Date in year · 2018 · The 2010s
On October 17, 2018, the recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada. The year's #1 song was "God's Plan" by Drake. Prince Louis of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · October 17, 2018
The Cannabis Act is a law which legalized recreational cannabis use in Canada in combination with its companion legislation Bill C-46, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code. The law is a milestone in the legal history of cannabis in Canada, alongside the 1923 prohibition.
Around 2018
2018 (MMXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2018th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 18th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2010s decade.
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2018 Canadian law legalizing recreational cannabis use
The Cannabis Act is a law which legalized recreational cannabis use in Canada in combination with its companion legislation Bill C-46, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code. The law is a milestone in the legal history of cannabis in Canada, alongside the 1923 prohibition.
2018 school shooting in Crimea
On 17 October 2018, a school shooting and bombing attack occurred in Kerch, Crimea. The perpetrator, Vladislav Roslyakov, who was an 18-year-old student at the college, killed 20 people and wounded 73 others before taking his own life. It was the deadliest school shooting in Russia or Ukraine since the 2004 Beslan school siege.
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