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    Dazed and confused: Canada cannabis legalization brings complex new laws

    Recreational marijuana will be legal throughout the country, but rules will vary from province to provinceCanada legalizes marijuana: here’s everything you need to know
    by Leyland Cecco Oct 16, 2018 4 minutes
    Canada will become the second country in the world to legalise recreational marijuana. Photograph: Carlos Osorio/Toronto Star via Getty Images

    Canada will this week become the second country in the world to legalize recreational marijuana, but as they negotiate a patchwork of new legislation and inconsistent enforcement, smokers may soon find that their enjoyment of weed is still blunted.

    New rules governing cannabis use are different in each of the country’s 10 provinces and three territories, and campaigners warn that experimentation could still result in hefty fines – or even arrest.

    “There will be more laws around the cannabis plant after legalization than there were before,” said Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, a professor at the University of Toronto. “I don’t think the average Canadian is

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