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Article by Ryan Maloney, Huffington Post A Conservative leadership contender is welcoming the endorsement of Canada’s so-called “Prince of Pot.” Quebec MP Maxime Bernier, whose campaign is built around libertarian principles, won over notorious British Columbia-based marijuana activist Marc Emery on Wednesday. … It’s a safe bet Emery’s endorsement will raise eyebrows. The activist called former prime minister Stephen Harper ...

Article by Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter Obama has issued 562 commutations during his presidency, hundreds of which have been for low-level drug offenses. Tommy Chong spent nine months in prison back in 2003 for selling bongs across state lines, and now he is turning to President Barack Obama for help in order to expunge the felony. The movie star and marijuana ...

Article by Smaranda Pop, Vice Romania Ana Iorga is a Romanian neuromarketing pioneer who specializes in market research that uses EEG sensors, biometric measurements, and implicit-association tests. While attending an advertising conference in Amsterdam last month, Iorga staged an impromptu experiment to measure the effect that weed has on the brain using the EEG helmet she normally carries around in ...

Article by The Toronto Star Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr was briefed on concerns and questions about medical marijuana use in a presentation to earlier this year, including fears that paying for injured ex-soldiers’ pot could actually hurt them. But noticeably absent was discussion about the positive benefits of medical marijuana, including whether it has reduced veterans’ reliance on opioids ...

Article by Jonathan Shikes, Westword   Dad & Dudes Breweria created a huge buzz last year at the Great American Beer Festival when it introduced Sativa IPA, the first commercial beer made with cannabis oil. Although the hemp extract used in the beer isn’t the psychoactive kind — meaning it can’t get you high — people still lined up to ...

Article by Jeff Bell, Times Colonist Marijuana could become more of an an economic engine in the province, says the B.C. Independent Cannabis Alliance. That’s part of the message the group — linked to more than 400 independent businesses — will be taking to the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Victoria at the end of the month. “The cannabis ...

Article by Marni Soupcoff, National Post People who want the legalization of marijuana to succeed in Canada should welcome the Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s recent suggestion to Premier Kathleen Wynne that private retailers be permitted to sell the drug. Wynne has mused about selling marijuana exclusively through Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) outlets, which currently hold a virtual monopoly ...

Article by The Peterborough Examiner Two people are facing charges after city police officers raided the city’s first marijuana dispensary Thursday. A Controlled Drugs and Substance Act search warrant was executed in the raid at Cannabis Culture at 382 George St., Sgt. Dan MacLean stated. Marijuana and cash were seized in the raid, MacLean stated. Cannabis Culture owner Richard Standen, ...

Article by Tess Allen, Civilized Patients at a California hospital could soon be allowed to openly use medical marijuana, pending approval from its governing board. KQED News reports that Marin General Hospital could become the first hospital in the state to allow its patients to use cannabis, following the Marin Healthcare District Board’s Sept. 13 decision to ask its staff ...

Article by Emily Gray Brosious, Extract New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill Wednesday, Sept. 14, to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the state’s list of conditions that qualify for medical marijuana treatment, NJ.com reports. Christie has been a vocal opponent of marijuana legalization, and he has previously resisted efforts to expand the state’s medical cannabis program,describing it as ...