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Article by Dan Culberson, Civilized Penn Jillette is, by his own admission, a bit of an unlikely candidate for keynote speaker at a Marijuana conference. Despite the fact he has long been in favor of cannabis legalization and an advocate for legalization, he isn’t a marijuana user. In fact, despite appearing on the cover of “High Times” holding copious amounts ...

Article by Dalson Chen, Windsor Star It’s time to admit we’ve lost the war on drugs — and to take the radical course of legalizing all of them, University of Windsor law professor emeritus Bill Bogart says in his new book. “Look, there is no perfect answer here. We will always have people using substances,” said Bogart, whose book Off the ...

Article by Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press via The Detroit News In what may be his last significant act as President Barack Obama’s surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy released a report Thursday calling for a major cultural shift in the way Americans view drug and alcohol addiction. The report, “Facing Addiction in America,” details the toll addiction takes on the ...

Article by The Economist IN THE 1990s Snoop Dogg, a rapper, called cannabis “chronic”. The drug was illicit and cool. In 2016 Mr Dogg is a cannabis investor, and the drug is poised to earn another title: consumer staple. On November 8th four states, including California, voted to approve recreational cannabis use. Four other states eased rules for medical marijuana. ...

Article by Becky Bohrer, The Associated Press via Canadian Business With legal marijuana sales underway in Alaska, growers will soon be submitting their first tax payments to the state. For most businesses, that wouldn’t be a problem: they’d just cut a check. But some banks are leery about dealing with pot businesses since marijuana remains illegal on the federal level. ...

Article by CBC News The Progressive Conservative government says it doesn’t plan to carry through with a study on the legalization of marijuana and how it might be sold in Manitoba. The previous NDP government directed Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries to study the issue and whether the Crown Corporation could or should be in charge of retailing the drug. Staff with ...

Article by Ariffin Sha, The Online Citizen Chijoke Stephan Obioha, a Nigerian graduate who first came to Singapore for a football trial, is set to be hung at dawn tomorrow after the Court of Appeal dismissed an Urgent Criminal Motion filed by his lawyer, Mr Joseph Chen. Chijoke was first arrested in 2007 and sentenced to the Mandatory Death Penalty ...

Article by Deborah Wilson, CBC News The nurses aren’t dispensing “purple kush” or Island “sweet skunk” with the evening meds. But hospitals on Vancouver Island are making way for medical marijuana use by patients. Dr. Richard Jones, the director of Pharmacy Services with Island Health, helped to draft guidelines for medical marijuana use in health facilities. He spoke with On the Island ...

Article by Mack Lamoureux, Vice On Wednesday morning, six companies had their TSX trading halted after they tripped a circuit breaker during a massive spike in their stock prices. The breakers are tripped when a stock climbs more than ten percent in five minutes. The companies that tripped the breaker were Aphria, Aurora Cannabis, Mettrum Health Corp, OrganiGram, Canopy Growth, ...

Article by Trent Clark, Hip Hop DX The idea of mass incarceration over marijuana charges infuriates The Game. Which is why he openly campaigned for Prop 64 ahead of its successful passing on November 8. The Golden State — already renown for its loose legislation when it comes to the ganja (namely medicinal) — had been fighting for a proper law ...