Edibles, Other Pot Products, Will Hit Shelves After Mid December

Edibles, Other Pot Products, Will Hit Shelves After Mid December
Edible marijuana samples are set aside for evaluation at Cannalysis, a cannabis testing laboratory, in Santa Ana, Calif., on Aug. 22, 2018. Chris Carlson/The Canadian Press via AP
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A “limited selection” of next-generation cannabis products such as edibles will “gradually” hit retail shelves no earlier than mid-December 2019, Health Canada says.

The Ottawa-based agency on Friday released its final regulations governing these pot products, including topicals and extracts, and indicated the rules will come into force on Oct. 17—exactly one year since the legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada.