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Article by Emma Crawford Hampel, Business in Vancouver Pets in New Zealand will soon be going green, thanks to a new agreement between a Vernon-based medical marijuana company and New Zealand’s largest pet retail chain. True Leaf Pet has entered into a deal with Christchurch’s Liberty Premium Pet Products to distribute its True Hemp-branded pet chews in pet stores across ...

Article by Adrian D. Garcia, Denverite Popping an edible, hitting a joint or dabbing in someone’s free time shouldn’t be a reason they’re not hired for a job, according to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. NORML chapters throughout the nation announced a new push this week to stop marijuana use from being a valid reason for not ...

Article by Dillon Kato, Missoulian At a court hearing in Missoula on Friday, a federal agent admitted he had no idea how much marijuana a pair of Bozeman medical marijuana providers were allowed to have when agents raided their store and home last spring. Another agent testified that the only patients using the maximum allowed were doing so illegally. Federal ...

Article by Laurel Andrews, ADN “This isn’t it,” said Roger J. Cobb, looking at a marijuana bud between his fingertips. Cobb was standing in the rain outside of a Big Lake apartment building, where he’d just been given some marijuana to identify. The question before him: Was this the legendary Alaska cannabis strain Matanuska Thunder F—? “Hard to tell,” he ...

Article by Neal Pollack, The Cannabist On a recent Wednesday morning at an auxiliary building of the Texas State Capitol, two conference rooms filled in with people who were very excited to advocate for marijuana. The crowd on hand for Marijuana Lobby Day included patients, doctors, lawyers and dozens of random marijuana-loving citizens from all over Texas. Much of the ...

Article by Associated Press via Coloradoan The western Colorado town of Parachute is getting a drive-through marijuana shop, believed to be the first in the state. The Parachute Board of Trustees approved a business license for Tumbleweed Express last week, the Glenwood Springs Post Independent reported Saturday. “As far as I can tell, we are not aware of this business ...

Article by Steph Sherer, The Hill Recently the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) quietly removed a report from its website, suggesting that it is finally giving up the false theories that cannabis is a “gateway drug,” or that it causes permanent brain damage or psychosis. These myths have been at the heart of positions held by marijuana prohibitionists and often served ...

Article by Nicole Williams, CBC News P.E.I.’s medical marijuana factory is officially licensed to sell its product by Health Canada, says the company’s co-owner. “We’ve had a production licence to cultivate cannabis for few months now. We’ve had several crops that we’ve been able to harvest,” said Edwin Jewell, president and co-owner of Canada’s Island Garden — the only licensed facility ...

Article by Jaimie Kehler, CBC News The City of West Kelowna is considering two bylaw amendments aimed at cracking down on commercial marijuana growing operations and dispensaries in the Okanagan city. City council passed first reading of one bylaw amendment Tuesday afternoon that tightens restrictions around marijuana production facilities. “I’m glad we’re going to have this community discussion,” said Mayor Doug ...

Article by CTV News There might be something special about grandma’s latest batch of brownies. A new monthly workshop north of Toronto is helping seniors navigate the world of medical marijuana. “Our demographic is middle-aged to older people,” Rick Gillman of CanCann Consulting told CTV Barrie. “We do have lots of people in their 80s and even one I know ...