Article by Regina Leader-Post Although Axes Smoke Cannabis opened its doors in June last year, the start was far from expected. The Toronto-based store resembled closer to a Service Ontario as opposed to a dispensary. “Management had to encourage the owner to rebrand as soon as possible, otherwise, we would have been smoked out by the competition,” notes Tatiana in ...

Article by Nathan Taylor, Orillia Matters A large medical cannabis operation in Oro-Medonte Township is celebrating now that its products have gone to market. In 2018, Carmel Cannabis began construction of its 20,000-square-foot greenhouse as well as a 13,500-square-foot facility for processing, packaging and trimming on Line 7. It received its licence from Health Canada in July 2019. On Tuesday, ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Regina Leader-Post It appears that unlike tobacco smoking, there is no significant association between cannabis use and developing a second primary cancer, notes a new study of 500-plus patients previously enrolled at a cancer centre in Hamilton, Ont. “The results suggest that cannabis behaves differently than tobacco smoking, as it may not be associated with the ...

Article by Travis Cesarone, Cannabis Life Network We previously explored how cannabinoid content is displayed on cannabis labels in some Canadian provinces, such as BC. Whether those quantities are given as a percentage or in milligrams per gram, two different values of THC and CBD can be strangely advertised. We will explain the differences between THC and the THC total based on Health Canada’s compliances and beyond. D9 versus Total THC As ...

Article by Dr. Michael Brownbridge, Greenhouse Canada The cannabis sector is a young and vibrant part of the horticulture industry. With legalization across Canada, opportunities to grow the crop at scale emerged overnight. This has brought significant challenges as growers adapt from ‘basement grow-ops’ to multi-acre facilities. Because cannabis has some unique features that it shares with many other greenhouse ...

Article by Hemp Industry Daily Canadian cannabis producer Canopy Growth Corp. is suing UK-based GW Pharmaceuticals in U.S. federal court, alleging that GW is knowingly infringing upon Canopy’s intellectual property. GW used a Canopy-patented method to extract the CBD that’s the active ingredient in its Epidiolex medication, according to a complaint filed Dec. 22 in the U.S. District Court for the Western ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op Study participants at the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research have heard some familiar tunes over the years. The institution has a seven-hour, and 40-minute long playlist that dates back more than 50 years. Intended to help study participants “unlock elevated states of consciousness” and mimic the “sweeping arc of the typical medium- or high-dose psilocybin ...

Article by Nicole Skrobin, The Fresh Toast How many people in the United States live with fibromyalgia? It might be surprising to find out that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports it’s roughly 4 million U.S. adults who have this chronic medical condition. Fibromyalgia consists of widespread, severe and frequently overwhelming musculoskeletal pain. Traditional fibromyalgia treatment methods currently exist ...

Article by Alex Kennedy, CBC News Cannabis producers in Newfoundland and Labrador say they’re looking forward to the year ahead, despite the challenges of 2020, and they don’t expect the recent pullout of Canopy Growth to affect the provincial market. Oceanic Cannabis and Coffee opened in Burin in December to an overwhelming response, according to Oceanic ReLeaf president and CEO Taylor Giovannini. ...

Article by Dylan Klimchuk and Cody Lindsay, Cannabis Life Network It’s our first segment of the Cooking With Cannabis 101 series in the new year so why not start with some delicious CBD Strawberry & Cream Cheese Scones. For this recipe you’ll need to know how to make cannabis butter, a tutorial can be found here. Remember if you want this recipe to use CBD then you ...