On June 14th 2019, the Government of Canada published the new cannabis regulations, which stipulated various rules around cannabis concentrates, edibles, beverages and topicals.

This became known widely as Legalization 2.0 or Cannabis 2.0. The period for which these items would begin to be legally available is October 17th, 2019. A passage in these regulations also stipulated that the Minister of Health would be given a 60 day notice to oversee the launch of any given product on the market. Hence, the actual day for which these new types of cannabis products would be commercially available is December 17th, 2019.

The most notable aspect of these regulations are the 10 mg/ unit of THC. A single package of edibles containing cannabis is not to contain more than 10MG of THC. Many consumers and industry advocates have argued that this legislation is discriminatory to those who do not experience any effects from cannabis, at such a low dosage. Further, since the legislation applies to edible cannabis, but not to smokeable cannabis, Health Canada has been criticized for encouraging consumers to smoke, rather than eat or drink cannabis.

A piece of the legislation that was subject to industry criticism is that these edibles and beverages cannot be produced in a facility where other non-cannabis based edibles and beverages are being produced. Essentially, the regulations for the production of such products followed similar rules to the regulations for licensed cannabis producers in Canada.