Cannabis users in BC can now use private delivery services for free – Cannabis News, Lifestyle

BC cannabis users are now free to use private delivery services in the province. State-owned BC Cannabis Stores have been able to do this since legalization. The BC government extended this freedom to private businesses last year. But employees of the dealer took care of the delivery service.

Beginning July 8, couriers can deliver recreational cannabis from a private retailer via mail or private delivery.

A long coming

According to cannabis stakeholders in the province, this move has been a long time coming. Before the rule change, the BC Liquor Distribution Branch had a monopoly on online sales and delivery.

“Since the federal legalization of non-medical cannabis, we have continued to explore ways to support the cannabis industry in our province while providing safe and accessible options for British Columbia residents,” said Mike Farnworth, Secretary of Public Safety and Attorney General.

He added: “The expansion of delivery service options not only creates equality in the marketplace, but also gives consumers another reason to buy legally rather than illegally.”

New cannabis study: status reason?

Around the same time that the BC government announced that cannabis users could use private delivery services, the government released a new cannabis study. They claim to provide information on the amounts of pesticides used by old market farms. (No matter how many times Health Canada has discovered “regulated” LPs using pesticides).

According to Farnworth, the study is another reason to make legal, regulated cannabis easier. Not to mention that one of the “concerns” in the study is that most illicit vape products have high concentrations of THC. As if exceeding the legal THC limit is a negative thing. In reality, it’s the legal limits for THC that send many to the legacy market.

The study’s limited selection of alt-market cannabis does nothing to support its thesis that “illegal cannabis” is somehow more dangerous than “regulated cannabis”. Also, since the government confiscated the samples from illegal retailers, we have no information on who produced the cannabis. Or how they made it, what environment it was grown in, or if the contamination of the products happened somewhere in the supply chain and not necessarily on the farm.

BC cannabis users can now use private delivery services for free

BC cannabis users can now use private delivery services. But what about private testing services? What about private breeders that the federal government doesn’t regulate?

The study, which Farnworth is excited about, says, “Cannabis products within the legal, regulated system must be tested and meet quality specifications, and if contaminants are found, licensed manufacturers must address the issue.”

But history shows that they “tackle the problem” by hiding pesticides in a ceiling tile. At the same time, a Health Canada pencil pusher walks around like he knows what he’s doing.

BC cannabis users can now use private delivery services. But when can they use a private, regulatory service?

The study concludes, “Unless a consumer is purchasing from a legal and regulated source, there is no mechanism or oversight that protects the consumer from false and misleading product claims and potentially harmful contaminants.”

But this is wrong. State bureaucracy is not supervision. They are not an effective consumer protection mechanism. Often the process is “captured” by lobbying interests. That’s exactly how cannabis legalization ended in Canada, with large corporate conglomerates while much of BC Bud remains illegal.

BC cannabis users can now use private delivery services. But that’s like letting your dog off the leash in your backyard. That should always have been true. It’s time to take your dog to the park and let him run around with the other dogs. Just as it’s time for BC to reverse government control and let BC Bud bring safe, clean, high-quality cannabis to Canadians.