As the federal government prepares to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, an Ontario judge has ruled that cannabis-induced psychosis led a man to a seemingly hate-filled attack on a family, in what appears to be the first case of its kind in Canadian criminal...
Fake marijuana likely contaminated with rat poison has killed three people in Illinois and caused severe bleeding in more than 100 others, including a few in four other states. Read More. ...
Cannabis retailers will be prohibited from suggesting their products are therapeutic or medicinal in their branding, under a proposed update to the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Act. Read More. ...
In a down-and-out Canadian town, Bruce Linton dreamed of transforming an abandoned Hershey Co. chocolate plant into the Next Big Thing, a medical marijuana factory. But the pot entrepreneur faced a crisis typical of his edgy industry: Banks shut their doors in his face. Read More. ...
Mounting evidence shows ‘cannabinoids’ in marijuana slow cancer growth, inhibit formation of new blood cells that feed a tumor, and help manage pain, fatigue, nausea, and other side effects. Read More. ...
Can legalizing marijuana fight the problem of opioid addiction and fatal overdoses? Two new studies in the debate suggest it may. Read More. ...
OTTAWA -- Medical marijuana patients are bracing for an uphill battle in their bid to convince the federal government to exempt medicinal cannabis from excise taxes. Read More. ...
The SAQ's employee union believes that the Crown corporation is unnecessarily duplicating its structure to market cannabis. Read More. ...
When federal legislation passes, allowing the sale and use of recreational cannabis, newly proposed amendments to the Smoke-Free Places Act are set to limit where the drug can be consumed. Read More. ...
Royal Bank of Canada is slowly opening the door to funding marijuana companies but still isn’t ready to fully jump into the nascent sector, an executive of the country’s largest bank by market capitalization said Wednesday. Read More. ...