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Article by Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press via The Cannabist On a patch of tribal land in western New Mexico, a company plans to build a $160 million state-of-the-art greenhouse for researching and growing medicinal plants, including marijuana. Bright Green Group of Companies is partnering with Acoma Pueblo on what would be the nation’s largest commercial growing operation, by ...

Article by Evelyn Harford, Smiths Falls Record News via Inside Ottawa Valley The health unit has acquired a few more marijuana googles to add to their educational arsenal – something that will come in handy now that legalized marijuana may soon be on the horizon. The goggles simulate the visual impairment one would experience under the influence of marijuana and ...

Article by Lift Bill Blair continues his tour of Canada this week, meeting with lawmakers, stakeholders, and law enforcement officials to discuss marijuana legalization. In BC last week, and Ontario the week before, Blair is now back in Ontario and yesterday spoke with media in Sault Ste. Marie to provide a public update on the conversation so far. Blair once ...

Article by Lift Cannabis legalization poses considerable risks for drivers and policy makers, with multiple investigations converging on the conclusion that cannabis intoxication increases road traffic accidents and fatalities, likely due to a reduction in attention, reaction speed, and judgement of drivers (for a Lift review of the research see here). Countries around the globe have implemented a range of ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen Nova Coates recognized the armed man in the black balaclava as soon as he burst into her Bank Street store. The clerk had served him as one of her “patients” at the Weeds Glass & Gifts marijuana dispensary. “I said to the cop, ‘I recognize you.’” The undercover Ottawa police officer and other squad members raided ...

Article by Dale Carruthers, The London Free Press With the Liberals plan to introduce legislation legalizing marijuana still on track for the spring, MP Bill Blair met with London officials Tuesday to talk pot. The ex-Toronto police chief, who’s tasked with shaping the legislation, is travelling across Canada to discuss the federal government’s plan to legalize and regulate the drug ...

Article by Mike Hager, The Globe and Mail More than half the medical-marijuana patients in a new study said they use cannabis to help them get off heavier prescription drugs, with the largest percentage saying pot acts as a substitute painkiller for opioids. The new research, published in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Drug Policy but funded by a licensed ...

Article by Sam Kamin, Washington Post Nov. 8 was both the best of nights and the worst of nights for marijuana law reformers. That night, four states approved medical marijuana laws and another four voted to legalize marijuana use for all adults. But for many advocates, Donald Trump’s election served a substantial blow to law reform. With Trump’s appointment of ...

Article by Nick Pope, Esquire Hearing Patrick Stewart’s iconic voice with your own ears has to go down as one of the greatest wonders of the world, even when he’s only using it to slag off a hapless taxi driver. “I had the most calamitous ride from Leicester Square!” he says, standing to shake my hand in a plush Mayfair ...

Article by Marina Villeneuve, Phys.org Retired Coast Guard officer Roger Johnson sometimes notices a harsh buzz when he turns on his amateur radio, and he blames high-powered lighting used to grow pot. Amateur radio operators say the legalization of marijuana is creating a chronic nuisance thanks to interference caused by electrical ballasts that regulate indoor lamps used to grow pot. ...