Article by Rob Ferguson, The Toronto Star When it becomes legal next July, recreational marijuana should be sold with more restrictions than that other weed — tobacco — says the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Ontario branch. The group will release a position paper Monday calling on the province to ban pot smoking in cars with a “zero tolerance” policy, cap ...

Article by High! Canada Over the last few years, the Woman Grow organization has been at the forefront in North America cannabis culture – paving the way for literally thousands of women to start and maintain a career in cannabis and inviting women across the USA and Canada to connect and educate; to inspire and empower the next generation of ...

Article by Niagara Regional Police Service UPDATE: During the month of July, 2017 members of the Niagara Regional Police – Guns, Gangs and Grows Unit began a second drug related investigation into the sale of marihuana and marihuana related products from the Niagara Cannabis Club located at 108 Hartzel Road, St.Catharines. This location was the subject to a previous search ...

Toronto is an amazing city for cannabis with so many diverse events going on. Here is a list of the events going on this upcoming week and weekend: Monday August 14, 2017: Ganja Pranayama (All Levels) When: 5:00pm-6:30pm Where: The House of Yoga (714 Bloor St W, Toronto) Price: $30/class, 5 classes for $125 All Levels Ganja Yoga When: 7:30pm-9:00pm Where: The House of Yoga ...

Article by Harrison Jordan, Lift News Proactive disclosure: The author of this piece works at Lewin Sagara LLP, the firm representing the defendants in this matter. The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled this week that police must obtain a search warrant when they are seeking hydroelectric records from utility companies of customers in the case of suspected marijuana grow operations. The defendants ...

Article by Viola Pruss, CBC News As the federal government moves ahead with plans to legalize recreational marijuana use by July 2018, two universities in Fredericton are hiring the first two Canadian research chairs in the field. The first health research chair in cannabis was announced at St. Thomas University in May, while the University of New Brunswick announced Wednesday plans to ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News The Standing Committee on Health has recently posted briefs provided to them in regard to their upcoming analysis of Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, the government’s marijuana legalization legislation. On August 9th, six briefs were posted on ourcommons.ca, three from private citizens, one from a hydroponics company, one from Ontario Public Health and one from ...

Article by Christine Sismondo, The Toronto Star Cocktail candies? Margarita marshmallows? Prosecco pastilles? “Adult” candy is the hottest new trend in confection, which is increasingly drawing inspiration from wine and cocktail culture by spiking gummies, truffles and frozen treats with everything from tequila to everyone’s favourite, rosé wine. Well, why not? After all, pairing dessert and booze is a time-honoured ...

Article by Bruce Ryan, High! Canada Around our planet, the entire cannabis vibe is going mainstream at a rather remarkable clip. “Medical, recreational & industrial.” It’s all over the news. Mexico just legalized medical cannabis. Nevada legalized recreational. Washington State legalized industrial hemp (98:0) across the board: no “permit” required. Companies are being formed left, right and centre. Serious investment money is ...

Article by Jaclyn Carbone, AM980 via Global News The Middlesex London Health Unit’s warning to marijuana users that their drug of choice may be laced with fentanyl is being called into question. The alert, sent out a week ago, explained urine drug screenings had found fentanyl in the urine of those who had reported only smoking pot. “There are a ...