Article by David Brown, Lift News Peace Naturals, an Ontario-based licensed producer of medical cannabis, says they have recently issued a voluntary product recall from earlier this year for cannabis that tested positive for a disallowed product. Health Canada announced early last month the results of a new inspection and testing program, which included results from seven different sites: RedeCan, 7Acres, ...

Article by Patrick Cain, Global News Proposed rules limiting home marijuana growers to four plants, each no more than a metre tall, are “ridiculous,” a Colorado-based cannabis seed expert says. The Liberals’ Cannabis Act, introduced in April, bars people from growing more than four plants at a time for recreational use, no matter how small. But people growing plants from ...

Article by Nick Boisvert, CBC News Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health says the federal government should immediately decriminalize recreational pot possession in advance of upcoming legislation to legalize and regulate recreational cannabis. “A significant number of young Canadians will continue to obtain criminal charges before cannabis is legalized,” Dr. Eileen de Villa warns in the report, which will be reviewed ...

Article by Lift News Almost 7,000 people 25 years and under have been charged with cannabis possession in Canada between October 2015 and April 2017, according to numbers from the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, released today by the National Post. Of those 7000, 774 resulted in convictions. The article also notes that more than 8,300 Canadians over 25 years ...

Article by Caleb McMillan, Cannabis Life Network There is a reason the Liberals are waiting to legalize cannabis. An LP (licensed producer) bust is coming, and according to one financial investor, it’s “inevitable.” Liberal Legalization demands that all cannabis producers are federally licensed and regulated and the longer that takes, the better. So far, the only “legal” commercial cannabis producers ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News Quebec-based medical cannabis producer Hydropothecary has announced they are expanding their voluntary product recall from earlier this year to include 19 lots of cannabis products. Health Canada is considering this a Type III recall, or ‘not likely to cause any adverse health consequences’. The expanded recall is the result of what the company says ...

Article by Dana Larsen, Director of Sensible BC, the Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary and Overgrow Canada via Huffington Post Media coverage of Vancouver’s 4/20 protest festival is very different from that given to every other event in the city. While stories about festivals like Vaisakhi or the Pride Parade focus on the revenues generated by local businesses and the economic benefits ...

Article by Solomon Israel, CBC News Alexis Brenner’s life changed for the better when she discovered that cannabidiol, a compound contained in cannabis, helped her manage chronic pain from endometriosis and fibromyalgia. “CBD, once I found it, made a huge difference for my level of function,” she said. “It’s non-psychoactive, so I can be present and available and aware with ...

Article by CBC News Public Health Minister Lucie Charlebois will give Quebecers a better idea of what cannabis legalization will look this morning. Charlebois, who is also responsible for youth protection, is expected to detail guidelines for the sale of cannabis in Quebec in an announcement. The Trudeau government is working to make legalization a reality across Canada by July 1, 2018. It tabled legislation ...

Article by Emily Laurence, ABC News An active compound in cannabis plants, once isolated, could be used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia according to findings of a new study. Researchers at the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI) have been investigating what effect Cannabidiol has on the mental illness. Cognitive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia include social withdrawal and ...