Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op A team of researchers from McMaster University and the University of Waterloo suggest a 3D-printed “lung simulator” they’ve developed can replicate what happens in the lungs when smoking weed, information that could prove useful when developing health policy around recreational and medicinal cannabis. Using commercially available design software and a 3D printer, researchers developed ...

Article by Phil Heidenreich, Global News The Edmonton Police Service announced details of a drug bust on Monday that it described as the largest of its kind since recreational cannabis was legalized over two years ago. According to police, officers were called to respond to a dispute between a landlord and tenant and came across what they suspected was “an ...

Article by Ted Raymond, CTV News Ontario Provincial Police have charged a 38-year-old man after a small child became dangerously ill from eating cannabis edibles. Officers were called to a home in Quinte West, northwest of Belleville, at around 6:30 p.m. Friday on reports a three-year-old had eaten “a high quantity of cannabis edibles,” police said in a news release. ...

Article by Orillia Matters In February 2021 the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) began an investigation into mobile cannabis delivery service operating throughout the Muskoka Region. On Feb. 19, 2021, the service was observed making a number of stops from Gravenhurst to Huntsville. The Muskoka CSCU arrested the delivery driver, and a search yielded ...

Article by Growth Op Alex Clarke has been the General Manager of Relm, an Ontario-based cannabis store, since December last year. A licensed educator for the last seven years, Clarke is also a medical cannabis grower and processor for his own medicine. “Being a cannabis patient I have learned so much about the plant. My background in education has made ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op Six-time Stanley Cup champion Mark Messier knows plenty about sweat, no surprise given he was nicknamed “The Moose” for his considerable strength and aggressiveness on the ice. So it likely also comes as no surprise that the Canadian-born, National Hockey League (NHL) stand-out’s foray into the cannabis arena involves hemp-powered hydration. That entry is ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op Late last month, about 2,500 pages of documents landed on the desks of Manitoba government officials. The documents contained eight affidavits and the package was courtesy of Jesse Lavoie, a 28-year-old former correctional officer, who has filed a constitutional challenge against the Manitoba government’s ban on home growing. Lavoie is represented by attorneys from ...

Article by Karhlyle Fletcher, The Fresh Toast via Growth Op As with many other conditions, fibromyalgia often manifests in more ways than one. The disorder, which is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, includes symptoms such as mental fog, chronic pain, sleep issues, depression and more. Two to four per cent of the population suffers from the condition. Traditional methods for ...

Article by Travis Cesarone, Cannabis Life Network Color is a tantalizing trend. Impossible Burger had difficulty with the FDA’s regulatory hoops due to man-made soy proteins’ blood-red colour. (1) Cannabis extracts went from black to golden, and then to clear. But now, a highly purified cannabis extract – known as THC diamonds – has turned inquisitively and brilliantly blue as well as an odd ...

Article by Travis Cesarone, Cannabis Life Network COVID vaccines began their roll out with a little rough media coverage, having caused 681 total deaths and 492 cases of COVID-19 in the USA, according to CDC’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS.) So, will the COVID vaccines be affected by cannabis use? It is now known that antibiotics can lower the flu vaccine’s ...