Article by Mike Okada, Cannabis Life Network The Vancouver Park Board continued its campaign against the 420 Vancouver protest, closing the fields at Sunset Beach the day after the protest. Originally, the park board said it could take up to 10 weeks (two and a half months!) before the park was reopened to the public, but in a statement on ...

Article by High! Canada High! Canada Magazine also got the opportunity to speak with Patient Educators Ashley Orr and Marisa Josling. Ashley, can you tell me about your cannabis origin story? Ashley Orr: My name is Ashley, I am a patient educator at Hello Cannabis and until recently I have been working on the other side of the spectrum of patient ...

Article by Jay Schmoeker, Twelve High Chicks As the cannabis industry legalizes and grows, shakeups happen, and unexpected developments can mean big changes. With that said, we announce that Twelve High Chicks is going on hiatus. We’ll be back, although probably not in the style we’ve all enjoyed over the past years. But we love the cannabis community too much ...

Article by Todd Vandonk, Peterborough This Week via My Kawartha You can smell and admire the product but you can’t touch or buy it. Peterborough Hydroponics Centre’s new indoor medical marijuana grow operation is for educational purposes only. Owner Michael Kidd says Health Canada recently approved a medical license for his store. Kidd believes his is the first store in ...

Article by Rob Clark, Huffington Post As cannabis moves closer to legalization, Canadians are asking themselves what it means for them. If the recent Toronto Star article is any indication, one area that’s coming under greater scrutiny is the issue of drugged driving. Unfortunately, there’s nothing new about people choosing to get behind the wheel while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, ...

Article by Mona Zhang, Forbes Colorado made history in 2012 when it became one of the first states in the nation to legalize recreational marijuana for adults. The Denver Post soon followed suit and became the first major American newspaper to have a marijuana editor. The paper tapped longtime music journalist Ricardo Baca to cover the cannabis beat for its new vertical: The Cannabist. Having ...

Article by Dan Adams, Boston Globe “I want a goddamn strong statement on marijuana,” the distinctive voice on the tape growls. “I mean, one on marijuana that just tears the ass out of them.” It was May 1971, and Richard Nixon was fuming over a review included in his morning news summary of the book “Marihuana Reconsidered,” in which 42-year-old Harvard ...

Article by Amy Smart, CTV News British Columbia has unveiled its plan for regulating recreational marijuana, but the enforcement and testing for drug-impaired driving remain hazy. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said the provinces need to hear “ASAP” from the federal government about what technology might be approved in testing for drug-impairment, while some experts say existing testing techniques are as ...

Article by High! Canada High! Canada Magazine was fortunate enough to speak with Andrea Pohlmann, the director of operations at Hello Cannabis. Andrea – Thank you for speaking with us – what does a Director of Operations do? I’d say, if I had to boil it down to something concise, that the Director of Operations ensures that a business operates effectively ...

Toronto is an amazing city for cannabis with so many diverse events going on. Here is a list of the events going on this upcoming week and weekend: Tuesday May 1, 2018: TERRIFIC TUESDAY GANJA YOGA BASIC with Jose When: 7:30pm-9:30pm Where: The House of Yoga (714 Bloor St W, Toronto) Price: $30/class, 4 classes for $100 Wednesday May 2, 2018: Movie and a Doobie When: 7:00pm-9:00pm ...