Frequently Asked Questions
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​What cannabis products are legal to purchase?
Under the Cannabis Act, these products will be available for purchase in 2018:

• Cannabis oil
• Fresh cannabis
• Dried cannabis
• Cannabis plant seeds
• Cannabis plants
• Milled Cannabis
• Pre-Rolls

How much cannabis am I personally allowed to have?
An adult (18+) in Alberta is legally allowed to possess up to 30 grams of legally produced dried-cannabis (or the equivalent volume in other forms).
The Government of Canada has developed ratios for other cannabis products that can be used to determine a possession limit for those products.
One (1) gram of dried cannabis is equivalent to:

• 5 g of fresh cannabis
• 15 g of edible product
• 70 g of liquid product
• 0.25 g of concentrates (solid or liquid)
• 1 cannabis plant seed

How do you consume legal cannabis products?
After purchasing legal cannabis products, you can consume them by:

• Smoking: Joints, pipes and bongs
• Vaporizing: Breathing in dried cannabis through a vaporizing device
• Drinking or eating: Homemade edibles made from cannabis oil or dried cannabis
• Ingesting: Capsules containing cannabis oil

Why buy legal?
The benefits of legal cannabis include:

• Quality Control
  • Licensed Producers (LPs) need to be licensed by Health Canada
    as they set industry-wide standards and rules
  • During the growing process, LPs must meet physical and personnel
    security requirements, sanitary production requirements and testing of cannabis quality; Health Canada prohibits the use of dangerous pesticides
  • In cases where the LP does not comply with government criteria, Health Canada can recall and destroy the tainted cannabis, invoke administrative penalties (up to $1 million) and revoke the grower’s licence
  • Illegal cannabis growers, on the other hand, have no governing agency guaranteeing quality; this can lead to unsafe growing conditions, toxic pesticides and fertilizers, bacterial contaminants including mold and the potential for deliberate tampering
    
    
• Strain Selection
  • LPs may carry multiple strains of dried cannabis, with
    detailed information about each one
  • Strains of legal cannabis are controlled, with THC and CBD content
    properly labelled
  • With illegal cannabis, consumers may not know exactly what they
    are getting as there is no guarantee that strains are labelled
    properly and the THC content may be unknown
    
    
• Product Availability
  • The legal market has different types of products available. These include:
    • Dried cannabis (pre-rolls or product)
    • Oils
    • Seeds
    • Capsules
      
      
• Strong Communities
  • Consumers that choose retail stores over the illegal market help
    support a legal system as a portion of every dollar that it is spent at
    a store goes back into the community and helps Albertans
    
    
• Ease of Access
  • Retail stores allow consumers to choose where, when and why they buy cannabis products, in a way that is reliable and transparent
  • Legal cannabis is placed in tamper/child proof packaging
    
    
• Education
  • All staff working in Alberta cannabis retail stores are certified as
    Qualified Cannabis Workers and must complete AGLC's
    SellSafe course specific to legal cannabis sales
  • Complete product information to help you to make educated
    choices