Legalization did not make every form of cannabis possession, distribution, cultivation, or sale lawful.

Drug production investigations may involve alleged laboratories, grow operations, chemical processing, manufacturing equipment, or other methods of creating controlled substances.

Drug importation charges can emerge from an airport examination, land-border search, courier interception, postal package, or broader investigation into substances entering Canada.

Possession for the purpose of trafficking asks the court to draw an additional conclusion beyond simple possession: why the drugs were allegedly being held.

Trafficking investigations often attempt to turn a series of movements, communications, exchanges, and seized items into a narrative of drug distribution.

A possession charge does not turn solely on where police found a controlled substance. The real questions may be who knew it was there and who exercised control over it.