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Y2A
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Thu Oct 18 08:13:23 2018
Now had legal recreational weed nationwide.
Y2A
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Thu Oct 18 08:13:36 2018
*has
Hot Rod
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Thu Oct 18 08:47:20 2018

And you can order it by mail. :)

Average Ameriacn
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Thu Oct 18 09:12:46 2018
Build a wall!
Cthulhu
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Thu Oct 18 21:15:18 2018
Not quite accurate. Towns in Northwest Territories and the Yukon can ban pot store, and if they do, anyone living in that town cannot purchase online.

Also, it's illegal to smoke it outside your home, so renters cannot legally smoke weed.

Can't grow plants if you rent either.


So, it's legal for homeowners and that's it.


I live in a city of over a million people. 2 dispensaries where approved in time for legalization.

In Ontario, you can only order online, so only legal for people with credit cards.




It's all sorts of fucked, hopefully the day comes where it really is legal.


Can't open a weed cafe either, since it can't be consumed where it's sold.
Forwyn
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Thu Oct 18 21:28:51 2018
"and if they do, anyone living in that town cannot purchase online."

rofl
swordtail
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Thu Oct 18 21:33:24 2018
http://www...les-you-need-to-know-1.4136401
Sam Adams
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Thu Oct 18 22:37:45 2018
Good vacation spot for the yankees now that their season is over eh?
Nekran
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Thu Oct 18 23:18:33 2018
"Also, it's illegal to smoke it outside your home, so renters cannot legally smoke weed."

That sounds like renters' rights kind of suck in Canada?
Rugian
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Thu Oct 18 23:23:59 2018
To be fair, American landlords in many jurisdictions have the right to ban smoking within their buildings. It is a fire hazard after all.
Nekran
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Fri Oct 19 00:32:49 2018
So is using a curling iron? Or a stove?

Seems like a flimsy pretext to me.
Pillz
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Fri Oct 19 02:08:07 2018
Cthulhu wrong. Wrong wrong wrong.

On the federal level, you're allowed to smoke anywhere except hospitals and schools and government buildings.

Then every province and municipality sets their own laws. Lowest level prevails on restrictions.

In Montreal, you can smoke anywhere you can smoke cigarettes. But each borough can set their own restrictions on that, so in some you can only smoke on private property.

There has been, at no level of government anywhere, any law passed to prohibit you from smoking weed in an apartment.

If your lease does not explicitly state no smoking, you're allowed.
Canadian
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Fri Oct 19 05:38:43 2018
...and you can always order it from the feds.
patom
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Fri Oct 19 13:15:50 2018
Nekran, "So is using a curling iron? Or a stove?

Seems like a flimsy pretext to me."

Check the stats on fires started by careless smoking.

http://www...pic/Top-causes-of-fire/Smoking
jergul
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Fri Oct 19 16:53:46 2018
Cthulu
Wow, that was a crazy assed take on the legislation. Wtf are you smoking?
Nekran
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Fri Oct 19 17:52:25 2018
"Smoking materials caused 5% of reported home fires"

Does that make it the #1 cause?

I mean I'm not denying that smoking causes fires or anything... I just wouldn't be OK with that being part of a lease for renting property myself. And I don't think it would be legal here (though I'm no expert obviously... never heard of that being part of any lease until this thread in any case).
Cthulhu
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Fri Oct 19 18:18:37 2018
@Pillz.

Right, for some reason I was going by what's happening in Calgary.

'To be fair, American landlords in many jurisdictions have the right to ban smoking within their buildings. It is a fire hazard after all. '


It has more to due with the damage that long term smoking can cause inside. The smoke eventually seeps into the walls.



'In Montreal, you can smoke anywhere you can smoke cigarettes. But each borough can set their own restrictions on that, so in some you can only smoke on private property. '

Nice. Can you drink in public too in Montreal?
patom
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Fri Oct 19 18:18:57 2018
I would think that non-smokers would prefer a building that doesn't allow smoking. We don't have any ashtrays in our house. I think the only smoker that comes here on occasion is my grandson and he steps outside to have a smoke. Of course we own the house, but if I were renting I would prefer a non smoking complex.

I never realized how bad rooms smelled that allow smoking until I quit 23 years ago. I went on a trip and got a motel. They only had smoking rooms available and I said OK. When I stepped into the room it was like walking into a dirty ashtray. It looked clean but the smell permeated everything.

Cthulhu
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Fri Oct 19 18:19:15 2018
@Pillz

Do you know of hand if it's legal for a landlord to say you can't grow pot?
Pillz
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Fri Oct 19 18:43:05 2018
As of now, no, they can't stipulate that in a lease afaik and they can't tell you not to now (as it'd require amending the lease) . It's akin to saying you can't have house plants, for now. I'm sure their challenges will succeed at least in part.

Landlord associations the nation over are trying to amend rules, either to allow themselves to ban growing or to disallow it & weed smoking in apartments in general.

You can drink in public in some parks in Montreal. On Mount royal for example and in little Italy and Saint henri there are parks that allow drinking so long as you have food

Pillz
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Fri Oct 19 19:04:14 2018
https://ww...-smoking-in-private-apartments


I fail to see how that's legal. Evidently building rule laws are lease work around
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