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Article by John Breech, CBS Sports NFL players don’t just use marijuana in their free time — some will even use it on game day. According to a player survey conducted by ESPN.com, 22 percent of players say that they’ve “known a teammate to use marijuana before a game.” The survey included a total of 226 players, with 127 of ...

Article by Julia Carrie Wong and Oliver Milman, The Guardian American democracy is tortuously indirect. On Tuesday, citizens will not exactly cast their ballots for the first female nominee of a major party or a real estate developer turned reality TV star, but for generally unknown candidates who are members of the electoral college: the people who will cast votes ...

Article by Ricky Williams, High Times Ricky Williams (running back) played from 1999 to 2011 for the New Orleans Saints, the Miami Dolphins and the Baltimore Ravens. He was suspended for the 2006 season after testing positive for cannabis four times. I don’t regret my cannabis use during my career. Just the opposite – I’m very proud of myself, and very ...

Article by Kory Grow, Rolling Stone With Black Sabbath‘s final U.S. concert a week away, Ozzy Osbournehas revealed that he’s already begun fleshing out ideas for a new solo album. “I’ve been in the process of writing with Billy Morrison and Steve Stevens from [Billy Idol’s band],” the singer said in an interview with Sirius XM. “He’s not gonna be ...

Article by Ian Bailey, The Globe and Mail British Columbia’s solicitor-general says there should be zero tolerance when police stopping drivers find the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. In an interview Saturday, Mike Morris said one question going forward is how much Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, the intoxicating part of cannabis, should warrant a finding that a driver is impaired. “I ...

Article by Kelly Egan, Ottawa Citizen They made for unlikely perps: Mid-20s clerks, stylishly dressed, you could easily imagine folding sweaters at The Gap, or working a hissy barista bar; a man selling, literally, from a hole in the wall. So it was that, hours after the balaclava-clad crackdown, there was little sense of triumph when Ottawa police Chief Charles Bordeleau discussed the nine people ...

Article by Oshawa This Week via DurhamRegion.com The Durham-Northumberland chapter of a nurses’ association is holding a public forum on the possible impacts on health and health care if marijuana is legalized in the spring of 2017. The event will highlight the ongoing debate among health-care professionals about the impact marijuana legalization will have on community health, and concerns regarding ...

Article by CBC News Municipal politicians in Ottawa are applauding the closure of a string of marijuana dispensaries operating illegally across the city in response to mounting complaints. Jody Mitic, the councillor for Innes ward, said politicians had been “tightening the screws” on Ottawa police chief Charles Bordeleau to crack down on “bandits” selling unregulated products. “You can’t just open up ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Joanne Laucius, and Blair Crawford, Ottawa Citizen Ottawa police raided at least six marijuana dispensaries across the city in a co-ordinated operation on Friday morning. The raids appeared to be targeted. The locations are all part of a B.C.-based chain that began opening dispensaries in town this summer under the names Green Tree, WeeMedical and CannaGreen. ...

Article by New Cannabis Ventures Hemp Business Journal (HBJ), the definitive source for market sizes and high-level analysis of business trends in the hemp industry, followed up its initial market research piece, The State of Hemp, with the recently published The CBD Report. The 40-page report, which provides data and analysis for the cannabidiol (CBD) industry, includes insights from interviews with ...