Article by Mona Zhang, Forbes All 25 marijuana dispensaries in Oregon passed the latest round of state minor decoy operations. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC), which regulates the marijuana industry, periodically sends minors to try to buy marijuana from retail outlets. The latest operations targeted dispensaries in Portland, Bend and Salem, all of which had a compliance rate of 100 percent. After a spate ...

Article by Jean Laroche, CBC News Drivers who toke in Nova Scotia will face stiff penalties if they are deemed to be impaired behind the wheel, and people who continue to sell pot, especially to those under 19, could face a $10,000 fine. Those are just some of the provisions in the Cannabis Control Act introduced in the Nova Scotia ...

Article by Mike Okada, Cannabis Life Network Medicinal cannabis stands out from other medications because cannabis is used both medicinally and recreationally, and with recreational cannabis set to be legalized later this year, this creates a challenging regulatory environment where the government needs to balance the rights of medicinal and recreational users. The big question: Are medicinal cannabis patients being ...

Written by Toronto Toker for Dankr.ca Dragon Elixir Overview: Dragon Elixir is a holistic company that utilizes cannabis as one of many healing herbs combined to target the source of the issue. These herbs have been used for hundreds and thousands of years by various native cultures. Dragon Elixir’s products are created to resolve the source of the problem, rather than ...

Article by Sean Williams, Motley Fool Believe it or not, legal marijuana is one of the hottest industries on the planet right now. Roughly two decades ago that would have been almost impossible to believe, with just 25% of respondents in Gallup’s 1995 survey showing favorability toward legalizing cannabis nationwide. Comparatively, almost two-thirds of those surveyed by Gallup in October 2017 now ...

Article by Lavanya Ramanathan, Washington Post In a lowlit room at Joy’s Spa in Washington, Dawn Franklin is smoothing a creamy white mask onto Jessica Osorio’s face. The mask, she says, is infused with camomile and sage and aloe vera, plus one ingredient that she still has to explain to her clients: CBD. An aesthetician, Franklin started working with an Oregon ...

Article by Ed Murrieta, Leafly Producer-director Lou Adler’s original title for Up In Smoke, the 1978 Paramount counterculture romp about two guys looking to score pot so they can get high and play music, was Cheech & Chong’s Greatest Hit. It was a punny, derivative title, to be sure, as Adler—the Grammy-winning impresario who’d worked with Carole King and the Mamas and the Papas ...

Article by Mike Adams, Cannabis Now In order for the multi-billion dollar cannabis industry to continue its steady climb to domination within the American sin market, companies may need to slow their roll long enough to ensure employees are equipped with the necessary skills to maintain a safe and productive workplace. This is something that is presently lacking in some ...

Article by Adam Frisk, Global News The Canadian government proposed last month that legal pot be sold in plain packaging that displays a slew of warnings and other information, including an expiry date. But does weed actually expire? It depends on the cannabis you buy and how you store it. As cannabis expert and Quebec brand manager of marijuana giant Canopy ...

Article by Manisha Krishnan, Vice News Not so long ago, Stephen Harper was Canada’s prime minister and he was warning us all that weed was “infinitely worse” than tobacco. Harper, you’ll recall, favoured a tough-on-crime agenda that included mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug crimes—laws that were eventually struck down as unconstitutional. During his tenure, Health Canada also spent $7 million on ...