This once-hypothetical scenario is fast becoming a reality. European cannabis reform has become a question of how, not if.

In a historic event that will be closely watched across the world, Canada today becomes the first G7 country to legalise cannabis for recreational use.

This is the demand on every Canadian cannabis consumer’s lips at the moment, and one that will remain a chief concern when the adult use market goes legal this summer. 

A photo journal of Hanway Associates' trip to British Columbia by Alastair Moore

Canada has a unique opportunity in emerging European medical cannabis markets. However, Europe is a complex patchwork of challenges and opportunities that only the most astute will be able to successfully capitalise on. 

On October 24th 2017, Hanway Associates and Tantalus Labs submitted a document to British Columbia's Provincial Cannabis Secretariat.

The clock is ticking. Canadian provinces have less than a year in which to decide how, where and by whom cannabis will be sold.

Canada is set to legislate for sale of cannabis for responsible adult use before July 2018. The countdown starts now.

Blair Gibbs is a former UK government official who served as an advisor to the former Mayor of London Boris Johnson and the Justice Secretary Michael Gove. He is currently working in Vancouver.

Into the Light is a white paper on Greenhouse cannabis cultivation in British Columbia by Hanway Associates, in collaboration with Tantalus Labs.