Article by Kevin McDonald, Capital News As the federal government’s spring goal for introducing legalized cannabis legislation grows nearer, interested parties continue to look to the country’s current medical access system for the drug to light the way. On March 9th, medical cannabis producer Aurora Cannabis Inc. announced it would be introducing new disclosure processes for test results. The change ...

Article by Aidan Geary, CBC News The Manitoba NDP has added its voice to a handful of critics with concerns about how the province’s proposed new cannabis legislation will affect medical users. NDP justice critic Andrew Swan argued on Thursday the proposed legislation ignores the needs of medical cannabis users in the province and requested the province consult with medical users ...

Article by Juris Graney, Edmonton Sun The province should reinvest all tax revenue from the sale of legal cannabis in Alberta into addiction and mental health services, an advocacy group says. Graduate student with the Student Advocates for Public Health, Sateen Werner, told a forum Wednesday that the legalization of cannabis and the new revenue stream had the potential to ...

Article by Mike Hager, The Globe and Mail A former Liberal cabinet minister who recently chaired a panel guiding Ottawa’s push to legalize cannabis says police everywhere should enforce the existing prohibition of marijuana, despite several communities in British Columbia choosing to regulate – not raid – illegal pot shops. Anne McLellan, head of an official task force that submitted ...

Article by Amanda Siebert, The Georgia Straight Long before she served as an expert witness in the landmark case that saw a federal judge rule that Canadians have a constitutional right to grow their own medical marijuana, it was the unexpected advice of a doctor that led Jamie Shaw to visit a compassion club for the first time. The lobbyist, ...

Article by James McClure, Civilized The U.S. government inched closer to recognizing marijuana as medicine earlier this month when a federal research organization changed its tune on cannabis. The National Institute on Drug Abuse – which controls cannabis research in America – offered a more progressive stance on medical marijuana in a recent update to its webpage. The title of ...

Written by Toronto Toker for Dankr.ca. In yet another day in court covering the fall out from Project Gator raids from 2 weeks ago, not much progress has been made. As the dust is still settling around the Cannabis Culture investigations the court cases haven’t quite commenced yet. As of March 23rd, the first case of Chris Goodwin’s alleged breach of ...

Article by Newswire.ca Tweed Inc. (“Tweed”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX: WEED) (“Canopy Growth” or “the Company”), is pleased to announce the licensing of additional facilities at its flagship Smiths Falls campus, including new grow rooms that will increase flowering space by 50 percent. “This phase of construction evolves our design and comes in on time and ...

Article by Ottawa Sun Ottawa police are warning the public about the dangers of illegal marijuana dispensaries after they seized an unlicensed, loaded handgun during raids targeting locally operated Magna Terra Health Services. Police did not reveal if the gun was found at one of the two Magna Terra dispensaries or at a private home, all of which were raided ...

Article by Lift For the first time, Lift and Canwest Productions are partnering to bring the Cannabis and Hemp Expo to multiple cities in Alberta this year. We’re co-hosting the full two-day cannabis consumer trade in Edmonton on April 1 and 2, and in Calgary on May 6 and 7. Each event will attract a variety of consumers and leading ...