Article by Joanna Smith, CBC News The plan to legalize marijuana should recognize that the black community has been overly criminalized for using the drug, says a Liberal MP who is calling on the government to consider that perspective. “We do know that black Canadians have been disproportionately charged with and are imprisoned for possession of small amounts of cannabis,” ...
Read More »Licensed Producer Broken Coast Cannabis Announces Voluntary Recall
Article by Lift News Broken Coast contacted patients today to announce a Type III recall of three lots of dried cannabis that were produced between June and July 2016 and sold between July and December, 2016. The affected lot numbers are 1130620116, 1670700116, and 1612100116. A Type III recall refers to a situation in which the use of, or exposure ...
Read More »Creating Awareness with Michael Mayes
Article by Phil Wong, High! Canada I was scrolling on my LinkedIn one morning, with coffee in hand and came across an interesting commentary. This caught my eye because it had to do with an advocate for medical cannabis and the debate I began to read about online became rather heated. This exemplified some of the stigmas our industry faces today ...
Read More »House Health Committee to Reconvene Early to Study Pot Bill
Article by Rachel Aiello, CTV News The House of Commons Health Committee will reconvene in Ottawa a week ahead of Parliament resuming to hold full-day hearings on the government’s marijuana legalization bill. The committee is holding the marathon session of meetings to get a head start on its study of Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act. “It’s going to be all ...
Read More »What is the Best Way to Clean a Glass Oil Rig?
Review by Toronto Toker for Dankr.ca There are a number of different products currently on the market designed specifically to easily clean your glass oil rig. Most of these products are relatively expensive for how frequently they get used. There are two main kinds of oil rig cleaners: soak and shake cleaners. Shake cleaners required the cleaner to agitate (shake) ...
Read More »The Reason for Low Levels of Organized Crime in Canadian Cannabis
Article by Caleb McMillan Perhaps back in the 1970s, when cannabis wasn’t as “strong” as it is today (which means you had to smoke more of it to get the same effect, making modern cannabis a safer choice), cannabis was profitable for organized crime, like motorcycle gangs and outlaws. But, in the mid-2000s, when the government started licensing people to grow ...
Read More »Is Weedon, Quebec Going To Become he New Capital of Canadian Cannabis
Article by HK Abell, High! Canada I grew up in the age of the Free Trade Agreement, when Mr. Mulroney sold Canada away piecemeal to our neighbours to the south. They were a stronger economy, a larger workforce, and, I suppose in the minds of many, a readily available customer for our resources. The USA wanted our oil, our timber, our water, ...
Read More »Leafy Meds Invitational
Review by Toronto Toker for Dankr.ca. This past Saturday (Aug 19th) Leafy Meds hosted their first sold out Invitational blind dabbing competition. This event was designed to remove any bias, and judge each dab solely on taste/experience. An organizer explained that they selected their favourite parts of other events (ex. blind judging from Karma Cup & head to head dab ...
Read More »Jodie Emery Speaks to the Feds
Article by Cannabis Culture Exiled “Princess of pot” Jodie Emery will speak before the Federal Health Committee on legalization of cannabis. She’s facing a possible life-sentence for her role as vocal activist for cannabis liberation and yet remains brave at the spearhead to fight for the victims of prohibition and lobby for craft cannabis reducers. Excerpts from her submission, as ...
Read More »Arizer – Arizer Air Video Review
Review by Michael Kushbury, for Dankr.ca. Arizer Overview: Arizer is a Canadian company based out of Kitchener, Ontario. Arizer is well known for their quality devices, most notably the Arizer Solo. Accessing Arizer: Arizer’s products can be found just about anywhere cannabis products are sold. They can be reached through their own site or through affiliates like Aeon Cannabis. Arizer Pricing ...
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