While marijuana for recreational use will be legal in a week, a burgeoning segment of the cannabis market — THC-infused edibles — will still be off-limits to consumers.
And yet despite the continued prohibition on these products (Ottawa has vowed to revisit the legality of edibles next year), a Radio-Canada investigation has found that they are readily available online from more than a dozen suppliers that are operating openly in contravention of Canadian law.
The Liberal government touted its legalization push as a way to dismantle the black-market sale of cannabis. But with strong demand from some consumers looking to ingest the drug without smoking, the illegal edibles business is likely to continue unabated as police turn a blind eye.
Radio-Canada found a least a dozen illicit websites operating in Canada that offer both dried cannabis and THC-infused edibles, and some of these businesses have been operating for more than two years. (THC is the primary psychoactive substance in cannabis.)
Louis Blouin and John Paul Tasker – CBC News – Oct 10, 2018.
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