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The document outlines 10 steps for designing legal access to cannabis: 1) agree on policy aims and principles; 2) establish a methodology to evaluate policy impacts; 3) establish an independent commission of experts to develop policy details; 4) identify and mitigate key risks learned from regulating alcohol and tobacco; 5) ensure enforcement structures and capacity for any new regulatory framework. The steps also include controlling commercial incentives to increase consumption; initially meeting existing demand through legal supply roughly matching illegal supply; avoiding diversifying cannabis products and prohibiting advertising as much as possible; and balancing market access and appeal.
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