Condos and apartments

Condo residents may own their home, but the rules around using cannabis inside units are being set, building-wide, by condo corporations. Ditto the companies that own apartment buildings

That’s an issue for medical marijuana users, said Fraser.

“We’re going to probably see some struggles when you peel down to the medical level and try to figure out how those rights to make it a smoke-free building interplay with a medical patient’s rights to consume their cannabis in whatever form they choose,” she said.

Medical users also shouldn’t assume they have carte blanche when it comes to driving, according to the Saskatoon Police Service.

Outside of a car, however, the ban on public use does not apply to medical users with valid prescriptions.

Driving under the influence of cannabis could net you a maximum federal fine of $1,000. Post image on Pinterest: Driving under the influence of cannabis could net you a maximum federal fine of $1,000.

Driving under the influence of cannabis could net you a maximum federal fine of $1,000.

“Having a prescription doesn’t negate the fact that you’re impaired,” Patrick Barbar, the head of the force’s traffic division, told people attending a pot-and-cops info session in Saskatoon last week.

Barbar used a recent example of someone coming through a police check stop.

“She had just consumed cannabis and she said, ‘But I had this prescription.’ But you’re still impaired, just like you can be impaired on any other type of prescription drug.”

The Saskatchewan government has a "zero tolerance" policy for impaired driving in the province. That applies to all drivers, including medical marijuana users. Those convicted could face a five-year licence suspension.