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Here are answers to key questions as Quebec moves toward legalization of recreational marijuana by July 2018.

Who will be allowed to buy pot?

Under the cannabis-legalization bill put forward Thursday, anyone over 18 would be able to purchase, possess and use cannabis in Quebec. The province’s medical specialists wanted the minimum age set at 21.

Where will pot be sold?

Quebec plans to create the Société québécoise du cannabis (SQC), which would sell pot via stores and a website.

The SQC chain would start with 15 stores. The government intends to set a minimal distance between a retail outlet and places frequented “by minors and vulnerable clienteles.” Canada Post would initially deliver online purchases and ensure buyers are over 18; other delivery companies could be brought in later.

Quebec’s pot retailer would be an arm of the Société des alcools du Québec, the province’s monopoly liquor-store chain.