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Legality (2006)
Without a Health Canada medical marijuana certificate, or recognition as a caregiver to an exempt person, possession, trafficking or cultivation of cannabis is illegal.
OFFENCE
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MAXIMUM
(Summary)
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MAXIMUM
(Indictable)
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Possession
– Marijuana (under 30gms.) or Hashish (under 1gm.)
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6 mos./$1,000 fine
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N/A
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Possession
– Marijuana or Hashish
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6 mos./$1,000 - 1st offence; 1
yr./$2,000 - subsequent offence
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5 yrs. less a day
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Trafficking
in Marijuana or Hashish (under 3 kgs.)
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N/A
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5 yrs. less a day
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Trafficking
in Marijuana or Hashish
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N/A
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Life imprisonment
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Cultivation
of Marijuana
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N/A
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7 yrs.
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