Article by Cam Fortems, Kamloops This Week via BC Local News A 41-year-old Shuswap man received a suspended sentence Thursday after pleading guilty to production of a controlled substance and possession for the purpose of trafficking. Daniel Gordon Lee admitted to being caught in March at the scene of a rural Lee Creek grow-op of 448 pot plants, 15 pounds ...

Article by Harrison Jordan, Lift News An employee of Nova Scotia’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal says she has filed a claim with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Tribunal claiming that she has been discriminated against because of the medical cannabis she uses for a hereditary connective tissue disorder. Sarah Benoit, who has worked at the Department of Transportation ...

Article by Corey Mintz, The Globe and Mail Buying and selling marijuana in Canada is currently a very grey market – almost legal but with a shrug emoji attached. Along this legally nebulous frontier, no one has more of an uphill battle than the makers and distributors of edible products. Caught between the fearful underground economy of yesterday and the optimistic, ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News The government’s legalization bill, the Cannabis Act, will be the topic of discussion at a special week-long health committee hearing starting next Monday, Sept 11. The House Standing Committee is where review of every aspect of the bill will occur, outside of the debate of the often raucous form of debate and grandstanding in ...

Article by Reid Southwick, Calgary Herald Aurora Cannabis — among the country’s largest producers of medical marijuana — is considering owning retail shops once the drug is legalized next summer, potentially posing a threat to mom-and-pop operations that are already angling to open storefronts. Cam Battley, Aurora’s executive vice-president, said the $914-million company has “looked pretty darn closely” at opening brick-and-mortar ...

Article by The Canadian Press via National Post A legislature committee is recommending New Brunswick sell marijuana through government-operated stores to anyone 19 years or older. The report from the select committee on cannabis, released Friday, says the province needs to keep weed away from young people, and shut out organized crime. All 10 provinces are trying to be ready ...

Article by Kerry Campbell, CBC News P.E.I.’s Public Health Office says legalizing cannabis will likely lead to increased health risks from the drug, with usage among Islanders expected to increase from 40 to 60 percent within the first year. The office has compiled a report on the health risks associated with marijuana, and particularly on concerns around legalization of the drug. Citing previous research ...

Article by Harrison Jordan, Lift News While some may see cannabis as a benign substance, a new study from researchers in Canada all but confirms that some marijuana consumers may face a mysterious illness after ingesting cannabis. Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (or CHS for short) is a condition that consumers may experience over multiple times following smoking sessions, and symptoms include cyclical nausea, ...

Article by Kristen Everson, CBC News Veterans who use medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder are having to go outside the network of clinics sanctioned by Veterans Affairs to get the drug due to concerns by doctors at the clinics about its effectiveness. The last operational stress injury clinic to prescribe medical marijuana to former soldiers stopped doing so in ...

Article by Harrison Jordan, Lift News Canada has swiftly become one the ultimate exporting hub for companies across the globe to obtain medical marijuana products for use by patients in their respective countries. Health Canada has seemed to let their guard down since the last update posted on their website. The regulator explicitly states on its website that the organization ...