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Article by Emily Gray Brosious, Extract A Chicago-area medical cannabis dispensary has released a “flash-sale” medical marijuana app to offer discounts to registered Illinois patients. The app is called CannaCrowd, and it’s the first of its kind to be launched in Illinois, according to developers at Midwest Compassion Center (MCC) in suburban Romeoville. MCC partner Nicole van Rensburg says the ...

Article by Laura Burgess, Vine Pair The presidential election aside, a resounding “WOOHOO” could be heard coast to coast last week as marijuana became legal for recreational use in four new states. This means that now over half the states in this great nation are green-friendly! It’s no surprise then that weed and wine can be consumed in the same ...

Article by Peter Thurley, CBC News When people hear that someone uses cannabis, they often give a nudge nudge wink wink and say, “Lucky you, getting high on weed, eh?” I usually chuckle and reply that the official scientific name of the plant is “cannabis,” and that it is medicine. For me, it’s used to dull chronic nerve pain left after an invasive ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen A University of Ottawa student dropped into a marijuana shop on Rideau Street this week to buy some weed to help with her insomnia. She considered the dried bud on display in jars at Life Line Medicinals, and asked to see a variety called Girl Scout Cookies. The clerk opened the jar and she gave ...

Article by Sheryl Ubelacker, Toronto Star The Canadian Paediatric Society is urging the federal government to take steps to protect children and youth should it follow through on its plan to legalize recreational marijuana next year. In a position statement released Thursday, the CPS is recommending there be an age restriction for the purchase of pot and that the ingredient ...

Article by Allan MacDonell, Kindland If you think about it, marijuana is the Canada of drugs: Voluminous and all encompassing like a massive terpene-rich summer cloudbank. A vast harbor of re-creational opportunities that trend toward chill and benign; open spaces, wondrous vistas, and easy reentry to whatever state it is you came from. Safe and nonlethal, weed and Canada never ...

Article by Shira Schoenberg, Mass Live Casino gambling is legal in Massachusetts. Smoking marijuana will be legal soon, too. But it will not be legal to combine the two. The newly passed ballot initiative legalizing marijuana bans the use of marijuana in public places — which includes casinos. In addition, smoking is already forbidden inside casinos. “The good news is ...

Article by Tony Bradley, Forbes The revolution to legalize marijuana is marching slowly—but steadily—forward. Half of the states in the United States plus the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana or cannabis for medical use, and more states are legalizing recreational use with each election cycle. In the recent election, California, Nevada, Massachusetts and Maine all passed ballot measures to ...

Article by Yasmin Tayag, Inverse On Thanksgiving, most people show their appreciation for the year’s harvest by gluttonously stuffing it down their own gullets. But not the staff at 4:20 Friendly, a cannabis shop in Spokane, Washington. This year, these marijuana heroes are giving thanks for their green bounty by giving away $36,000 worth of free weed. “There’s also a ...

Article by Lift A heavily-redacted document entitled “Illicit Drugs and Marijuana” released through an Access to Information request (ATI), lists issues relating to the government’s plans to legalize marijuana. The request, provided to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, entitled “Minister’s transition book related to legalizing, regulating and restricting access to marijuana”, lists background on organized crime and drug policy and ...