Cannabis in Quebec

[3][4] Each province and territory set its own laws for various aspects, such as the legal age, whether householders can grow cannabis and the method of retail sales.

The new government justified increasing the age requirement out of concern for the effects cannabis has on the still-developing brain of young adults under 21.

[10] Twelve Société québécoise du cannabis stores opened on October 17, 2018; by March 2022, this had increased to 87 retail locations throughout the province.

This means that unless the law changes Quebec residents can be fined $750 per plant if found to be growing cannabis, unless they are doing so with a medical authorization through their physician and Health Canada.

Maxime Guérin said he was surprised by the ruling, but that he and his team were prepared to appeal to the Supreme Court and intended on bringing in additional expert legal counsel.

[16] Following the ruling, Janick Murray-Hall challenged the Quebec law, which was then declared unconstitutional in 2019 on the basis that it was a matter for federal jurisdiction, rather than provincial.

In April 2023, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in favour of the provincial legislation, deeming Quebec's ban on homegrown cannabis plans to be constitutional.