Written by Toronto Toker for Dankr.ca. The Lifted Market is a free cannabis event that happens twice a month in Toronto, once in the East end, and once in the west. The market is organized to provide access to a diverse range of products that are hard to get. It’s amazing to walk into a room where bud, concentrates, clones, seeds, ...

Article by Rosa Saba, Macleans.ca Teenagers are at risk, especially those below the age of 17. Prolonged cannabis consumption before that age has been linked to memory and attention issues later in life, even if consumption ceases. Adolescence is a key phase in the development of the adult brain, and studies have shown that those who begin consuming cannabis after ...

Article by Craig Weedography, Cannabis Life Network “In the papers they call people who sell drugs ‘pushers’, you know, like you gotta try really hard to get rid of it. Doesn’t really work like that does it?” That’s probably my favourite quote from the movie Mr. Nice when Howard Marks exclaims that he is finding it so laughably easy to sell weed ...

Article by J.J. McCullough, Washington Post There are laws in Canada that ban consuming marijuana, and many that ban selling it. That is the status quo, and will remain so even after October 17, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Cannabis Act — a bill “to provide legal access to cannabis”— takes effect. Whether the laws of the future will be taken more ...

Article by Maya Margit, Jerusalem Post An Israeli company is partnering with several well-known hip hop artists in the United States to market its innovative product—a robot that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to autonomously grow marijuana plants at home. Seedo’s fully-automated device allows consumers to cultivate cannabis seeds in a special casing and then monitor the plant’s growth via a ...

Article by Mike O, Cannabis Life Network If there were any doubts that cannabis legalization was just a huge money grab for the government, look no further than the excise tax that will apply to both medical and recreational cannabis. The excise tax (which is either a dollar per gram or 10% of the sale price, whichever is higher) will ...

Article by Cy Williams High! Canada High! Canada Magazine was also lucky enough to sit down with the founder of the Lost Organization – Rebecca Taube. You are an inspirational person with a very unique story – tell us about your own personal cannabis origin story? I consider my cannabis story quite unique. Unlike most, I didn’t go looking for cannabis; ...

Article by Emma Spears, Daily Hive Canadian colleges and universities are scrambling to define their role and establish ground rules as cannabis legalization approaches – and like provincial laws, policies vary greatly between post-secondary institutions. Many schools have adopted a hard line when it comes to cannabis on campus, citing reasons such as health, safety, and criminal activity as reasons to ...

Article by Alicja Grzadkowska, Insurance Business The commercial cannabis insurance market in Canada keeps on growing as Lloyd’s of London has now announced that it will allow its member firms to underwrite cannabis-related business in Canada if they meet local and international laws, according to a Reuters report. The news comes just in time, with the date of recreational legalization set for October ...

Article by The Leaf News Earlier this week, CBC News informed Canadians of an alarming new trend with the headline, “Spike in cannabis overdoses blamed on potent edibles, poor public education.” “(As) the Oct. 17 date for legalization of recreational pot looms, CBC News has learned that cannabis-related emergency room visits have spiked,” said the article by Katie Nicholson. According to ...