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B.C. should follow California’s lead as it transitions to a legal cannabis environment and authorizes retail marijuana sales next July.

Both jurisdictions are pot-culture capitals and are dealing with too-tight deadlines and too many nuanced problems to properly meet expectations.

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California State voters in 2016 endorsed Proposition 64, which approved legal cannabis with retail pot sales starting Jan. 1, 2018.

As of November, adults over 21 could possess (and give each other) up to 28 grams, as well as seven grams of hash, and they can grow up to six plants.

You have been able to buy medicinal cannabis in California since 1996 — today you must be 18 or older and either have a current physician’s recommendation, a valid civic-issued medical marijuana identification card or be a primary caregiver as defined by the law.

Now, users can consume cannabis on private property but cannot smoke, eat cannabis products or vape in public. Property owners and landlords may also ban the use and possession of pot.