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Article by Jesse Scheckner, Miami’s Community Newspapers Passage of medical-marijuana legislation remains an uphill battle across the country. But a chance to score a landmark victory for the cause could come with Amendment 2, known also as the Florida Right to Medical Marijuana Initiative. This question comes up for a vote on the Nov. 8 general election ballot. After falling ...

Article by Toronto Sun An Ohio mother had the shock of her life Tuesday after she claims she found marijuana in her four-year-old daughter’s french fries she ordered from Wendy’s. Dezeray Risner, of Springfield, Ohio, said she was alerted to the pot-laced food after her young daughter told her the fries “tasted funny and were ‘yucky,’” according to a police ...

Article by Krishna Andavolu, Vice In Michigan, medical marijuana is legal—but last year, arrest rates were on the rise. Why? It seems like marijuana legalization is meant to at least take the drug out of the realm of the criminal justice system, but while doing research for this season ofWeediquette, we found out that there’s still a strong incentive for ...

Article by Christopher Curtis, Montreal Gazette What happens when you get busted for possession of weed in [Montreal]? The Montreal Gazette put that question out to readers, legal experts and the proprietor of a marijuana dispensary. Taken as a whole, their answers could be summarized with just two words. DARREN Montrealer, salesman, father of one The cops pulled a friend ...

Article by Keith Gilligan,Whitby This Week via DurhamRegion.com Medical marijuana dispensaries are coming and Durham Region and its municipalities should start getting ready. Medical marijuana advocate Marko Ivancicevic said, “I would say in the next year or so, they’ll be legal. When this is challenged, it will be deem unconstitutional again. That’s why I’m pushing municipalities to license them now.” ...

Article by Patrick Cain, Global News The better part of 20 years after the first Canadians were allowed to use medical marijuana, the agency that screens air passengers and their bags has explained how people should fly with their legal pot. Medical marijuana can be carried in either carry-on or checked bags on domestic flights, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority says, and passengers ...

Article by Allie Shah, Hamilton Spectator For many marathon runners, the reward for pushing themselves during the race extends beyond the finish line in the form of a hidden perk: runner’s high. But knowing what causes that euphoric feeling — and how to achieve it — has been a bit of a mystery. First identified in the 1980s, runner’s high ...

Article by David Brown, Lift Vancouver has awarded their eighth Medical Marijuana Related Use (MMRU) business license to Buddha Barn Medicinal Society, located at 2179 W 4th Ave.Buddha Barn is the first licensed cannabis retailer in the Kitsilano neighbourhood. The business advertises itself on its website as a ‘non-profit dispensary’ and received their business license as a compassion club, and say they ...

Article by Christopher Curtis, Montreal Gazette The smell is unmistakable. There must be a small mountain of pot lying somewhere in a back room of the storefront office on St-Laurent Blvd. That thick, skunky aroma — strong enough to trigger memories of a misspent youth — is apparent the moment patients are buzzed through the front door of Fondation Marijuana. A whiteboard ...

Article by Nick Wing, Huffington Post When Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012, opponents of the measures warned that ending the longstanding prohibition on weed would wreak havoc on society. The fiscal benefits associated with taxed and regulated marijuana wouldn’t be worthwhile, they said, because more children would end up using the drug ...