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The study proposes legalizing weed for what it estimates to be roughly three million users in Canada. Among the recommendations:

The regulatory regime should be established by the federal government, in close cooperation with the provinces. A federal-provincial revenue-sharing agreement will be based on models established for alcohol and tobacco.

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The legal age would be the same as it is for alcohol in each province, and people would be allowed to grow their own pot as long as it was in small quantities for personal use.

In order to combat black-market sales, people will be limited to buying or possessing no more than four ounces, or a little over 0.1 kilogram.

Citing statistics from a number of studies, including RAND Corporation and the Fraser Institute, it says Canada’s market is about $3-$4 billion annually to a market of roughly three million consumers.