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Article by Ellen Brown, Global Research Monsanto now appears to be developing genetically modified (GMO) forms of cannabis, with the intent of cornering the market with patented GMO seeds just as it did with GMO corn and GMO soybeans. For that, the plant would need to be legalized but still tightly enough controlled that it could be captured by big ...

Article by Project CBD / AlterNet THC is the stuff that gets you high; CBD (cannabidiol) is the stuff that makes you feel better. And we have a primer on it just for you. In 2009, a handful of CBD-rich cannabis strains were discovered serendipitously in Northern California, America’s cannabis breadbasket, where certified patients could access medical marijuana legally. Thus ...

We wanted to wish a happy 7/10 to all you dab heads out there! For those not familiar with 710, this number has become the equivalent of 420 in the cannabis extract community. As many concentrates are in a form of oil, 710 has become more widespread because it looks like the word “OIL” upside down.

Article by Catharine Tunney, CBC News You might remember the smoking Joe Camel from magazine ads and the chesterfield-touting Joe Canadian from beer ads, but there’s a chance you’ll never meet Joe Marijuana. As the Liberal government prepares to introduce legislation next spring to legalize cannabis, it has asked a nine-member task force to look at what restrictions should be ...

Article by Emma Penrod, The Salt Lake Tribune It’s notoriously difficult to make a living at farming, especially in states like Utah, where a farm’s productivity hinges on the severity of the latest water shortage. But some Utah farmers believe one plant could change that, if only they were allowed to grow it: cannabis. About two dozen like-minded farmers met ...

Article by Ethan Lou, Reuters via The Globe and Mail Minimum ages for marijuana consumption may vary across Canada when it becomes legal, but authorities will be firmly against drug tourism and cross-border movement of the substance, the Liberal government’s point man on the issue said on Wednesday. The government also wants consistent nation-wide impaired-driving laws for marijuana, said Bill ...

Article by David Weissman, York Dispatch Some may be asking why it took so long. Others still will ponder why it will continue to take a long time to enact legislation nationwide that fully promotes the healing usage of cannabis (assuming that does, in fact, ever happen). The answers likely include a wide range of factors, but a two-word answer could suffice: Big ...

Article by Jon Hiltz, Marijuana.com To the dispensary owners in Toronto who wake up each day in the hopes that the police won’t raid their businesses: if it seems like the grass in Vancouver is greener, that’s because it is. For only the second time in history, the City of Vancouver handed out a dispensary business license, this time to ...

Article by Sarah Hanlon, 24 Hours Toronto Black Lives Matter’s arguably successful sit-in at the Pride parade has now inspired the medical marijuana movement to use the same tactics. Advocates are vowing to hold smoke-ins at key corners in The Six. It’s been about a month since the Ontario government passed Bill 178, which added “prescribed substances” to the Smoke-Free ...

Article by Elizabeth Cairns, Useful Cannabis, Medium One thing that always surprised me when I was researching for this blog, was the amount of websites that talk at length about cannabis, but rarely mention the endocannabinoid system. This was especially apparent in the recent mediacoverage of the failed drug trial (more on that in a later blog). This was a ...