Three Reasons Why Canadian Cannabis Tourism Sucks – Cannabis | weed | marijuana

Planning a trip to Canada soon? Specifically, to experience legal cannabis? think again We have three reasons why Canadian cannabis tourism sucks.

So let’s get into that.

3. Reason Canada’s cannabis tourism sucks – you can’t see anything

The federal government of Canada has not legalized cannabis because we are all distinct individuals with the right to physical autonomy. They legalized cannabis for “public health and safety” reasons.

Ergo – it is a strictly controlled market. As a foreigner, you can walk in and buy weed with any old ID (provided you’re of legal age, 19 in most provinces). But you can’t see what you’re buying.

There are no California-style pharmacies in Canada. At least not legally.

Not only is your cannabis product hidden behind layers of plastic and child-resistant packaging, it’s also irradiated.

Health Canada regulations require “sterilized” cannabis. For most cannabis producers, the cheapest way to pass Health Canada inspection is by using gamma radiation to eliminate microorganisms and contaminants.

The World Health Organization says that irradiating cannabis is fine, so there’s no need to dig any deeper, right? When has the WHO ever been wrong?

Of course, there’s this study that was published in Frontiers of Pharmacology. The results revealed that “irradiation had a measurable effect on the levels of various cannabis terpenes, mainly the more volatile monoterpenes. In general, the reduction in affected terpenes was between 10 and 20%, but for some compounds this can be as high as 38%.”

In case you’re unfamiliar, terpenes are pretty important when it comes to cannabis.

They give the plant its aroma and flavor. Many of the medicinal and therapeutic properties of cannabis come from strains with different terpene profiles.

Terpenes work with the plant’s cannabinoids to provide the “entourage effect” that makes cannabis more effective.

So one reason Canadian cannabis tourism sucks? Not only can you not see anything, but the cannabis isn’t even that good.

Canada’s “BC Bud” legacy market still offers high-quality cannabis that hasn’t been irradiated. If you are traveling to Canada for cannabis tourism, aim for BC

Second reason Canadian cannabis tourism sucks – prices and regulations

Another reason Canadian cannabis tourism sucks (and the reason cannabis legalization in general has been such a disappointment) is the prices and regulations.

Between silly federal regulations and the public health busybodies influencing the lower levels of government, the result is expensive cannabis.

The average price of cannabis in Canada is around $10 per gram. It’s even higher for premium cannabis. Sometimes you can find deals, but the amount of plastic waste and other regulatory barriers add to the cost.

If there weren’t a functioning legacy market that the government is trying to eradicate, cannabis in Canada could resemble our alcohol market.

Alcohol is cheap to make. The average cost of a pint of beer in the Czech Republic is $1.70. The average price for the same pint in Canada? $4.80.

Why the 95% price difference?

Because the Czech Republic does not consider drinking beer a “sinful” behavior, it requires excise taxes and regulations to protect adult adults from themselves.

They had that style of government back when the communists were in charge. They now have a good political bullshit detector, which Canadians lack.

Where can you smoke in Canada?

As for Canada? Yet another reason Canadian cannabis tourism sucks.

Canada is a very anti-cigarette country. Even in lower mainland BC, where there is a large Asian population and smoking is a big part of their culture, health bureaucrats refuse to budge.

For the tourist: there are no legal lounges, only a few off-street establishments and no official bed and breakfast yet that allows smoking indoors.

Of course, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a cannabis-focused place to stay. You have to dig something. Look out for signs like 4/20 friendly.

Since cannabis is legal, you can take a regular motel room and smoke it like a cigarette in the parking lot.

But like cigarettes, there are laws against smoking on a hotel balcony.

While cannabis is legal in Canada, your options as a non-proprietor tourist are limited.

(Nevertheless, Vancouver has been cannabis-friendly for years. There are smoking lounges you can visit, although they’re technically against the law.)

#1 Reason Canada’s Cannabis Tourism Sucks – Justin Trudeau is Prime Minister

If you like Justin Trudeau for legalizing weed, you’re the perfect example of why democracy doesn’t work.

Justin didn’t legalize cannabis. Legalization in the liberal tradition is synonymous with decriminalization.

What Justin did was corporate it.

Last year, Justin Trudeau called people who disagreed with his COVID regime a bunch of racists and misogynists. Some were shocked, but this is a normal acting teacher course.

Trudeau spent three years describing BC Bud as a bunch of criminals who didn’t care about “the kids” or the production of high-quality cannabis.

Instead of legalizing BC’s massive underground cannabis industry, he turned the case over to a former Toronto police chief.

This cop repeated that BC Bud was a bunch of criminals who the public couldn’t trust. And that the well connected companies producing pharmaceutical grade cannabis would be our source of cannabis in Canada.

Much like the Trudeau administration is now decimating small farms in the name of “climate change.” All while subsidizing the big corporate fields of monoculture nightmares and livestock death camps.

Avoid the airports

But what about the cannabis tourist? Here’s yet another reason Canadian cannabis tourism sucks.

Justin Trudeau destroyed this country’s travel industry. Just look at the state of the country’s airports. Like the Prime Minister’s haircut, our airports are an international embarrassment.

From days of wait time to nonsensical COVID requirements (including a buggy app they’re trying to make permanent), Justin Trudeau controls the borders like he’s a 20th-century Eastern European dictator.

Are you interested in cannabis tourism? Then it is best to avoid Canada. At least until Trudeau is no longer in power. Canada’s cannabis industry is unlikely to be liberalized overnight. But over time, the push for lounges, B&Bs, and indoor smoking will make Canadian cannabis tourism worthwhile.

But until Canadians remove their black-faced dictator, Canada is not worth traveling to for any reason, let alone cannabis.

Interested in cannabis tourism? Visit the beaches of California or the small mountain towns of Colorado.