British Columbians are taking a keen interest in a petition that asks for the Canadian government to fully repeal the prohibition of marijuana. Of 12,549 signatures gathered so far, residents of B.C. account for 5,133 of them. That’s 41 percent, whereas B.C. accounts for roughly 13 percent of the country’s...

SEATTLE, WA / ACCESSWIRE / February 5, 2016 / Canada already has about 40,000 medical cannabis patients in a market worth between $80 and $100 million, but if recreational marijuana becomes legal, the market could be worth upwards of $5 billion, according to Dundee Capital Markets analyst Aaron Salz. With Justin...

Canada’s producers of medical marijuana are sitting on a seven-tonne stash of weed, with the inventory steadily growing as supply exceeds demand in the legal system, according to the most recent Health Canada numbers. Health Canada is currently studying 401 new applications for licences to produce cannabis for...

January 26, 2016 Unlicensed medical marijuana sellers must still pay tax, appeal court rules By MIKE HAGER Federal Court of Appeal ruling reasserts Ottawa’s right to collect sales taxes on any and all pot that is sold Canadians selling medical marijuana outside the licensed mail-order system must still watch out for...

Since it’s 2016, Canadian marijuana policy is about to change. Yesterday’s users were delinquent outsiders. They apparently acted as criminal, conspiratorial spys, students and single mothers. They were immoral, indictable and illegal sitting targets. Tomorrow they will become moral, politically correct and...

VANCOUVER – Issues from increased funding to marijuana will be on the table when the provincial and territorial health ministers meet with their federal counterpart today in Vancouver. The ministers say they’ll be asking Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott to boost Ottawa’s share of health spending to at...

Strict federal regulations ensure their products are safe, of a reliable potency, and grown in a sterile environment, explains an infographic recently published by one of those licensed producers (LPs). But as the Straight reported last year and, again, last week(January 14), companies authorized under the Marihuana...

I’m the only person I know who flunked a medical marijuana test. Now all my friends are laughing at me. A while back, I tried some pot in Colorado, for therapeutic purposes. I liked the result. It did wonders for my disposition, and also for my sleep. So I decided to apply for a medical prescription in Canada. I...

In 2015 Justin Trudeau was elected Prime Minister of Canada, which was considered by many to be the top marijuana reform moment of the year. Justin Trudeau campaigned on a pro-marijuana legalization platform, and stated during his campaign that if he were elected, he would get to work on legalization as soon as he...

Legalizing marijuana will come with strict controls, MP Bill Blair says Liberal MP Bill Blair wants to make it clear the growth and sale of legal marijuana in Canada will not be a free-for-all. In an interview, the chief architect of the country’s new marijuana regime frequently used such words as “control” and...