Article by Chris Selley, National Post Here’s something I bet you didn’t know: Bill C-45, the Liberals’ marijuana legalization legislation, allows children between 12 and 17 to possess up to five grams of cannabis. It sounds crazy, right? The whole stated goal of the project was to keep marijuana out of children’s hands! Yet no lesser authorities than Conservative senators Thanh ...

Article by Jack Mosher, Maclean‘s Marijuana – in the East they call it hashish – is giving North American narcotic squads plenty to worry about HERE’s the latest message being whipped from narcotic headquarters at Ottawa to all Mounties on border patrol and to undercover men in a dozen large cities: “Look out for Mary Jane.” What does it mean? Who ...

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: Monday March 26, 2018: Ganja Groove When: 7:30pm-9:30pm Where: The House of Yoga (714 Bloor St W, Toronto) Price: $20 Tuesday March 27, 2018: Leaf Toronto Meetup When: 6:30pm-8:00pm Where: 180 John St. Toronto Price: $15 at the ...

Article by Travis Lane, Daily Hive Legalization is upon us. The last significant procedural obstacle is now out of the way, thanks to the Senate passing the second reading of the Cannabis Act on Thursday 44-29. This result comes on the heels of a Health Canada release earlier in the week that further outlined current thinking on production and processing regulations. Using a ...

Article by Katie DeRosa, Times Colonist The prospect of Central Saanich farmland being covered with cannabis greenhouses has mobilized a group of citizens who are fighting to make sure that doesn’t happen. Similar battles are being waged across the province as the B.C. government considers whether to continue treating cannabis as a crop or to banish it from the Agricultural Land ...

Article by Kimberly B. Johnson, Konbini Twitter user @simple_sasha has just posted a highly unexpected video tutorial that is currently setting the internet ablaze. All corny puns very much intended, as she’s schooling us all on how to roll a weed blunt using organic rose petals. Naturally, many people had questions, thoughts and concerns ranging from, “is this safe?” All the way to, “what’s it taste like?” ...

Article by Daily Post Should drugs like cannabis be sold in off-licenses? North Wales’ Police and Crime Commissioner thinks so. Arfon Jones recently came out and called for steps to be taken to control the sale of certain illegal substances. He said: “I want to see drugs controlled and sold by responsible retailers similar to off-licences that sell alcohol. “I don’t see a ...

Article by Paul MacNeill, PEI Canada Wayne Jory didn’t know what was wrong. It started two years ago with an odd, lingering taste in the back of his mouth. He was lethargic with out of the norm mood swings. The 55-year-old Murray River carpenter was unable to work, and then there was the unexplained weight loss from his steady 215 pounds ...

Article by Marie-Danielle Smith, National Post A Liberal government bill that adjusts impaired driving laws in tandem with plans to legalize marijuana is facing delays in the Senate, despite growing concerns over its urgency. The upper chamber’s legal committee has hit the pause button on a review of Bill C-46 until early May so it can focus on meeting a May ...

Article by Julia Wright, CBC News A new document published by Health Canada this week is revealing more about how legal weed could be packaged, marketed and sold in Canada this summer. The 40-page report, thrillingly titled Proposed Approach to the Regulation of Cannabis: Summary of Comments Received During the Public Consultation, incorporates the feedback on draft cannabis regulations Health Canada received from thousands of Canadians in surveys, round-tables, and ...