THC Limit For Edible Cannabis – Why Is It Limited To 10mg?

THC limits for edible cannabis are idiotic. Why is edible cannabis limited to 10 mg THC in Canada?

Officially, it is about “public health and safety”. The idea is that kids could get their hands on edible cannabis thinking it’s regular candy or chocolate.

Legalization in Canada is about ousting organized crime and taxing a regulated market. This has nothing to do with your freedom.

But even then, when legal edibles are capped at 10mg of THC, it’s next to impossible to oust the illicit market.

Still, a 10 mg THC limit for edibles violates a medical cannabis patient’s right to reasonable access. And that’s not our opinion.

Judge Robert A. Graesser ruled that the THC limits in the Cannabis Act violated Section 7 of the charter. However, his decision was “declaratory legal protection,” meaning it did not change the cannabis law or compel the government to change it.

But a recent lawsuit launched by the Victoria Cannabis Buyers’ Club would force the government to address this absurdly low limit.

Why medical cannabis patients need more than 10mg of THC

THE CANADIAN PRESS / Tijana Martin

We measure edible cannabis in milligrams (mg), with 10mg being one hundredth of a gram. Medical cannabis patients often require high doses of cannabis well in excess of 10mg.

This can have different causes. A person can suffer from chronic pain and therefore their tolerance level is so high that they require large doses.

Others may have a lower tolerance, but their pain or nausea is so great that they need lots of cannabis.

Edible cannabis is also slow acting. It must be broken down by the digestive system and processed by the liver before it enters the bloodstream and affects the brain. This makes the higher doses more tolerable.

Consider the effects of consuming an 850mg edible versus consuming a vape pen at a comparable amount in one sitting. Both methods will treat the patient, but one is more manageable.

Who Benefits from a 10mg THC Limit?

Who Benefits from Limiting Canada’s Cannabis Edibles to 10mg THC?

When the government does something in the name of “public health,” it’s usually a cover for power grabs and wealth redistribution.

For example, the Covid lockdowns resulted in the largest wealth transfer in history. While people teased each other for not wearing ineffective masks, American corporations were once again robbing the middle class.

Here – however – the THC limit for edible cannabis appears to be the result of public health busybodies.

According to George Smitherman of the Cannabis Council of Canada, THC limits are a “$500 million gift to the illicit market.”

Every licensed producer in the country – big or small – wants the 10 mg THC limit to be raised.

The only people who benefit from 10mg THC limits are the busybodies. You can pat yourself on the back in the mistaken belief that you’ve done something good for “the kids.”

By trampling on the constitutional rights of medical patients.

As well as the dignity and respect of adult people. Like the alcohol temperance movement of yesteryear, these cannabis prohibitionists are modern-day puritans.

Public health has a haunting fear that someone somewhere might be happy.

THC limits for edible cannabis: A bad idea that won’t go away

As more states and countries legalize cannabis, they can learn an important lesson from Canadian legalization: THC limits don’t work.

If you aim to crowd out illicit markets, you are not guaranteeing them a revenue stream by making legal products unattractive and psychoactively ineffective.

Likewise, you might think that limiting THC in edibles will be good “for the kids.” Canada has a “growing” problem of children ending up in hospitals after accidentally eating edibles. This is despite the 10 mg THC limit and child-resistant packaging.

With public health measures failing on edible cannabis, it is clear that punishing adults for what children might do is not a way to legalize it.

Whether for edible cannabis or other cannabis products, THC limits:

• Are ineffective for patients who require higher THC doses to manage their symptoms. In Canada, THC limits may very well prove unconstitutional by restricting their rights to reasonable access.
• Limit consumer choice, which is morally repugnant.
• Impossible to enforce: Canada has proven that a legal 10 mg THC limit stimulates the illicit market to meet demand for high-potency THC

It seems public health busybodies don’t understand the logic behind legalization. People used cannabis regardless of what the laws said.

People cultivated, processed and supplied cannabis regardless of what the laws dictated.

A “THC cap” on legal products only gives public health a smug sense of accomplishment. In fact, they only harmed the health of sick patients.

Don’t just insult the dignity and intelligence of free adults who have chosen to purchase high THC cannabis products.