Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op Although for many Canadians weed is a good thing, can one have too much of it? In the case of an Ontario man, who has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for growing more than 3,000 plants, the short answer is most certainly. The discovery was made when Niagara Regional Police officers responded to a ...

Article by Sarah Leamon, Cannabis Life Network The Canadian government has taken yet another small but essential step towards decriminalizing people who use drugs. Earlier this week, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada quietly released new guidelines for prosecuting the illegal possession of controlled substances under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.  They attempt to balance the well-documented realities of substance use with ...

Article by Lin Shen, Cannabis Life Network There are a lot of negative stigma surrounding psychedelic drugs. A large portion of the population and the government condemn these substances to be dangerous, addictive, and illegal. Although, that may be true when it comes to opiates or stimulants (such as heroin or cocaine). As they are, indeed, physiologically toxic and addictive. Psychedelics, on ...

Article by Toronto.com The delicate politics of drug policy were on full display this week, as Canada’s chief health officer suggested decriminalizing hard drugs should be discussed to address a spike in opioid overdose deaths, while Health Minister Patty Hajdu insisted decriminalization was not a “silver bullet” solution. Several provinces — including British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta — have been ...

Article by David Carrigg, Vancouver Sun Sales of cannabis products from licensed retailers in British Columbia rose from $4.2 million in June 2019 to $29.4 million in June 2020. Latest Statistics Canada data showed that across Canada licensed cannabis product sales jumped from $91.7 million to $201 million during the same period. So while the Canadian numbers jumped by just ...

Article by David Wylie, Daily Courier It has long been established that cannabis affects people differently. Longer than you might think, in fact. Take the experience of a group of British sailors in the 1670s. During their travels in Eastern India, they tried tea laced with cannabis (called bangha tea). Thomas Bowrey, an English merchant and mariner in the East ...

Article by Teviah Moro, Hamilton Spectator Councillors want a provincial buffer-zone policy that prevents clusters of pot shops in Hamilton with dozens of applications for new outlets filed. “We are a host city, but I just think this will be prudent and preventive down a road to avoid a disproportionate number of these in one location,” Coun. Tom Jackson said Friday. ...

Article by Jeremy Kemeny, The Hamilton Spectator Hamilton’s legal cannabis market is going to get crowded in the coming months with retail applications pending across the city. Forty-eight retail licence applications are being processed by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO). Four of those potential stores are in the process of receiving public scrutiny, the other 44 have ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op The Town of Pelham has slapped Woodstock Biomed Inc. with a provincial offences charge, believing that the business is running a large-scale cannabis grow despite the municipal interim prohibiting such operations. The town characterizes its Cannabis Interim Control Bylaw (ICB) as being clear. “The ICB contained a simple prohibition and the town is fulfilling ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op The founders of Paragon, a blockchain platform intended to “build blockchain into every step of the cannabis industry,” are wanted by the United States federal judiciary. The problem, as CoinDesk reports, is they are nowhere to be found. Paragon was started by Jessica VerSteeg, an Iowa beauty queen who took the Miss Iowa US title in 2014, and ...