Cannabis Act needs update to limit legal THC concentration

Our laws need to be updated to reflect the growing evidence about the harmful effects of THC on mental disorders.

The task force that studied the legalization of cannabis in 2017-18 had proposed 10 per cent as an upper limit of THC concentration, but when the Cannabis Act was passed, there were no imposed limits, writes Gabriella Gobbi.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GABRIELLA GOBBI

October 3, 2022

It’s a Saturday in August. I’m just back from a restful vacation, where I had the opportunity to immerse myself in the good things in life: family, friends, and nature. I am on call in a psychiatric Emergency Department (ED) in a large Canadian city. These on-calls are an open window into the s...

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