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Article by Paul Chavez and Christine Rendon, Daily Mail Miley Cyrus blamed being ‘too stoned’ for flubbing lyrics while performing on Sunday in Washington, DC. The 23-year-old pop star was performing a rendition of My Way in honor of Bill Murray at the Kennedy Center event when things went awry. ‘I f***ed it up,’ Miley reportedly told the audience, according ...

Article by New Cannabis Ventures British Sugar, the leading UK beet sugar producer, announces today that its horticultural business is to grow a key ingredient for the pharmaceutical sector. This ingredient will be used in a new prescription medicine being developed to treat rare but serious forms of epilepsy in children. The medicine, known as Epidiolex, has recently completed trials ...

Article by Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist The movement for marijuana legalization could be gaining steam in Delaware. A state lawmaker has pledged to introduce a bill legalizing the adult use of cannabis, and a recent University of Delaware poll shows that 61 percent of residents surveyed support legalization, according to recent reports from the Delaware State News and The Wilmington ...

Article by Meredith Rutland Bauer, Motherboard California’s ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana could be a beacon of hope for anyone with a criminal record for using or possessing weed. Proposition 64 would legalize marijuana for adults 21 and older. But it would also allow judges to resentence individuals convicted of weed-related crimes, and for the destruction of records for ...

Article by Trevor Howell, Calgary Herald The Canadian government’ s push to legalize marijuana must be handled very carefully and should be heavily regulated to avoid potential pitfalls, Alberta’s justice minister cautioned following a recent fact-finding mission to pot-friendly Colorado. “(Colorado’s) experience didn’t solve all of the problems that maybe some proponents suggested that it might do,” Kathleen Ganley said ...

Article by Jaquie Miller, Ottawa Sun Ottawa police have warned the landlords renting space to illegal marijuana dispensaries that the businesses may face police action and the properties could even be seized. Letters have been served on 13 dispensary landlords warning them of the consequences of allowing unlawful activities on their properties, said Staff Sgt. Rick Carey of the drug ...

Article by Miranda Larbi, Metro If you suffer from insomnia, anxiety or some sort of continuous pain, then you’ve probably tried self-medicating loads of times. Alcohol. Pain killers. Sleeping tablets. They might all work for a while but, once the effect has worn off, you’re back to square one – uncomfortable, tired and stressed. But you can now get a 100% organic ...

Article by Pete Evans, CBC News Canada’s largest pharmacy chain has formally applied to be a distributor of medical marijuana. “We have applied to be a licensed producer strictly for the purposes of distributing medical marijuana,” Shoppers Drug Mart spokeswoman Tammy Smitham told CBC News in an email Tuesday. “We have no intention of producing medical marijuana, but we do want the ...

Article by Juris Graney, Edmonton Sun Without a reliable roadside test to conclusively prove a driver is impaired by marijuana, avoiding wrongful convictions when weed is legalized in Alberta could be a problem. That was one of the take-aways for Alberta Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley after her trip to Denver, Colo., last week where she met with officials to pick ...

Article by Joe Lofaro, Ottawa Sun Richard Bergman used to investigate people in B.C. for marijuana grow-ops and possession of pot as a sergeant in the RCMP, but now the retired officer is fighting the war on drugs as a civilian and concerned parent in suburban Ottawa. He pleaded with Chief Charles Bordeleau at the police services board meeting Thursday ...