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Delta approves its first medical marijuana facility

Delta council has given conditional approval to an industrial-scale medical marijuana grow operation, the first of its kind to be approved under Delta's new stringent zoning regulations. The approval of the application by International Herbs Medical Marijuana Ltd. was granted following a public hearing...

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It’s time to start using the M-word

In many ways, Marion Albaum of Toronto, 38, is your typical Canadian mom. She cheers at her son’s minor league hockey games and creates brightly coloured cakes for her daughter’s sleepover parties. Photos of anniversary dinners and birthdays plaster her Facebook page. Not pictured are...

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Canadians Talk: Should Canada legalize marijuana?

“These drugs are illegal because of the harmful effect they have on users and on society. We will continue protecting the interests of families across this country,” wrote Minister of Justice and Attorney General Peter MacKay’s spokesperson Paloma Aguilar in an email to Global News...

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Medical marijuana warnings issued to N.L. doctors

The body that regulates physicians in this province is concerned new medical marijuana regulations will cause problems for doctors. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador said doctors should be very careful about processing marijuana, and warns they should refrain from...

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Why seniors are flocking to medical marijuana

Imagining your grandmother smoking a joint might make you giggle. But the reality is that many senior citizens are discovering the medical powers of marijuana. According to data released by Health Canada in December 2012, 13,362 seniors in B.C. alone are licensed to possess...

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How does a patient navigate the MMAR and MMPR?

When Health Canada announced their new medical cannabis program in June 2013, both the old program, the Medical Marihuana Access Regulations (MMAR), and the new program, the Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR), were to operate concurrently until a supposed deadline of April 1, 2014....

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Marijuana was criminalized in 1923, but why?

Pot activists in Canada and elsewhere took part Sunday in what was billed as a "Global Marijuana March." In this country, they were calling for the decriminalization of marijuana. They might also have asked why it became illegal in the first place. That...

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