Article by Maria Loreto, The Fresh Toast via Growth Op COVID-19 has made us question many things, including how weed is consumed. While a lot of people initially jumped aboard the edibles and topicals train, now that things have settled somewhat, cannabis consumers who prefer flower are likely still smoking what they used to smoke. That said, hopefully, they’re not ...

Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op Although for many Canadians weed is a good thing, can one have too much of it? In the case of an Ontario man, who has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for growing more than 3,000 plants, the short answer is most certainly. The discovery was made when Niagara Regional Police officers responded to a ...

Article by Sarah Leamon, Cannabis Life Network The Canadian government has taken yet another small but essential step towards decriminalizing people who use drugs. Earlier this week, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada quietly released new guidelines for prosecuting the illegal possession of controlled substances under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.  They attempt to balance the well-documented realities of substance use with ...

Article by Lin Shen, Cannabis Life Network There are a lot of negative stigma surrounding psychedelic drugs. A large portion of the population and the government condemn these substances to be dangerous, addictive, and illegal. Although, that may be true when it comes to opiates or stimulants (such as heroin or cocaine). As they are, indeed, physiologically toxic and addictive. Psychedelics, on ...

Article by David Wylie, Daily Courier It has long been established that cannabis affects people differently. Longer than you might think, in fact. Take the experience of a group of British sailors in the 1670s. During their travels in Eastern India, they tried tea laced with cannabis (called bangha tea). Thomas Bowrey, an English merchant and mariner in the East ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op The Town of Pelham has slapped Woodstock Biomed Inc. with a provincial offences charge, believing that the business is running a large-scale cannabis grow despite the municipal interim prohibiting such operations. The town characterizes its Cannabis Interim Control Bylaw (ICB) as being clear. “The ICB contained a simple prohibition and the town is fulfilling ...

Article by Mary Sauer, The Fresh Toast Pain management is one of the most common reason doctor’s are prescribing medical marijuana. Treating chronic pain can be complicated and for some, cannabis provides an effective alternative that some argue comes with lower risks than more conventional treatment methods. If one of the 20 per cent of Americans with chronic pain who is also considering ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op The founders of Paragon, a blockchain platform intended to “build blockchain into every step of the cannabis industry,” are wanted by the United States federal judiciary. The problem, as CoinDesk reports, is they are nowhere to be found. Paragon was started by Jessica VerSteeg, an Iowa beauty queen who took the Miss Iowa US title in 2014, and ...

Article by Brendan Bures, The Fresh Toast via Growth Op Everyone has a favourite flavour. Instinctually, each individual knows what that is, be it candy, soda or popsicles. But that may change with cannabis edibles and beverages, as sales data shows certain flavours rise above the rest when it comes to consumers opening their wallets. Headset Analytics identified 73 different ...

Article by Sam Riches, Regina Leader-Post On the night that Thomas Hartle became the first Canadian to legally consume psilocybin for medical purposes, Dr. Bruce Tobin, a psychotherapist and professor at the University of Victoria, shared a cab with filmmaker Randall “Peg” Peters. The two men, along with John Simpson, a hospice companion and sitter, had spent the day with ...