Article by David Brown, Stratcann Ontario’s recent announcement of their new “craft cannabis” product designation was hailed as progress by many in the cannabis industry, but some say the category is too broad. Ontario’s craft cannabis product category includes dried cannabis flower and pre-rolls, and requires all products to be hand-harvested, hang-dried, hand-trimmed and packaged, and provided by a producer ...

Article by Maria Loreto, The Fresh Toast via Growth Op If a consumer of CBD, there may be an extra benefit to reap from the compound. New research shows a connection between the consuming CBD-dominant cannabis and reduced alcohol intake. The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Colorado and published in Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, examined cannabis use in 120 subjects. ...

Article by David Brown, Stratcann Canada now has at least 200 micros cannabis companies licensed across Canada, as of May 7, 2021. Of these 200 licenses, 147 are stand-alone micro-cultivation licences, 22 are stand-alone micro-processing licenses, and 31 are dual micro-cultivation and micro-processing licences. Twenty-one of these hold medical sales licences and two currently hold sales licences for the non-medical market, ...

Article by Kevin Connor, Toronto Sun Toronto Police have made several arrests and seized drugs, edibles and cash after raiding an unlicensed dispensary in North York. On the afternoon of Friday, April 30, after working with the city’s Municipal Licensing and Standards team, police executed a Cannabis Act search warrant at the Just Compassion Dispensary at 1230 Sheppard Ave. W. ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op Four people from in and around Toronto have been charged after local police raided an unlicensed dispensary in North York and discovered about 71 kilograms of cannabis edibles and various other drugs. After working with the city’s Municipal Licensing & Standards team, officers with the Toronto Police Service (TPS) executed a search warrant shortly ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) is giving some love to craft growers with the launch of a new designation aimed at helping raise the profile of offerings from small licensed producers. Launching late last week, the new designation — as it stands, only for dried flower and pre-rolls — currently includes products from 20 ...

Article by Jason Miller, Yahoo News Police say a number of illicit cannabis operations can be linked to violence in Peel, including a recent homicide. In a recent report to its Police services board, Peel cops underscored how cannabis users in the region are now accessing somewhere between 100 to 150 illicit mobile pot delivery operations, some of which have ...

Article by Toronto.com When customers roll up to Thrive Cannabis’ 184-acre farm in Simcoe. Ont, they’ll find three shipping containers fashioned into a pot shop and a colourful crew making history. That crew is led by Thrive’s vice president of business development and ethos Bubba Nicholson, who jokes he has the facial hair to match his company’s Greybeard brand, and ...

Article by Jane Stevenson, Growth Op A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says Canada needs to improve the way cannabis impairment is detected among drivers. The Montreal study which looked to see if there’s a correlation between pot legalization and an increase in fatal motor vehicle accidents had to look at the U.S. due to the lack of data ...

Article by Richard Cowan, Fresh Toast via Growth Op An excellent article in Forbes about the pending legalization of cannabis in New York State points out a common failing in various state legalization laws. I have been very critical of most state legalization policies because of their excessive taxes and “regulations” that raise costs and barriers to entry that make legal products more ...