Cannabis industry

The cannabis industry is composed of legal cultivators and producers, consumers, independent industrial standards bodies, ancillary products and services, regulators and researchers concerning cannabis and its industrial derivative, hemp. The cannabis industry has been inhibited by regulatory restrictions for most of recent history, but the legal market has emerged rapidly as more governments legalize medical and adult use.^{[citation needed]} Uruguay became the first country to legalize recreational marijuana through legislation in December, 2013.^[1] Canada became the first country to legalize private sales of recreational marijuana with Bill C-45 in 2018.^{[citation needed]}