Earlier this year, the legislative framework surrounding the provision of medical marijuana in Canada underwent significant change. On April 1, 2014, for-profit corporations who have been granted license by the government assumed responsibility for growing and dispensing prescribed medical marijuana. Physicians, who are charged...
In a few weeks, ​Canadian cannabis patients will find it harder than ever to get information about their medicine. Last month, Health Canada (the federal government's public health agency) sent a letter to 16 licensed pot producers saying they can't display photos of...
The pungent smell of marijuana has always been controversial among apartment dwellers, but the advent of lawfully provided medical marijuana has added a whole new dimension to the debate. Landlords and tenants may think it’s OK to require recreational users to step outside when...
Uruguay is a small country trying a big experiment. The country of 3.3 million people, tucked between Brazil and Argentina, has legalized marijuana, a variation of the policy rather loosely articulated by Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in Canada. Uruguay’s decision to legalize pot...
Marijuana and memory are connected in a number of ways. It’s no secret that marijuana can affect a person’s memory. In today’s society, the stereotypical marijuana user is often perceived as someone who is forgetful and absent-minded. But what does science say, and...
While extracts and edibles and the associated court cases have been a popular topic lately, extracts aren’t the only complaint tied to problems with a medical program which offers only dried cannabis to patients. The lack of availability of raw cannabis under the MMPR,...
The Health Canada-funded Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse is calling for a broad review of marijuana policy, including a closer look at the impact of legalization south of the border in Colorado and Washington. The centre says there is “momentum for policy change†when...
Marijuana activists in other parts of the country are voicing their support for the owners of a Halifax medical marijuana lounge that police raided on Friday. Farm Assists on Gottigen Street, Halifax's first medical marijuana lounge, was set up for licensed users to inhale...
MONTREAL — Liberal Party of Canada CFO Chuck Rifici has become a multimillionaire in just a few months thanks to his stock-traded medical marijuana company, QMI Agency has learned. Documents show Rifici's initial investment in Tweed Marijuana Inc. has so far sprouted into an...
Regulating marijuana is 'the way to protect our young people,' says Charlottetown MP and Liberal justice critic Sean Casey. Casey has been given the Liberal Party's file on its plans to legalize marijuana. He sent an email in support of the change to thousands of...