Article by James McClure, Civilized Canada’s new driving regulations could criminalize 200,000 medical marijuana patients, according to a group of 50 defence lawyers that recently sent an open letter calling on the federal government to rethink the proposed threshold for drugged driving. The government’s bill to legalize recreational marijuana currently contains a proposal called the Blood Drug Concentration Regulations, which would set the threshold ...

Article by Yvette Brend, CBC News An unlicensed marijuana dispensary in Vancouver is struggling to keep up with sales after taking advantage of what it terms a “legal grey area” by selling a Christmas advent calendar full of medicinal pot and marijuana edibles. So far, Coast to Coast Medicinals says it’s sold more than 125 of the calendars for between $200 and $230 each. The calendars can ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News The City of Vancouver says they intend to keep moving forward with their dispensary licensing program while the province sorts out rules for retail recreational cannabis stores. A representative for the city says Vancouver has no intentions of pausing their Medical Marijuana Related Use (MMRU) licensing program, saying they are still waiting to hear ...

Article by Les Perreaux, The Globe and Mail Quebec will have zero tolerance for driving while high and grow-your-own marijuana under a plan for the use and sale of cannabis that highlights the provincial government’s discomfort with legalization. Under draft legislation introduced on Thursday, the province’s Liberal government would authorize police to test saliva samples from drivers and allow police ...

Article by Mike Okada, Cannabis Life Network Even without definitive word on whether public consumption spaces for cannabis will even be allowed in Ontario, cannabis lounges have been opening up across the province in anticipation of the huge demand for them once cannabis is legalized. Under Ontario’s proposed regulations, the only place you’re allowed to consume is at home, which ...

Article by Emily Earlenbaugh, Herb Approach Canada’s legal medical marijuana business is booming and as of 2018 cannabis will be legal for recreational use as well. With over 25% of the population using cannabis, a huge increase of investment into stocks for Canadian cannabis companies, and a predicted 22.6 billion dollar industry in the future, you might think that the US’s neighbor to the north has it’s cannabis laws all ...

Article by Lift News On November 16, 2017, Aurora Cannabis Enterprises Inc., a licensed producer of cannabis for medical purposes located in Alberta, began a voluntary recall of one lot of Sundance Borealis Blend (sativa) dried marijuana under a Type II recall. The affected lot number can be found below. On November 16, 2017, Aurora Cannabis Enterprises Inc. initiated a ...

Article by Manisha Krishnan, Vice News Selena Holder-Zirbser wasn’t even supposed to be working on the day she got arrested. Holder-Zirbser, 21, had picked up a shift at the Green Tree dispensary on Ottawa’s Rideau Street, where she’d recently become a keyholder. It was a foggy Friday morning last November, and she immediately had a lineup of customers to purchase dried bud, ...

Article by Catherine Griwkowsky, Edmonton Journal Despite having medical cannabis permits, a motorist faces charges after Alberta Fish and Wildlife officers found 181 grams of pot during a traffic stop earlier this week. Officers with Alberta Fish and Wildlife and the Athabasca RCMP Integrated Traffic Unit were screening motorists and hunters Monday when they pulled over a driver believed to be impaired, ...

Audio by CBC As It Happens The former police chief and politician who once compared legalizing weed to legalizing murder is defending his decision to open a company connects patients with medical marijuana. See source here.