‘Marijuana is the new Oxycontin’: Should we be concerned with how docs are learning about pot? The family physician was upset for a few reasons, including that drug reps were lining the pathway to the food area (meaning docs were forced to walk through sales booths...
TORONTO - Cannabis industry players welcomed the change in the Federal Budget to tax edibles, extracts, oils and concentrates based on the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol rather than weight, as it could ease pricing for some products and potentially boost product availability. However, licensed producers and a...
It was a few hours after the seniors’ luncheon on Tuesday that the symptoms began kicking in: dizziness; dry mouth; disorientation. For some, even nausea and vomiting. The feeling was unlike anything they had experienced before. At least eight headed to the local hospital near Parry...
Ottawa estimates roughly 10,000 Canadians will apply to get free pardons for their cannabis-possession convictions if the government passes a bill that gives redress to those left with criminal records from the decades of prohibition of the drug. Scott Bardsley, spokesman for the Public Safety Minister,...
N.W.T. man working to open cannabis processing facility; CBC examined what he's up against If Yellowknife's Jordan Harker is successful in his quest to get a licence to produce cannabis, he'll become one of the first people to enter the industry in the Northwest Territories, if...
NANAIMO, B.C. — Cannabis producer Tilray Inc. reported its fourth-quarter revenue surged by more than 200 per cent year-over year to US$15.5 million, but its net loss for the period also deepened. The Nanaimo, B.C.-based company said its net loss for the quarter ended Dec. 31,...
Edibles take longer to kick in than smoked cannabis — one reason why people sometimes take too much by accident. The effects also last longer. But there are chemical reasons why the high is often experienced differently, a B.C. cannabis breeder explains. Read More...
Cannabis legalization is making things more complex for auto insurers and increasing risk for some commercial property clients, A.M. Best Company Inc. suggests in a recent report. About 25 insurers, most of whom are non-admitted, provide coverage for cannabis risks in Canada and the United States,...
This month the federal government sent the first cannabis excise tax payments to the provinces. But almost none of the amounts was disclosed. That’s likely because the cheques were smaller than officials had expected. But perhaps it’s also because medical cannabis clients think the taxes...
Health Canada on March 8 sent a letter to all cannabis producers and cultivators, and for the first time warned them that having a pop-up window where a web visitor plugs in their age in order to access content “may be easily circumvented by youth.” That...