While some have questioned the legality of municipalities like Vancouver and Victoria regulating illegal marijuana dispensaries, there is already a precedent in place for the issuing of business licenses and ‘regulation’ or at least allowance of illegal practices in various Canadian cities. When it comes to...

Of all of the promises the Liberals made in the lead-up to last year’s election, one would have thought that legalizing marijuana would be an easy one to keep, as it would be pretty easy to do. The basis for marijuana’s illegality in Canada is its inclusion in several schedules of the Controlled Drugs and...

Most modern medicine was created from natural sources, but over years Big Pharma has created Frankenstine versions by mixing different chemicals and not worrying about the side effects. We need to get back to treating disease naturally, and this is a step in the right direction! If you know any female cannabis users,...

“Marijuana that has been “”manicured”” to remove seeds and stems is kept in barrels in a temperature-controlled vault at the Ol’ Miss facility.” JERUSALEM (CNNMoney) — Israel’s fast-growing cannabis industry has high hopes for a new market — exports of medical marijuana to America. The country is already a leading...

The last time the Liberals proposed decriminalizing marijuana, we faced the real prospect of being penalized by our neighbours to the south. Now it seems as though our American friends have a burgeoning legal marijuana market of their own. Recent figures show that cannabis sales in Colorado alone (which legalized the...

Canada’s medical marijuana growers say a jump in the number of illegal marijuana dispensaries as the federal government decides how to regulate the drug is costing them customers. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised during last year’s election campaign that his Liberals would legalize recreational marijuana,...

Employees trim away leaves from marijuana plants to be packaged and sold at a dispensary in Colorado. As Canada moves towards legalization, what can it learn from those jurisdictions that have already made the change? As the federal Liberals map out their plan for legalizing marijuana, they can look at how — and how...

The feds might want to make the bold move to invite dispensaries to the table to participate in the future shaping of a national cannabis strategy. As Canada creeps closer to legal weed, those accessing marijuana for medical purposes are still lost in a maze of rules, regulations and misinformation. Health Canada’s...

Don Briere was once convicted and sent to prison for running British Columbia’s largest network of marijuana grow ops. So on Wednesday, when a Canadian judge ruled that the ban on growing medicinal marijuana at home was unconstitutional, Briere was elated. “The personal production license people are all dancing in the...

NDP Leader Calls For Immediate Decriminalization of Marijuana CANNABIS CULTURE – NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair called on the Canadian government today to immediately decriminalize possession of marijuana. “I think we owe it to ourselves to be clear on this to make sure nobody ever again in Canada gets a criminal...