page_title: Cannabis in British Columbia
section_title: Public views
hierarchical_section_title: Cannabis in British Columbia / Public views
caption_attribution_description: English: 420 - Cannabis Day Canada Day
context_page_description: Cannabis in British Columbia relates to a number of legislative, legal, and cultural events surrounding the use and cultivation of cannabis in the Canadian province of British Columbia. As with the rest of Canada, cannabis became legalized on 17 October 2018, following the enactment of the Cannabis Act, or Bill C-45. Prior to that, though the drug was illegal in Canada, its recreational use was often tolerated and was more commonplace in the province of BC as compared to most of the rest of the country. The province's inexpensive hydroelectric power and abundance of water and sunshine—in addition to the many hills and forests —made it an ideal cannabis growing area. The British Columbia cannabis industry is worth an estimated CAD6 billion annually, and produces 40 percent of all Canadian cannabis, making cannabis among the most valuable cash crops in the province. The province is also the home of the cannabis activist and businessman Marc Emery.
context_section_description: Opinion polling in British Columbia has shown that the province had greater support for cannabis legalization than any other Canadian province.  A 2012 Angus Reid Public Opinion poll found that 61 percent of British Columbians supported the legalization of Cannabis, compared to 53 percent in the rest of Canada.
caption: Cannabis Day in Vancouver
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