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Article by Andrew Brown, CBC News A group of Calgarians took part in a special cooking class Saturday to learn to cook with marijuana. First up, Crystal Gooding explained her recipe for CannaCoconut Oil, which is coconut oil infused with marijuana. “You’re going to dump your cannabis in there, your ounce… and you’re going to bring it to a good ...

Letter by Bruce Linton, Canopy Growth Corporation via The National Post Re: Medicinal Mismanagement, Peter Thurley, Aug. 25. In response to Peter Thurley’s piece on Canada’s new medical cannabis access regulations and Canopy Growth Corp., I wanted to offer some perspective. As the company’s CEO, I want to emphasize the benefit we have brought to all patients in Canada. As ...

Article by Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post New research published in the journal Health Economics suggests that the argument is overstated. Darin F. Ullman, an economist who recently received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, wanted to know what effect, if any, the enactment of medical marijuana laws has had on employee absentee rates. A fair amount of research has been done ...

Article by Nathaniel P. Morris, Scientific American via Salon On August 11th, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced its decision to keep marijuana classified as a Schedule I drug. The federal government has historically referred to this category as the “most dangerous” group of substances, including drugs like heroin and bath salts. As a resident physician specializing in mental health, I can’t make much sense ...

Article by Breanna Roycroft, Lift Examples from other jurisdictions show that municipalities need to move now to ensure they have a say in what legalization looks like in the future. On June 27th, 2016, in the lead up to their annual general meeting, the Board of Director’s for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) called for the creation of ...

Article by Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun via Montreal Gazette Former premier-turned-pot-proponent Mike Harcourt couldn’t have sounded happier and more optimistic than if he just blew a big blunt. “I did use marijuana in the ’60s and early ’70s but haven’t used it since,” he laughed. “I’m into wine — and a beer after a good tennis match. But from my ...

Article by CTV Vancouver A Surrey, B.C. man has been barred from entering the U.S. after confessing to border officers he had smoked marijuana recreationally – something that is legal in Washington State. Ted Gilliat, 46, often goes to Point Roberts, Washington with his two young daughters to visit his in-laws. He was headed down on Aug. 21 for a ...

Article by Times of Isreal Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel on Sunday announced that Israel would begin exporting medical marijuana abroad, weeks after the government approved measures to make medical cannabis more easily accessible to patients in Israel. “In two years we will have protocols in place that will allow farmers to grow cannabis,” Ariel told Israel Radio over the weekend, ...

Article by Tyler Koslow, Merry Jane As someone who lived in Boulder for a short stint before moving to my current residence in New York City, I can tell you first-hand that the state of Colorado is majestically evergreen, a landscape packed with towering trees and beautiful buds. It’s one of the most cannabis-friendly regions around, and has a high-caliber ...

Article by Kimberly Veklerov, SF Gate Marijuana enthusiasts arrived in droves at the park’s bandshell to reject the stoner stigma and run what originally was supposed to be a 4.2-mile course, an homage to the celebratory date and time of cannabis use. The race, however, was considerably shortened to about 2 miles just before the start time at the request ...