The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that come Oct. 17, adults will be able to legally possess 30 grams of dried cannabis, or the equivalent in oil. The Globe's Andre Picard writes that access to recreational weed will very much be a postal-code lottery. In Ontario, for example, there will be no bricks-and-mortar pot stores until April, 2019, after the new Progressive Conservative government scrapped plans for 150 government-run stores in favour of private retailers. Meantime, consumers will be able to buy products on-line from the lame-duck government agency, Ontario Cannabis Store. By contrast, in Alberta, there are expected to be as many as 100 outlets selling cannabis. Across the country, there are duelling philosophies about where and how cannabis should be sold. The legal age of possession will be 19 in every province -- except Quebec and Alberta, where it is 18. What exactly will be sold in cannabis stores is unclear. You will be able to grow your own -- up to four plants -- except in Quebec, Manitoba and Nunavut. Canada may be blazing a trail on legalization. For bud lovers, aside from the threat of a criminal record being removed, blazing will not be much easier come Oct. 17.