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Article by Sean Fine and Justice Writer, The Globe and Mail A Supreme Court stocked with newcomers heads into a challenging fall session beginning on Wednesday, featuring major cases on Internet regulation, aboriginal rights and freedom of association. The court will also tackle a high-profile criminal case in which convicted murderer Dennis Oland seeks to be released on bail while ...

Article by Julia Alsop, Vice From 1994 to 1998, Dennis Peron ran one of San Francisco’s most successful marijuana businesses, openly flouting federal and state law by providing the drug to anyone who walked through the door of his Cannabis Buyer’s Club (CBC), with one catch: you had to be sick or disabled to get in. Modeled after buyer’s clubs ...

Article by Tyler Koslow, Merry Jane As the federal government continues to halt America’s progression towards cannabis legalization, our neighbors north of the border seem to be heading in the right direction at a rapid pace. Thanks to Canada’s recently appointed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced that new legislation to legalize and regulate cannabis would be coming by 4/20 ...

Article by Grant Robertson, The Globe and Mail The federal government’s handling of marijuana legalization has created problems that Canada’s cities are unequipped to handle, Vancouver’s mayor says. Ottawa’s plan to legalize the drug – a key piece of the Liberal election platform last fall – has spawned hundreds of storefront dispensaries across the country ahead of the legislation, although ...

Article by Julie Weed, Forbes Former Hawthorne California mayor Chris Brown plays matchmaker between small cities looking for new tax revenue and cannabis companies that want to do business there. With recreational marijuana legalization looming on California’s November ballot, those opportunities are about to increase significantly. If recreational legalization passes as expected, taxes from pot production and sales could top $1 billion annually. Cities ...

Article by Mary Esch, The Associated Press via Metro News A lush field of cannabis growing on a secluded hilltop in central New York may look and smell like marijuana, but its myriad uses don’t include getting high. New York’s first legal hemp farm in decades has taken root under a pilot program that’s part of a national resurgence of ...

Article by Nicole Bitette, New York Daily News Live from New York — it’s Pete Davidson stoned. The “Saturday Night Live” star told High Times magazine this week that he became a pothead because of his Crohn’s disease, which he was diagnosed with at age 17. “I found that the things the doctors were prescribing me, and seeing all these ...

Article by Stephanie Ip, Vancouver Sun via Regina Leader-Post The owner of a Surrey marijuana dispensary plans to file a challenge under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms after his shop was raided and closed by RCMP Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation. “It’s unbelievable what they’re doing,” said Don Briere, owner of the Weeds Glass and Gifts chain, which ...

Article by Azam Ahmed, New York Times Jamaica has long bemoaned its reputation as the land of ganja. It has enforced draconian drug laws and spent millions on public education to stem its distinction as a pot mecca. But its role as a major supplier of illicit marijuana to the United States and its international image — led by the ...

Article by Solomon Israel, CBC News With Canada poised to legalize weed in 2017, CBC News reporter Solomon Israel went to Denver to see how the fledgling pot industry there has affected where people live, their health concerns and how it shapes public spending. From a fiscal perspective, legalizing pot seems like a win-win scenario for cities. In theory, marijuana sales ...