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Understand the three compliance tiers
Learn what No Obvious Concerns, Worth Reviewing, Likely Concerning, and the blue Platform Policy flag mean, and what to do when you see each.
Three Cannabis Act severity tiers, plus a blue flag for platform-policy items.
Four result indicators side by side showing the green, amber, red, and blue colours
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Run any compliance check (in a generator, the Compliance Checker, or the Image Designer's linter).
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If you see No Obvious Concerns (green): nothing matched a known violation pattern. Safe to publish.
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If you see Worth Reviewing (amber): the wording is grey-zone and may or may not be a concern depending on context. It is not blocking; publish as-is or tweak it.
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Amber means judgment call, not stop sign.
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If you see Likely Concerning (red): the wording clearly matches a prohibited pattern with enforcement history. Treat it as a must-fix before publishing.
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Red means fix before it goes out.
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If you see Platform Policy (blue): the wording is fine under the Cannabis Act but may conflict with a social platform's own rules, for example Meta's restrictions on cannabis content. Blue is not a legal issue. It affects where and how you can post, not whether the content is lawful, so the publishing decision is yours.
Tips and good to know
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Green, amber, and red are Cannabis Act severity tiers. Blue is a separate category: a platform-policy flag (for example a Meta rule), not a legal one, and it can appear alongside the others.
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A single piece can mix tiers, for example two Likely Concerning phrases plus one Worth Reviewing. Work through the red items first.
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Flags often carry a "Grounded in Enforcement History" tag, meaning the pattern is backed by documented Health Canada enforcement, not theory.
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All tiers are an automated assessment only. Not a legal determination.
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