Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op The RCMP is reminding Manitobans that they face hefty fines for using weed or alcohol on the ice of lakes and waterways, an added incentive to remain sober if the risk of crashing through the ice and plunging into frigid water isn’t enough. COVID-19 restrictions have sent many people in the province to the ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily A new beverage group has been formed to connect leaders in the cannabis and beverage industries who hope to expand that segment of the hemp and marijuana sectors. The Cannabis Beverage Council (CBC) is the brainchild of the American Trade Association for Cannabis and Hemp, an industry advocacy group. The CBC was formed to “forge a new ...

Article by Josh Boyce, Blackburn News The CEO and co-founder of a chain of Ontario cannabis stores thinks Sarnia can sustain a dozen or more retail pot shops. Steven Fry made the comment Wednesday as the company celebrated the grand opening of its new location at 600 Murphy Road. He said typically a city can support one shop per 5,000 population. Fry said ...

Article by Andrew Mendler, Midland Mirror A 40-year-old Midland man has been nailed with a series of hefty charges after being pulled over by police on Jan. 28. An officer with the Southern Georgian Bay OPP stopped a vehicle on Main Street in Penetanguishene shortly after midnight. The officer spoke with the driver and suspected that he was under the influence ...

Article by Judy George, MedPage Today Access to legal cannabis stores was linked with fewer opioid deaths in the U.S., a new analysis suggested. The number of marijuana dispensaries in a county was negatively related to log-transformed opioid mortality rate, adjusted for age (β -0.17, 95% CI -0.23 to -0.11), reported Balázs Kovács, PhD, of Yale University School of Management ...

Article by Dominik Wisniewski, Northumberland News While other businesses are struggling during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, cannabis retail stores have been seeing increasing sales across the province. That steady growth has led to optimism for many cannabis retailers, including five who have made applications to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) to open locations in Northumberland County. All these applications are ...

Article by Paul Armentano, NORML The enactment of marijuana legalization in Canada preceded a “marked decline” in the volume of opioids prescribed to patients enrolled in both public and private health care plans, according to data published in the journal Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. A team on investigators affiliated with the University of Toronto assessed the volume of opioids prescribed, and ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op It’s a mix of good and bad when it comes to how weed might help entrepreneurs come up with creative and feasible business ideas, although seasoned business players with less “out-there” thoughts seem to experience fewer ups and downs. Appearing in the Journal of Business Venturing, new research out of Washington State University (WSU) suggests ...

Article by Addison Herron-Wheeler, High Times Canada is already miles ahead of the U.S. when it comes to federal legalization of cannabis, something America is still weighing and discussing, and now Canada has taken another step towards normalizing cannabis by offering gift cards in some Circle K locations. To be specific, the locations are for Fire & Flower dispensary, a well-known dispensary ...

Article by Alan Shackleton, Beach Metro The City of Toronto and Tuggs Inc. may be headed towards a legal showdown regarding the lease for the property at 1681 Lake Shore Blvd. E. Late last month a notice by the company Miss Jones that it was seeking authorization for a licence to operate a cannabis retail store from the Alcohol and ...