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Article by Haley Ritchie, Metro News River ward Coun. Riley Brockington and the owner of Ottawa Cannabis Dispensary are both inviting feedback from Carlington residents on the future of marijuana dispensaries. The shop – painted in unmistakable bright green – opened up in July across the street from a school to the surprise of many residents in the Carlington neighborhood. ...

Article by Global News Alberta’s justice minister is travelling to Colorado this week to research the legalization of cannabis first-hand. Kathleen Ganley will be going to Denver Thursday to meet with the attorney general, police, fire and environmental health officials. She says the two-day trip will cost just over $4,000 but will help prepare the government for the eventual legalization of marijuana. Ganley says ...

Article by Emily Gray Brosious, Extract “Marijuana has been called a gateway drug, but is marijuana the new gateway drug out of opioid addiction?” Mehmet Oz, physician and host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” asks in a recent segment featuring Krishna Andavolu, host of VICELAND’s “Weediquette.” Oz and Andavolu discuss the rise of Americans using marijuana as a method for ...

Article by The Globe and Mail Police say four men and a woman are facing charges after a search warrant was executed at a west-end Toronto marijuana dispensary. Investigators say a 28-year-old Toronto man faces six drug-related counts and a 26-year-old Toronto woman and faces four counts following a raid Monday at Evergreen Medicinals. They say information obtained during the ...

Article by Emily Gray Brosious, Extract Arizona residents who support a ballot measure to legalize marijuana for adult use are calling to boycott Scottsdale-based Discount Tire Company after its billionaire owner, Bruce Halle, gave $1 million to help prevent the measure from passing, Phoenix New Timesreports. Cannabis activists with groups such as MomForce AZ and Safer Arizona were among the first ...

Article by New Cannabis Ventures London, UK, October 19 2016: GW Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: GWPH, AIM: GWP, “GW” or “the Company”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel therapeutics from its proprietary cannabinoid product platform, today announced the Company’s intention to cancel the admission of its 0.1 pence ordinary shares (Ordinary Shares) to trading on AIM on ...

Article by Laurel Andrews, Adn.com An Anchorage elementary school issued an apology Tuesday after an automated phone message the night before urged parents to attend a city Assembly meeting and voice opposition to marijuana retail stores on the agenda. That Monday evening message from Campbell Elementary School should never have gone out, due to its “partisan” nature, said Anchorage School District spokesperson Heidi Embley. The message was sent ...

Article by David Akin, National Post Pick up a hard copy of today’s National Post or one of our Postmedia broadsheets  like The Ottawa Citizen or Vancouver Sun and you’ll find a big feature of mine that looks ahead to some of the issues for potential retailers of cannabis products once the Trudeau government legalizes marijuana. It’s going to be ...

Article by Will Houston, Eureka Times-Standard For Matt Kurth, the essentials of life have come through his love of the outdoors and organic gardening. And cannabis. When he tried to blend two of these passions and grow marijuana one year, he found that he had his work cut out for him. “I wanted to be a grower and then I ...

Article by Chelsea Chen, The McGill Tribune Following a history of prohibition and criminalization since 1923, the legalization of marijuana  will soon be brought to a vote in Canada. The Liberal government will be announcing their new legislation in the spring of 2017, in line with their current platform. A nine-member task force of experts was formed to advise the ...