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possess up to 30 grams of dried cannabis, the maximum allowed per purchase, but a full 150 grams may be kept in a household, regardless of the number of adult residents. Under Quebec's provincial law, it was originally prohibited to cultivate four cannabis plants for personal use, even though it was permitted by the federal law. However, Murray Hall challenged Quebec's law, and on
September 3, 2019, Justice Manon Lavoie deemed that sections 5 and 10 of Quebec's Cannabis Regulation Act were unconstitutional. Quebec's Court of Appeal has sided with the Quebec government. The opposition says they plan to appeal, but as of March 2022 residents of Quebec may not grow cannabis at home. In her ruling, Judge France Thibault wrote that both sides in the case were motivated by the desire to combat the harms associated with consumption. The Quebec government argued they could ban growing cannabis at home in order to protect Quebecers, especially young people. The other side argued that the Quebec government could not overrule federal law that allows Canadians to grow up to four plants per household.
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ruling, Janick Murray-Hall challenged the Quebec law, which was then declared unconstitutional in 2019 on the basis that it was a matter for federal jurisdiction, rather than provincial. In 2021, the decision was overturned by the Quebec Court of Appeal, causing Murray-Hall to pursue the
Supreme Court. In April 2023, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in favour of the provincial legislation, deeming Quebec's ban on homegrown cannabis plans to be constitutional.
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and 21 or even through age 25 are the biggest consumers of marijuana and if they are denied access to legal dispensaries they will turn to the unregulated black market. It is also incongruous with the age limit for other legal substances since one needs to be only 18 years of age to buy alcohol, tobacco, and vaping products in Quebec and is the age of majority. Under the newly elected
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17, 2018; by March 2022, this had increased to 87 retail locations throughout the province. A full 150 different products are sold, in dried, fresh or oil format, but not edibles, as well as accessories such as vaporizers. On-line sales from the SQDC web site also commenced on 17 October. Adults may
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the age limit would be 18, later raised to 21. The new government justified increasing the age requirement out of concern for the effects cannabis has on the still-developing brain of young adults under 21. Critics however argue that the law change is unwarranted because those between the ages of 18
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Maxime Guérin said he was surprised by the ruling, but that he and his team were prepared to appeal to the
Supreme Court and intended on bringing in additional expert legal counsel. They had 60 days to file their appeal, and Guérin said he expected the high court to hear the appeal in about 12–18
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