By: Rabbi Tsvi HeberOriginally published in The Kosher CORner Passover Guide 2019 Cannabis is now legal in Canada for both recreational and medicinal purposes. Medicinal use of cannabis was legalized nationwide in 2001 while recreational use of cannabis came into effect on October 17, 2018. Canada is now the second country in the world, after Uruguay, to formally legalize the cultivation, possession, acquisition and consumption of cannabis and its byproducts.[1] A Pragmatic Approach Over the course of the last few years, COR received multiple requests for kosher certification from marijuana companies that produce medicinal marijuana. The answer has always been the same; to d...
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