Article by Harrison Jordan, Lift News A Canadian appellate court has, for the first time, ruled unconstitutional a contentious mandatory minimum provision that saw individuals imprisoned for 6 months for producing as few as 6 marijuana plants. The provision, ss 7(2)(b)(i) of the federal Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, was introduced by the previous Harper government. It enabled Crown prosecutors ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News In the wake of the recent raids of the Canna Clinic chain in Project Lincoln, Lift had a chance to interview Mark Pugash, Toronto Police Director of Corporate Communications, to discuss Toronto Police Services (TPS) approach to prioritization of enforcement against dispensaries. The Project Lincoln raids took place starting on Thursday, July 22, with ...

Article by Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International There is much discussion about the coming legalisation of marijuana in Canada, expected in about a year. Certainly some of that discussion involves levels of intoxication/impairment and driving. THC is the active chemical in cannabis. The Canadian government is proposing limits of  THC in blood levels similar to the concept of limits for blood ...

Article by Jon Hiltz, Marijuana.com Canada is slowly but surely headed down the rabbit-hole to become the first G7 nation with legal adult-use cannabis. Thus far, Canadians have been asked to share their ideas on a broad scale as to how this landmark event should unfold. Most of the heavy lifting on legislation, however, has been accomplished by the feds. ...

Article by Mike Okada, Cannabis Life Network July 1st, 2017 was a huge day for Canada- not only was it Canada’s 150th birthday, it was the 22nd annual Cannabis Day- bringing Canna-dians across the country together to celebrate. This Cannabis Day was historic for two reasons- one, it was held for the first time at Thornton Park, and two, it ...

Article by Times Colonist The Burnside Dispensary on Harriet Road was held up at gunpoint Tuesday evening. Two men brandishing firearms entered the store around 7:30 p.m. and robbed the store. Rosetta Duncan, owner of the dispensary, said the store was open at the time. It does not appear any shots were fired or that anyone was injured. Victoria police ...

Article by Lift News An Alberta court has ruled that evidence obtained from a search of a private residence that revealed a cannabis grow-operation should be ruled inadmissible as evidence against two defendants. The judge’s decision, handed down on March 1st, came after the defence alleged Charter violations, including unreasonable search and seizure, resulting in a voir dire—a trial within ...

Article by Regina Leader-Post After receiving what it says were citizen complaints about illegal activities since December, on Thursday Weyburn Police Service and its drug enforcement unit executed a warrant on a local business under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Greenleaf Compassion, a marijuana dispensary on Ebel Road in Weyburn was raided and a 33-year-old man was arrested. Police said ...

Article by Stephanie Lake, MJ Milloy and Zach Walsh, iPolitics Last month, Bill C-45, also known as the Cannabis Act, passed its second reading in the House of Commons — the culmination of several days and late nights of debate among members of Parliament about the proposed framework for legalized cannabis. ‘Perplexing’ might be a good word to describe many of the arguments made ...

Article by CBC News Omar Khan sat down with Matt Galloway on Metro Morning to discuss big questions that have yet to be answered in the federal government’s push to develop a legal framework for recreational marijuana sales by July 2018. Khan is former chief of staff to the Ontario health minister and he now works with the marijuana industry as vice ...