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Article by The Guardian It’s July 2016. At Los Angeles art gallery Blum and Poe – the same venue that hosted Kanye West’s Famous sculpture – the air tingles with the sweet smoke of cognac-brined hotdogs and marijuana. Reggae plays on the patio, and the sprinkling of guests seems outnumbered by the security guards hulking against the dusk. In a ...

Article by Tess Allen, Civilized A brand of medical cannabis products recently launched by television personality Montel Williams will be produced through a new partnership with BAS Research Center, a Berkeley, California-based medical cannabis manufacturing and research group. “Montel had been looking for a licensed producer to manufacture and help formulate a number of his products,” BAS Research chief operating ...

Article by Mary Papenfuss, Huffington Post Coffee lovers will soon be able to combine their cuppa joe with Mary Jane for an extra morning buzz. San Diego company Brewbudz plans to debut single-serving coffee pods that also hold cannabis. Each cup will contain 10 milligrams of the marijuana chemical THC for recreational users and up to 50 milligrams for people ...

Article by Sunny Freeman, Financial Post CannaRoyalty shares began trading publicly in Canada Thursday, giving investors the opportunity to buy stock in American marijuana companies for the first time, something they are forbidden to do south of the border. The new Ottawa-based company, which holds a portfolio of 18 marijuana companies — 15 of which are in the U.S. — will ...

Article by Claire Downs, Merry Jane Nothing is less fun than mandatory fun. Especially if that fun involves spending your unpaid personal time avoiding Gary from Accounting, who creepily keeps pointing out the mistletoe taped to the ceiling. But, the office holiday party is a time-honored tradition and you have to attend. At least it’s a great way to get ...

Article by Nigel Irwin, Vice Canada Dispensaries have come a long way since the Fight Club–like existence of Toronto’s oldest dispensary CALM (Cannabis as Living Medicine)—a place discovered only by accident and never spoken about. Within the last year or so, we’ve seen dozens upon dozens of dispensaries pop up all across Toronto thanks to Justin Trudeau’s plan to legalize, ...

Article by Sheryl Ubelacker, CBC News With Ottawa poised to legalize recreational marijuana next year, researchers are keeping a close eye on use of the so-called demon weed, which has been steadily trending upward over the last couple of decades. In Ontario, for instance, a survey released Wednesday by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) found that year cannabis ...

Article by Mike Haggar, The Globe and Mail A federal panel reporting to Ottawa on the next steps toward legalizing marijuana is expected to call for a comprehensive regime to monitor the impacts of bringing the substance out of the shadows and into the mainstream. And that could make Canada the world’s first national case study on the dangers – ...

Article by Katya Slepian, Kelowna Capital News A B.C.-based pharmacy chain is itching to be the first in Canada to sell medical marijuana. London Drugs vice-president John Tse says that the pharmacy has already begun training to pharmacists to dispense marijuana as soon as regulations are in place. The federal government is expected to introduce legislation on both medical and ...

Article by Kyle Duggan, iPolitics Toronto’s board of health is asking the Trudeau government to change medical marijuana rules so pharmacies can dispense pot to patients. The pitch is aimed in part at deterring people from going to illegal dispensaries, which have spread across Toronto over the past year. The board passed a motion this week telling the federal health and justice ministers ...