The Ontario government unveiled its framework to manage the sale and use of marijuana, which includes an online ordering service and roughly 150 stand-alone stores. The plan includes opening 80 stand-alone stores by July 1, 2019, and 150 by 2020, with online distribution available across the province from July 2018 onward. The province has proposed a minimum age of 19 to use, purchase and possess recreational cannabis in Ontario. Under the plan, the LCBO will oversee the legal retailing of cannabis through the new stand-alone stores and an online ordering service; cannabis and alcohol won't be sold alongside each other. The use of recreational cannabis will only be allowed in private residences.
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