Article by Mike Vlasveld, Ottawa Matters Three men are facing charges after a massive illegal cigarette and marijuana bust in Glen Robertson, east of Alexandria. After a number of months investigating, the Cornwall Regional Task Force (CRTF) intercepted a delivery of illegal tobacco in Alexandria and executed a search warrant in Glen Robertson on September 4. This operation led to ...

Article by Patrick Cain, Global News Online grey market cannabis sellers are competing with the legal market by undercutting it and offering deep volume discounts, data released by Statistics Canada shows. Sellers in the legal market ask about $10 a gram, on average, and rarely offer discounts of any kind. StatsCan’s survey of grey-market mail-order marijuana sites showed that very small purchases, under two ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen Two winners of Ontario’s latest cannabis shop lottery want to ditch their suburban Ottawa locations and open stores in Hintonburg and the ByWard Market instead. The location changes haven’t been approved yet by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, said a spokesperson for the agency that regulates the privately owned cannabis shops. However, ...

Article by Alana Armstrong, London Free Press The Blueberry name is sprinkled throughout the strain lexicon, but what is the true blue? Such a wholesome name reminds many of foraging for wild berries, warmed by the rays of the sun, to gather these tart, juicy and sweet bits of joy. The taste promise is matched by the smell of soft, ...

Article by CityNews Statistics Canada says the average cost of a gram of cannabis fell 6.4 per cent in the third quarter as the legal price fell for the first time, but illicit weed continued to be cheaper. The government agency says the overall average price of cannabis fell to $7.37 per gram compared with $7.87 per gram in the ...

Article by Matthew Van Dongen, Hamilton Spectator via Toronto.com An illegal pot shop crackdown that cost Hamilton police $600,000 has so far resulted in court fines that are mostly less than $500 per convicted person. A new report going to Hamilton’s police oversight board says it cost $602,000 to close, and in some cases seize, 53 illegal dispensaries since October ...

Article by Kristine Owram, Bloomberg News Canadian pot smokers are finally getting some price relief almost a year after the country legalized recreational use. But it’s still a lot cheaper to get the drug from illegal dealers. A gram of cannabis purchased from government-sanctioned sellers cost $10.23 in the third quarter, down 3.9 per cent from the prior three-month period, ...

Article by Evan Duggan, Vancouver Sun Nearly a year has passed since the Canadian government legalized recreational cannabis cultivation and consumption. Zoocasa, the Toronto-based real estate brokerage house, surveyed more than 1,300 Canadians between Sept. 17 and 29, 2019, to learn how Canadians’ opinions have evolved since the law changed on Oct. 17, 2018. The survey follows up on an initial poll ...

Article by Jared Lindzon, Globe and Mail The role: Now that cannabis prohibition has come to an end, Canadians are able to purchase recreational marijuana legally, although there are still gaps in most consumers’ understanding of the product. Those employed by licensed legal cannabis retailers to educate consumers and assist in their purchase of marijuana products are known as “budtenders.” ...

Article by Kimberly Lawson, Marijuana Moment When chronic pain patients participated in a program to reduce their use of opioids with medical marijuana, a quarter of them completely stopped taking opioid medications within half a year, a new pilot study reports. “After 6 months, 156 patients (26%) had ceased taking opioids,” the paper states. “An additional 329 patients (55%) had reduced ...