Article by Uki Goñi, The Guardian Alicia Castilla was watering the plants in her garden on a quiet Sunday afternoon when five police patrol cars screeched to a halt outside her home. A team of 14 officers “armed to the teeth” stormed through her gate and arrested the mild-mannered, 66-year-old intellectual. They seized everything they could find: computers, her mobile ...

Article by Joe Plenzler and Lou Celli, Defense One The American Legion, representing millions of wartime vets, calls on Trump to loosen federal restrictions on medical marijuana research to help those suffering from PTSD, TBI, opioid abuse, and more. After 16 years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, many Americans view post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and traumatic brain injury, ...

Article by High! Canada Peter – you work with dozens and dozens of cannabis-based companies on a daily basis – tell us – did you ever think you would be doing what you are currently doing for a living? Honestly… not even in my wildest dreams. Having spent my teenage years as a recreational cannabis user, I often look back ...

Article by Dave Asprey, Bulletproof.com Marijuana is getting closer and closer to federal legalization in the U.S. That’s good news for the simple reason that no one should be able to dictate what you put in your own body to make it do what you want, whether it’s raw milk or entheogens. I’m happy to see more and more states ...

Article by Ivy Jackson, Lift News According to a 2016 study by the health app Clue, in partnership with the International Women’s Health Coalition, only 34 per cent of Canadian women feel comfortable talking about periods. This might explain why so many of us remain oddly discreet about menstruation, quickly tucking a bullet-shaped bit of rayon or cotton into our ...

Article by H.K. Abell, High! Canada LIFT has come out as a presenter of some of the best expos and conferences in Canada at this point but did you know they are also involved in so many other aspects of the Canadaina cannabis community that its hard not to come across their name if like us, you work in the ...

Written by Toronto Toker for Dankr.ca. Abi Roach of the Hotbox Cafe wins the Lift Dragons’ Den competition and was awarded a bunch of money to help with legal fees, marketing, etc for her plan forward. One of the Dragons even offered to match the amount for legal fees if she won. It will be excited to see Abi rebrand the Hotbox ...

Article by Calem McMillan, Cannabis Life Network Justin Trudeau admitted that, as an MP, he smoked weed illegally. And when his brother Michel Trudeau was caught with the herb back in the 90s, Justin and the Trudeau Family Royal Dynasty were “confident that we were able to make those charges go away.” Why? “We had resources,” Justin said, “my dad ...

Article by Dan Sutton, Vancouver Sun The legalization of cannabis is coming to Canada. The economic impacts of this new market will have broad ripple effects. Tens of thousands of jobs, hundreds of millions of tax dollars and tens of billions of dollars in economic spillover have been undersold by the federal government’s mandate to keep marijuana out of the ...

Article by High! Canada Cannabis conference time is in full swing. Our team has been popping up all over the country meeting new contacts and making friends. I thought some tips would be useful on how to handle all the new faces at networking events. Say High! All the people in the room, even if they know everyone, came to ...