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Article by James Wood, Calgary Herald Alberta’s NDP government is warning Ottawa not to rush on marijuana legalization, but isn’t calling for pending federal legislation to be halted. Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley said Tuesday there is much work that will need to be done after the Liberal government introduces its legalization bill, which is expected in the spring. She suggested the legislation should ...

Article by Winnipeg Sun The federal government should postpone legislation to legalize marijuana, planned for the spring, because there are still too many details to work out, says Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister. “We’ve done a fair bit of preparatory work here and research, and the more we do, the more we unlock complexities that need to be addressed that are ...

Article by Steve Kidd, Penticton Western News After months of discussion, both in the community and at the council table, the issue of marijuana dispensaries was still a problem for council to come to a decision on, but ended up approving two operations. The City of Penticton received seven applications from groups wanting to operate medical marijuana dispensaries in the ...

Article by CBC News A former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations has moved into the medicinal marijuana business. Phil Fontaine, who was also previously the grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, is now the lead of Indigenous Roots, a medicinal cannabis company. “Our primary interest here of course is business opportunities, job creation, it’s about the ...

Article by Sheryl Ubelacker, CTV 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 ...

Article by Shawn Jeffords, Toronto Sun Selling pot at the liquor store isn’t sparking up overwhelming public support, according to stats released in a new poll. The Forum Research survey provided exclusively to the Toronto Sun found that more than a third of Ontarians (36%) think pharmacies are the best place to sell recreational pot, not the LCBO as Premier ...

Article by Phys.org Marijuana-friendly Uruguay will soon have a museum dedicated to pot. “It is a way to connect people who love nature, art and science,” said the director of the museum, Eduardo Blasina. The museum, opening Friday in Montevideo, will help people learn more about one of the world’s oldest crops, Blasina said. What is more, marijuana is now ...

Article by Leslie Townsend, Digital Journal CannaUse is the largest national consumer study on legal cannabis usage, market segmentation, and product substitution. This groundbreaking study of over 55,000 people sourced respondents from the National Consumer Panel. The results tell a story of the cannabis consumer that’s far different than the “stoner” stereotype often portrayed in television and film. What are ...

Article by Joseph Zucker, Bleacher Report “I was smoking marijuana during that period of time,” Jackson said during We Need to Talk on CBS Sports Network (via CBSSports.com’s James Herbert). “I think it was a distraction for me as much as a pain reliever. But I never thought of it as ultimately a pain medication for that type of situation.” While ...

Article by Cassandra Szklarski, CTV News B.C. mom Scarlett Ballantyne wonders if Ottawa’s plans to legalize marijuana will make her 14- and 16-year-old daughters more inclined to try it. But she’s not waiting to find out. Ballantyne says her family has been discussing the dangers of drug use since the girls were 13 — a pre-emptive strike as pot shops ...