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Indigenous communities key recommendations include co-developing cannabis amendedments to protect health and safety\u00a0 and agreements to control commercial cannabis activites OTTAWA- More than five years after cannabis was legalized in Canada, the government has released its final report of the legislative review of the Cannabis Act. The report is the result of 18 months of work by a panel of industry experts to assess the progress of cannabis legalization and make recommendations to improve upon cannabis legislation. Here are some of the key recommendations made by the report. Public health The report makes a number of public health recommendations concerning issues including product promotion, packaging and labelling, children and youth, and potency. It calls on Health Canada to set and monitor targets for reducing youth and young adult cannabis use,… <\/p>\n

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Indigenous communities key recommendations include co-developing cannabis amendedments to protect health and safety\u00a0 and agreements to control commercial cannabis activites OTTAWA- More than five years after cannabis was legalized in Canada, the government has released its final report of the legislative review of the Cannabis Act. The report is the result of 18 months of work by a panel of industry experts to assess the progress of cannabis legalization and make recommendations to improve upon cannabis legislation. Here are some of the key recommendations made by the report. Public health The report makes a number of public health recommendations concerning issues including product promotion, packaging and labelling, children and youth, and potency. It calls on Health Canada to set and monitor targets for reducing youth and young adult cannabis use,... <\/p>\n

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