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Article by Angelica Montgomery, CBC News Legal cannabis could be just a click away for Quebecers once Canada’s new marijuana law comes into effect, Radio-Canada has learned. The Quebec government plans to table its own legislation to manage legal marijuana sales Thursday, Radio-Canada has confirmed, and it intends to manage online marijuana sales through the SAQ, Quebec’s publicly owned liquor agency. Neighbouring ...

Article by Samantha Beattie, Toronto Star Once an outspoken critic of legalizing pot, Julian Fantino says he changed his mind after veterans convinced him of the benefits of medical marijuana in treating post-traumatic stress disorder and managing pain. The former Toronto police chief was recently named executive chair of a GTA medical marijuana company. Fantino told a news conference Tuesday ...

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Article by CTV News Medicinal marijuana dispensaries in New Brunswick say they will comply, but plan to fight any action by the RCMP to close them down. Mounties delivered letters last week notifying dispensaries of a pending crackdown that could lead to the seizure of inventories as well as criminal prosecution. “I wish to advise you that you are operating ...

Article by Darren Bernhardt, CBC News A once-prohibited vice and one of the targets of the “Just Say No” anti-drug campaign of the 1980s, marijuana is set to become legal in Canada next summer — so it’s high time to talk to your kids about it. But how? “There are important questions, and hard questions, that parents might be wrestling with, like, ‘How do we reconcile ...

Article by Kristy Kirkup, Huffington Post NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to consider decriminalizing all illegal drugs in an effort to combat Canada’s escalating opioid crisis. Singh, who campaigned on the promise during his party’s recent leadership race, said he will push the federal New Democrats to make the position part of its own formal ...

Article by Mike Hager, The Globe and Mail Canada’s proposed overhaul of federal impaired driving rules could unfairly criminalize medical cannabis users, according to an open letter to Ottawa signed by more than 50 criminal defence lawyers. The letter, which warns that medical marijuana users could be unfairly punished under the proposed system, underscores the challenges to preventing high driving. ...

Article by Morgan Smith, Global News An Alberta-based cannabis producer wants to sit down with federal lawmakers to talk changes to the proposed tax on legal pot, unhappy with the idea of taxing medical marijuana. On Friday, the Trudeau government revealed its draft plan to add a $1 per gram, or 10 per cent tax on total marijuana purchases, whichever is higher. ...

Article by Kristi Pahr, The Week “Motherhood, powered by love, fueled by coffee, sustained by wine.” That’s a common trope these days: Moms drink wine. Lots of wine, from the sound of it. Motherhood is hard, and nothing makes hard stuff easier than sipping a little rosé and watching Netflix. We know it, everyone knows it. Boozy moms are a thing, especially ...

Article by Scott Johnstone, Lift News In 2012, the states of Colorado and Washington became the first in the US to legalize cannabis for recreational use. Critics feared it would attract criminal elements, and that it would lead to increases in impaired driving incidents and youths being exposed to the drug, while advocates hoped it would lead to an economic ...