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Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen Toronto police have responded to the illegal marijuana dispensaries operating in the city by raiding many of them, charging staff with drug trafficking. But as those cases hit the courts, many charges against the clerks who call themselves “budtenders” have been thrown out, according to statistics from the federal agency responsible for prosecuting drug ...

Article by Debra Borchardt, Civilized #5. Knowing when to buy is easy, knowing when to sell is hard. Spatafora says that even if you feel confident in a company and believe in your investment, there are times that the market sentiment is just not in your favor. “Why leave money on the table when you can buy back at a lower ...

Article by Parksville Qualicum Beach News Well, it lasted a month. The medical marijuana dispensary that opened in downtown Parksville in February, was raided by RCMP and closed by the City of Parksville Wednesday afternoon. On the evening of March 15, during a Parksville city council budget meeting, Staff Sgt. Marc Pelletier confirmed to council that the Oceanside RCMP was ...

Article by Wan Yee Lok, SFU News Participants in Simon Fraser University’s President’s Dream Colloquium on Understanding Medical Marijuana are only halfway through the course, yet they are already praising it—and the much-needed attention it’s drawing to the controversial topic. The colloquium, a six-part, public lecture series that began in January, examines the pharmacology and medical applications of cannabis as ...

Article by Laura Donnelly, The Telegraph Oxford University is to launch a £10m research programme into the effects of medical marijuana, following calls for its legalisation. The programme will examine the role of cannabis medicines in treating pain, cancer and inflammatory diseases. It follows calls from some MPs for legalisation of cannabis on medical grounds, with 58 per cent backing ...

Article by Michelle Castillo, CNBC The marijuana industry is picking up as legalization sweeps the country, but there are still some wrinkles to be ironed out. In particular, most banks won’t deal with weed businesses, which means they can’t take credit cards. That means buyers have to carry cash, and sellers end up with huge amounts of cash on hand ...

Article by BANG Showbiz via Eyewitness News Sir Patrick Stewart uses medical marijuana on a daily basis. The 76-year-old actor has revealed he uses an ointment, spray and edible marijuana medicine in order to combat the symptoms of his arthritis. Sir Patrick explained: “Two years ago, in Los Angeles, I was examined by a doctor and given a note which gave ...

Article by Brad Esposito, BuzzFeed In October 2015 the then premier of NSW Mike Baird published a lengthy note on his Facebook page about an encounter he’d had with a young boy named Tyler Oldenburg. Tyler has up to 40 seizures a day and his mother, Nicole, thinks medicinal cannabis will help. Baird said he was proud that NSW was ...

Article by Chris Simon, Barrie Advance via Simcoe.com The federal government is still targeting a spring 2017 date for the introduction of legislation geared toward marijuana law reform, Liberal MP Bill Blair told Simcoe.com Wednesday. Blair, a former Toronto Police chief and the current parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, participated in a roundtable ...

Article by Ben Cousins, The Chronicle Herald If the province isn’t careful, Nova Scotia could be the only one in the country without laws regulating marijuana-based impaired driving. Susan MacAskill of the Atlantic Chapter of MADD Canada says each province will have to update their Motor Vehicle Act when marijuana becomes legal, but so far Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ...