Canada should require plain packaging on pot products: panel

By Leah Schnurr and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government should regulate the production of cannabis when it is legalized for recreational use and require plain packaging for such products, an official panel recommended on Tuesday, a potential setback to growers who hoped to build brands. With medical marijuana already legal in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government made legalizing it for recreational use a part of its successful election campaign last year and will introduce legislation in the spring of 2017. Canada is following in the footsteps of some U.S. states that have already legalized recreational use, including Colorado and Washington.

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Canada should require plain packaging on pot products: panel