Article by Mike Okada, Cannabis Life Network Medicinal cannabis stands out from other medications because cannabis is used both medicinally and recreationally, and with recreational cannabis set to be legalized later this year, this creates a challenging regulatory environment where the government needs to balance the rights of medicinal and recreational users. The big question: Are medicinal cannabis patients being ...

Article by Kate Robertson, Lift News As Calgary gears up to ban public cannabis consumption entirely and Charlottetown plans to create designated consumption areas, some strangers in New York have gone viral joyfully passing a joint around a subway car. A commuter captured the scene and tweeted it out on April 1, explaining that at first she was annoyed by the lit joint. “Everybody’s ...

Article by Dale Carruthers, London Free Press Illegal pot shops popping up in Indigenous communities, including at least two in Southwestern Ontario, pose a new challenge to police ahead of the government’s plan to start selling recreational marijuana, one industry watcher says. Police forces have been engaged in a whack-a-mole style battle with cannabis dispensaries that have proliferated in cities ...

Article by Aphria Leamington and Toronto, Ontario – March 23, 2018 – Aphria Inc. (“Aphria“) (TSX:APH and US OTC: APHQF) and Nuuvera Inc. (“Nuuvera“) (TSXV:NUU) are pleased to announce that they have completed the previously announced arrangement (the “Arrangement“) under the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), pursuant to which, among other things, Aphria has acquired all of the common shares of Nuuvera ...

Article by Max Schindler, Jerusalem Post Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a Likud party faction meeting on Monday that the country’s law enforcement and the Public Security Ministry oppose a plan to export medical marijuana, according to a meeting attendee. Israel has already granted licenses to a handful of cannabis growers and manufacturers, but exports are stalled over a multi-million-shekel ...

Article by Solomon Israel, The Leaf News Seven members of the Senate of Canada walk into a giant marijuana grow-op. Not long after, the senators and their staff have seen almost all there is to see at the headquarters of Canopy Growth Corp. in this southeastern Ontario town, just an hour’s drive from Ottawa. They saw the parking lot packed with ...

Article by Mick Akers, Las Vegas Sun If someone purchases legal weed in Las Vegas and has it with him upon arriving to McCarran International Airport, there is now a legal way to dispose of the drug before entering the premises. The first 13 of a planned 20 marijuana amnesty drop boxes were installed Friday, with 10 bins outside of McCarran ...

Article by Jane Switzer, Lift News Green bud, grey area: Medical cannabis consumers buy products directly from licensed producers, but they must pay for it out of pocket – sometimes to the tune of hundreds of dollars a month. Medical cannabis generally isn’t covered by third-party health insurance plans because it doesn’t have a drug identification number (DIN), a regulatory ...

Article by Daniel LeBlanc, The Globe and Mail Ottawa is acknowledging for the first time that legal recreational marijuana will not be for sale until August or September. The federal government initially promised to legalize cannabis before July 1, before giving itself until the end of July. Bill C-45 makes it clear that cannabis will become legal at a date ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen An Ottawa judge has discharged drug-trafficking charges against a young clerk who worked at a marijuana dispensary but said she didn’t realize the business was illegal. The woman was only 21, had no criminal record, has accepted responsibility and expressed remorse, and is at low risk of re-offending, said Justice Norman Boxall in his sentencing ...