.

Legal Definitions

Cannabis

  1. Any part of a cannabis plant, including the phytocannabinoids produced by, or found in, such a plant, regardless of whether that part has been processed or not, other than a part of the plant referred to in Schedule 2
  2. Any substance or mixture of substances that contains or has on it any part of such a plant
  3. Any substance that is identical to any phytocannabinoid produced by, or found in, such a plant, regardless of how the substance was obtained

Cannabis oil

An oil, in liquid form at room temperature of 22 ± 2°C, that contains cannabis in its natural form.

Cannabis plant

A plant that belongs to the genus Cannabis.

Illicit cannabis

Cannabis that is or was sold, produced or distributed by a person prohibited from doing so under this Act or any provincial Act or that was imported by a person prohibited from doing so under this Act.

Edible, Extracts & Topicals

Final Regulations: Edible Cannabis, Cannabis Extracts, Cannabis Topicals

Young person

(a) for the purposes of sections 8, 9 and 12, an individual who is 12 years of age or older but under 18 years of age; and

(b) for the purposes of any other provision of this act, an individual who is under 18 years of age.

References

Cannabis Act, SC 2018, c 16, Schedule 1

Cannabis Act, SC 2018, c 16, s 2.

Pre-legalization Information