Wow, after reading these posts I feel extra lucky to be living in Canada. $140oz, $5g no problem taxes in. New Cannabis Products | OCS | Ontario Cannabis Store you can see for yourself at the link. OCS is the official Ontario sales portal, but if you go to any cannabis storefront the prices are the same. They get their supply from OCS. OCS is the provincial wholesalers who also sells direct to consumer via the web only. They don't have a storefront and stores must buy from them. Can't complain about the prices and the quality is very good. My only complaint has been the bud is always very dry, part of the quality control in place to ensure no mold forms.
And as far as availability, In my city of about 180,000 we have almost too many stores. every 5km or less you'll find a store. The first year there were only two stores, so lineup were a bit long, but now they are everywhere. We actually have a glut of cannabis on the market right now and suppliers have to scale back a bit.
On top of that, and I detailed this in a different post in this forum, we can grow up to four plants at home with no special license. Which is what I do. Nobody will complain if you have four plants, and to be honest, as long as you're not selling what you grow nobody will get in trouble for a few extra plants above the 4. If you try to sell and get caught yes, you're in trouble. Nobody I know bothers, why would you.
And you can't get in trouble for carrying a personal amount of cannabis on you. The police don't even bother hassling people at all. It's totally legal. If I'm going on a domestic flight I can carry it on me, even in carry on bag. Nobody cares, the don't even ask if you're carrying pot. DO NOT do that on an international flight or you will end up on the wrong side of the law when you hit your destination though.
It was a long time coming, but our cannabis laws now are exceptionally free and open for users and personal growers. In my opinion, it's actually a bit too open. Very often I see people smoking cannabis where kids are in close proximity. Pretty much if you can smoke cigarettes in a spot you can smoke cannabis in that spot. So I'm not a big fan of kids being exposed to the smoke, and if my kids were younger I'd be annoyed, even as a daily user that someone is smoking pot in smelling distance to them. But mine are teens now, so I don't really care. But you can actually smoke cannabis more openly and freely than drinking a beer in Canada these days.
When I was in Vegas a year and a half ago someone brought me to a cannabis store, I didn't realize it was legal there. But they warned me not to smoke it outside where the police can see you or it can still be an issue. Well if I can't smoke it in public and I can't smoke it in my hotel... where can I smoke it and not get in trouble?? So I didn't even bother. Don't intend on getting into trouble for something so ridiculous.
So my US friends, pack your winter coat, warm up that car and head on up to Canada where you can grow and smoke all day long and not a person in the country will care a less... oh wait.... they may offer you some edibles, but that's about how far the discussion will go lol.
And as far as availability, In my city of about 180,000 we have almost too many stores. every 5km or less you'll find a store. The first year there were only two stores, so lineup were a bit long, but now they are everywhere. We actually have a glut of cannabis on the market right now and suppliers have to scale back a bit.
On top of that, and I detailed this in a different post in this forum, we can grow up to four plants at home with no special license. Which is what I do. Nobody will complain if you have four plants, and to be honest, as long as you're not selling what you grow nobody will get in trouble for a few extra plants above the 4. If you try to sell and get caught yes, you're in trouble. Nobody I know bothers, why would you.
And you can't get in trouble for carrying a personal amount of cannabis on you. The police don't even bother hassling people at all. It's totally legal. If I'm going on a domestic flight I can carry it on me, even in carry on bag. Nobody cares, the don't even ask if you're carrying pot. DO NOT do that on an international flight or you will end up on the wrong side of the law when you hit your destination though.
It was a long time coming, but our cannabis laws now are exceptionally free and open for users and personal growers. In my opinion, it's actually a bit too open. Very often I see people smoking cannabis where kids are in close proximity. Pretty much if you can smoke cigarettes in a spot you can smoke cannabis in that spot. So I'm not a big fan of kids being exposed to the smoke, and if my kids were younger I'd be annoyed, even as a daily user that someone is smoking pot in smelling distance to them. But mine are teens now, so I don't really care. But you can actually smoke cannabis more openly and freely than drinking a beer in Canada these days.
When I was in Vegas a year and a half ago someone brought me to a cannabis store, I didn't realize it was legal there. But they warned me not to smoke it outside where the police can see you or it can still be an issue. Well if I can't smoke it in public and I can't smoke it in my hotel... where can I smoke it and not get in trouble?? So I didn't even bother. Don't intend on getting into trouble for something so ridiculous.
So my US friends, pack your winter coat, warm up that car and head on up to Canada where you can grow and smoke all day long and not a person in the country will care a less... oh wait.... they may offer you some edibles, but that's about how far the discussion will go lol.
