OTTAWA – The federal government has announced a panel of experts that will lead a statutory review of the country's Cannabis Act.<\/p>\n
Panel members include Dr. Oyedeji Ayonrinde, an associate professor in the psychiatry and psychology departments at Queen's University, and Dr. Patricia Conrod, a registered clinical psychologist and professor at the University of Montreal's department of psychiatry and addiction.<\/p>\n
Rounding out the panel is Lynda Levesque, a criminal lawyer and member of the Fisher River Cree Nation in Manitoba, Treaty Five territory, and Dr. Peter Selby of the University of Toronto's department of family and community medicine.<\/p>\n
Morris Rosenberg, a former deputy minister of justice and deputy attorney general of Canada, was previously announced as the head of the review, which was launched a year later than mandated.<\/p>\n
His group will study the impact of cannabis on public health, young people and Indigenous communities, as well as its economic, social and environmental impacts.<\/p>\n
The Cannabis Act, which set purchase and possession limits at 30 grams of dried pot or the equivalent in 2018, says the government must issue a report, including findings and recommendations, no later than 18 months after the review begins.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 30, 2022.<\/p>\n
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