A Saskatoon student is taking a medical marijuana complaint to the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission after his school wouldn't let him use it on its property. Michael Wileniec, 21, suffers from a rare bone condition called hereditary multiple exostoses. His body produces bone bumps...
The ability of people to fill medical marijuana prescriptions directly with a government-approved grower, rather than a pharmacist, creates difficulty for physicians trying to keep tabs on a patient, says the registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick. "We end up...
Turning medical marijuana into cookies, tea or oil should not be a criminal act that risks jail time, a B.C. lawyer told the Supreme Court of Canada Friday in the first ever hearing of its kind. Kirk Tousaw appeared before the country's top court...
Shawn Davey’s unsteady gait — supported by a five-foot-tall, rough-hewn walking stick — comes as the result of a motor-vehicle crash 15 years ago. It left him with numbness on one side of his body, constant pain and a brain injury that has affected his...
With a federal election on the horizon, voters and politicians across Canada are speaking up on what’s sure to be a hot-button issue this election: the decriminalization or legalization of marijuana. The issue is complicated and has its roots in legislation dating back nearly...
Saskatoon high school student Michael Wileniec says high-grade medical marijuana is the only drug that eases his chronic pain. Wileniec has hereditary multiple exostoses, a condition that locates in his joints and pinches his nerves, causing a pain that he equates with stepping on...
New Brunswick's first medical marijuana vapour room has opened in Oromocto, just down the road from 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown. Marijuana For Trauma Inc. has expanded its Restigouche Road facility to include the new room, saying it is a necessary support for...
Two city employees have been suspended after bringing pot brownies to work, making a co-worker ill after he unknowingly ate one. City of Hamilton public works head Gerry Davis confirmed that an investigation is underway, and says determining what happened is a high priority....
Most conversation between two lawyers that include the word “marijuana†also involve other words such as “chargesâ€, “defendant†and “sentencingâ€. But when Hugo Alves, a partner at Bennett Jones – one of Canada’s largest corporate law firms – chats about the drug with his...
A timeline of some significant events in the history of marijuana in Canada: 1922: Pioneering feminist Emily Murphy publishes an inflammatory book, The Black Candle. She claims marijuana turns its users into homicidal maniacs. 1923: Cannabis is added to the Schedule of the...