Authored By: Mylany David – Langlois / Canada

Amendment of the Cannabis Act
Currently, the categories of cannabis that can be legally sold by holders of a federal licence and by distributors and retailers authorized by a province or territory are dried cannabis, fresh cannabis, cannabis oil, cannabis plants, and the seeds of cannabis plants. However, the federal government recently confirmed its intention to amend the Cannabis Actin order to authorize the sale of three new categories of cannabis.
The three new categories are:
- edible cannabis (products containing cannabis and intended to be ingested by eating or drinking);
- cannabis extracts (products that are produced using extraction processing methods or by synthesizing phytocannabinoids);
- cannabis topicals (products that include cannabis as an ingredient and are intended to be used on external body surfaces).