By The Canadian Press

Pilot project has begun for roadside police testing for marijuana

Oct 21, 2017 | 9:53 AM

OTTAWA, AB. – Canada’s health minister says pilot projects have begun on roadside police testing for marijuana, and the plan is to have rules in place for edible cannabis no later than July 2019.

Ginette Petitpas Taylor made the comments yesterday after briefing her provincial and territorial counterparts on Ottawa’s progress toward legalizing marijuana.

She says they’re also working on public education by setting up partnerships with non-profit agencies such as Drug-Free Kids.

Provinces, territories and some police agencies have cautioned that legalizing marijuana by July 1st, 2018, is too ambitious. But Petitpas Taylor says the government campaigned on the plan and is sticking to the deadline.