Article by David Wilson, Growth Op Airports are tricky places. Consider that a disposable lighter in carry-on is good to go, but a standard-sized mouthwash bottle will have to hang back in cargo. In the Great White North, ice skates are fine and dandy, but a can of Static Guard? Perish the thought. Cannabis, it seems, is no more immune to the quirks ...

Article by Nick Westoll and Travis Dhanraj, Global News As part of a road safety cannabis education campaign, the Ontario government has paid for quizzes to appear on BuzzFeed in an effort to “[capture] the attention of young drivers.” To date, two quizzes have been posted on the popular entertainment website. Each quiz indicates it’s a “paid post” and lists the brand publisher as the Government of Ontario, ...

Article by Peter Edwards, Toronto Star Organized criminals in the GTA are exploiting loopholes in Canada’s medical marijuana licensing laws to create massive grow-ops which finance widespread drug operations, York police said after charging 60 people and allegedly seizing more than $45-million in drugs. The arrests came out of two parallel York police investigations — dubbed Projects “Zen” and “Moon” ...

Article by Erik Tanner, Now Toronto Just as the cat came back the next day, so too have the four unlicensed CAFE (Cannabis and Fine Edibles) cannabis shops shut down by the city in recent weeks. The city has tried unsuccessfully multiple times, together with 70 provincial bylaw charges, to close the shops down permanently, issuing closure orders, installing giant concrete slabs ...

Article by Brendan Bures, The Fresh Toast via Windsor Star Something about anti-marijuana ads just makes us giggle. Portraying people inebriated by cannabis in an exaggerated manner inherently leads to goofy characterizations and metaphors. Even as a teenager, watching those Above the Influence commercials on TV didn’t teach me anything. Instead, I just laughed at the preposterous notion that smoking weed ...

Article by Travis Cesarone, Cannabis Life Network If you wanted to know how to grow cannabis in Canada, look no more. This guide will take you through everything from seeds, plants, and what’s legal. What does the law say? Cannabis Act – “Subsection 12: Production, cultivation, propagation and harvesting — 18 years of age or older (4) Unless authorized under this Act, it is ...

Article by Emma Stone, Weedmaps Decades of prohibition have stunted scientific research into cannabis growth and production, but as legalization spreads, horticultural experts are again studying cannabis. Some are exploring how to optimize growing conditions to exploit the medicinal potential of cannabis. A study published in the May 2019 issue of HortScience, a publication of the American Society for Horticultural Science, ...

Article by Wiley via Science Daily A new Addiction Biology study provides the first evidence of a blunted response to stress-induced dopamine signaling in the brain’s prefrontal cortex in individuals at high risk for psychosis who regularly used cannabis. Little is known about the effects of cannabis on brain neurochemistry, and specifically about its impact on dopamine signaling. Of note, a recent ...

Article by Mark Taylor, WeedMaps A new study deciphers for the first time the cannabis plant’s biological blueprint for producing two molecules thought to have anti-inflammatory properties, a discovery that could pave the way for expanded use of cannabis as medicine. That study, which is published in the August 2019 issue of the journal Phytochemistry delineates for the first time the biosynthesis pathway ...

Article by Randi Druzin, Leafly If you had visited Oregon three years ago, you would have had to pay $10 USD or more for a gram of cannabis. Six months ago, it would have cost you less than half that. An oversupply of cannabis in the state led to the dramatic price drop, which spurred its lawmakers into action. They recently ...