Victoria councillors urge B.C. to develop licensed marijuana lounges
The province should develop a licensing regime to allow for designated cannabis-consumption lounges when marijuana becomes legal next year, say Victoria councillors. Read More...
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How parents can explain and educate kids on legal pot
A once-prohibited vice and one of the targets of the "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign of the 1980s, marijuana is set to become legal in Canada next summer — so it's high time to talk to your kids about it. Read More ...
Private stores will sell pot in Manitoba while province will control distribution
Manitoba has unveiled a "hybrid model" for selling pot in the province when recreational marijuana use becomes legal next July. Read More...
Legalizing marijuana: Rules must consider workplace safety, say B.C. business groups
VANCOUVER — New rules for legalized marijuana need to consider the impact on workplaces and clarify the rights of both employers and employees, say some business groups. Read More...
Cannabis activists prepare to fight for changes to evolving legalization laws
Cannabis activists say that while they've succeeded in helping to push for marijuana legalization across the country, their work is far from over. Read More...
Alberta NDP to introduce cannabis legislation in fall sitting
Alberta will introduce legislation laying out its plan for cannabis legalization, and also make a final call on whether storefront sales will be managed by government monopoly or private interests, before the end of the year. Read More...
Marijuana users have about 20 per cent more sex
Where there is smoke, there tends to be fire, say medical researchers who conducted research indicating frequent marijuana users have about 20 per cent more sex than those who don't smoke pot. Read More...
Alberta Party says public cannabis stores too pricey for a debt-laden province
The Alberta Party says a network of publicly owned cannabis stores will cost at least $168 million, a price it says is too steep to pay when the private sector is lined up to serve the market when recreational marijuana is legalized next year. Read More...
Airport screeners relaxing handling of passengers with medical marijuana
OTTAWA — Travellers who are prescribed marijuana for medical reasons have fewer hurdles to clear at airport screening points due to a change in policy by the agency responsible for security. Read More...
Government looking at July 2019 as ‘window’ for rules on edible cannabis
Canada's health minister says pilot projects have begun on roadside police testing for marijuana, and the plan is to have rules in place for edible cannabis around July 2019. Read More...