Article by Troy Shantz, The Sarnia Journal Sarnia’s chief of police made good on a pledge last week when officers raided two smoke shops on the Aamjiwnaang First Nation and arrested five men for running illegal marijuana stores. City officers working with the Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team executed a warrant at the “Reefinery Dispensary” on July 30. They ...

Article by Jameson Berkow, Globe and Mail Snapchat, Twitter and other social media platforms are running ads from recreational cannabis companies Health Canada is looking into whether those social media ads are violating restrictions on marijuana product promotions that could companies Experts say a “sternly-worded letter” is the most likely penalty as the guidelines for what is allowed and what ...

Article by David Milstead, Globe and Mail When CannTrust Holdings Inc. listed its shares on the New York Stock Exchange in February, it gained access to a huge pool of investors and more trading activity for its shares. . It also exposed itself to the potential of greater trouble in the U.S. legal system, from class-action lawsuits in U.S. courts ...

Article by Amanda Persico, Georgina Advocate via YorkRegion.com With the second wave of cannabis retail store licences up for grabs, Georgina may be getting a retail pot shop after all. Despite the town closing its doors to a brick-and-mortar cannabis retailer, there still could be a pot shop in Georgina. Recently, the provincial government announced its second wave of private ...

Article by Tamara Lilien, Growth Op What role might medical cannabis play in mitigating polypharmacy, or using more than one medication concurrently to treat various conditions and symptoms? It is a long-standing question that has evaded fulsome answers, but not escaped notice. Indeed, Statistics Canada notes in a 2015 fact sheet: “Although concurrent use of several prescription medications can increase the ...

Article by Amy Legate-Wolfe, Motley Fool In the wake of the most recent scandal within the marijuana industry, CannTrust(TSX:TRST)(NYSE:CTST) has become a headline focus over the last two weeks. The company is under fire after Health Canada’s audit, where they discovered five unlicensed rooms in its Niagara Facility where CannTrust had been growing marijuana. The company now has a significant quantity of its ...

Article by Daniel Tencer, Huffington Post With the marijuana business hitting new ― ahem ― highs on a daily basis, one of the biggest headaches in the business is simply finding a name for your cannabis company that someone hasn’t already used. And one that isn’t totally lame. Not to mention like with any new business with no brand recognition, ...

Article by Sarah Leamon, Cannabis Life Network It’s been nearly a year since cannabis was legalized, but there have been zero – count that, zero – cannabis-related driving offences laid under our new criminal law…in B.C. at least. The same cannot be said for the rest of Canada. Ontario has seen one hundred cannabis impaired driving charges under the Criminal Code, while Quebec has seen thirty-two. In our neighboring ...

Article by Mike O, Cannabis Life Network Last summer, the names of prominent licensed producers were almost inescapable due to being plastered everywhere because of sponsorship tie-ins at music festivals, concerts, and community events like Pride. In 2018 alone, Tweed sponsored the Field Trip Music Festival and Toronto Pride, while Aurora Cannabis hosted the Aurora Illumination Series, a series of concerts across Canada that featured artists ...

Article by Julia Veintrop, Cannabis Life Network We have all had it happen during sex. You are getting it on between the sheets when the idea comes to take a break and smoke a joint. Within minutes, you are both zoning out at the ceiling, feeling more stoned and less motivated to keep on, keeping on. For the recreational user, this may be ...