Just to clear thing up to save some hassles:
Canada ( where I am ) is NOT legalizing pot per say. What has been done is a relaxing of the law enforcement to allow for more 'appropriate consequence' for posession.
So now if you get caught with some personal you dont go to jail like you used to. The cops now have the option to make a judgement call according to your past record and current situation. They can confiscate, confiscate and fine, or confiscate and charge you. Medical Pot is legal though and you need a Dr to script it for you. After that you can grow 3 plants and hold a few ounces at home.
Our government is actively trying to grow some pot in abandoned mines and has started to recruit growers to grow some med buds for them.
They are still going after dealers and growers hardcore. At the same time as legalizing it for medical reasons they also boosted their campaigns agains growers with new imaging equipment, hellicopters,dogs, and hydro narcs.
What confuses a lot of ppl is the action taken last year . The courts were refusing to process any new pot related charges while our supreme court decided if it was unconstitutional to make you a criminal for simple weed. So while that happened cops refused to process anyone to avoid wasting their time and inviting lawsuits. It was a kind of limbo while the courts deliberated. During that time the world thought we were legal because everyone lit up their spliffs everywhere.
My town kept confiscating and taking names and processed those ppl once the limbo was over.
Now it is a relaxed environment but by no means legal.