Article by ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE On Sept. 27, 2020, members of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an industrial building located at 16567 Highway 12 in the Town of Midland after receiving a call from a concerned citizen who observed suspicious activity with the belief that the complex was abandoned. Upon arriving, officers ...

Article by Rafferty Baker, CBC New A new study by researchers with the B.C. Centre on Substance Use has found cannabis may reduce the risk of exposure to dangerous fentanyl in street drugs among people receiving treatment for opioid use disorder. The findings are set to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The study included 819 people receiving ...

Article by Tanya Mok, BlogTO Cannabis stores in Toronto increased exponentially during 2020. It’s no secret that the city has lost scores of restaurants and bars since the onset of the pandemic, but when it comes to weed stores, there’s no shortage — especially in specific clusters of the downtown core. It’s hard to keep track of them all, especially with so many more authorized ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op Unifor has announced that it has entered into a long-term partnership with Aleafia Health in an effort to secure medical cannabis coverage for its members. Unifor will work with its membership to include medical cannabis coverage in collective bargaining agreements while Aleafia will provide access to its medical cannabis products, education and physician-led consultations, ...

Article by Tara Deschamps, Global News Ontario’s legal cannabis industry is gaining ground in its fight against the illicit market, but the progress likely won’t last long because of COVID-19 lockdowns. The Ontario Cannabis Store said Thursday that between the start of July and end of September the legal industry controlled slightly more than 36 per cent of the recreational market, up ...

Article by Marijuana Business Daily Canadian adult-use marijuana sales reached 270 million Canadian dollars ($211.7 million) in October, as the pace of monthly sales growth accelerated to 5.1%. The monthly sales figures imply an annual run rate of roughly CA$3.24 billion for Canada’s recreational cannabis sector. Statistics Canada’s last retail sales data release of 2020 continued Canada’s mostly upward sequential ...

Article by Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily Canadian producer Aurora Cannabis has an agreement in principle to sell at least two cultivation facilities in Canada that were closed earlier this year, Marijuana Business Daily has learned. The two buildings – one in Saskatchewan and another in Alberta – are valued on paper at 12 million Canadian dollars ($9.4 million). It is unclear ...

Article by Shariq Khan, Vishwadha Chander, and Steve Scherer, Global News Canadian health regulator on Thursday raised concerns about the large quantity of medical marijuana people were growing at home, after its data showed a significant jump in daily average production permitted by health care practitioners. While the practitioners can allow registered patients to grow limited amounts at home for ...

Article by John Mcfadden, Parry Sound North Star The long-awaited cannabis store in the Shawanaga First Nation will open in the new year. That is according to Shawanaga Band Manager Adam Good. He said everything is moving forward as planned, adding the store has a manager and an official name. “We do have our name that we are going with ...

Article by Karhlyle Fletcher, The Fresh Toast via Growth Op For millions of Americans, and for people in general, cirrhosis is either a problem or a threat. The most common causes of this condition are hepatitis and chronic alcoholism, which are of great concern throughout the world. However, while cirrhosis may be irreversible, it is certainly treatable. Post legalization, cannabis ...