Category: Business

American Weed: Mile High Showdown

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire! Find out what happens when a small town must decide whether or not to legalize a budding industry. Rocky Mountain Medicine special episode. Featuring the stories of the Cop, the Patient, and the Grower, in a potentially billion dollar industry. […]

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CHAMPS EXPO John Conroy closing remarks

RAW FOOTAGE Full closing remarks on by John Conroy, QC, President of NORML Canada during CHAMPS Canada expo, May 25th 2014. MMAR DPL/PPL Coalition Against Repeal ‘Vote for legalization in 2015’ Special thanks to CHAMPS Canada expo // Erb4herb // NORML Canada

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CHAMPS EXPO MMAR Coalition Against Repeal

Dopechef hears from Justin of the Coalition Against Repeal, fighting for the right to grow for all sick patients with a federal court challenge on the go. Topics include support MMAR Colition, medical marihuana, home grows, licensed producers, court challenge fundraiser, save our gardens, the […]

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Matt Mernagh does CHAMPS EXPO

May 25th 2014 | The Cannabis Champion takes a walk across the trade show floor during the inaugural CHAMPS Canada Expo, enjoy 25 minutes of high society at Canada’s premiere cannabis convention CLICK IMAGE FOR LARGER VIEW  Featuring appearances by Thaddeus of Med Man Brands, […]

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The High Five does the Champs Expo

CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW  The glamorous green haired girls known as the High Five appeared at the Champs Canada expo May 24-25th 2014 at the Metro Convention Centre in downtown Toronto. The ladies were selling stickers and giving away samples of delicious snacks. Look out […]

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Pot TV live Champs Expo special at Vapor Central

Friday May 23rd 2014 POT TV broadcasts Cannabis Culture News live from Vapor Central in downtown Toronto during the CHAMPS EXPO hosted by Cannabis Culture editor Jeremiah Vandermeer and featuring couch side interviews with Erin Goodwin, Jodie Emery, Dana Larsen, Amy Anonymous, and Enrico Bouchard […]

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Inside the Cannabis Factory

New federal regulations in Canada make way for the large-scale legal production of marijuana. Video profile of Tweed Inc. producing medical marijuana in Smith Falls, Ontario, interviews with President of Tweed, Chuck Rifici, and Mayor of Smith Falls, Dennis Staples. Tweed: One Hershey Drive Video source […]

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Step by step: Processing medical marijuana

Below are excerpts from the Ottawa Citizen posting by James Bagnall ‘From high-tech to pot: the business that might be the next big thing’  showcasing the step-by-step process of Tweed Marijuana inc. Tweed lists 23 marijuana variants in its online store, although the company expects to […]

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Conversation with a former marijuana smuggler

Brian O’dea smuggled 75 tonnes of marijuana into the United States during the 1970’s and 1980’s. After struggling with an addiction to cocaine he decided to get out of the drug trade. Three years later the DEA arrested him and Brian was sentenced to 10 […]

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CHAMPS expo releases Conference Schedule

UPDATE: According to the NORML.ca website the Champs Conference will take place on Saturday May 24 – and Sunday the 25, 2014: NORML Canada’s National Conference May 24 – 25, 2014 • Metro Toronto Convention Centre Map & Directions The conference will feature panels on the […]

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B.C.’s former top cop now advising legal grow-ops

B.C.’s former top cop Kash Heed a medical marijuana grow-op consultant By Emily Jackson Metro Contributed/Kash HeedA file photo of Kash Heed from his days as police chief in West Vancouver. The man responsible for shutting down hundreds of marijuana grow-ops in Vancouver and arresting record numbers […]

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Marijuana legalization forecast in 1985

Legalization of Marijuana Right on Schedule Posted on May 8, 2014 by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I know someone who attended your 1985 Conference in Princeton. He said you illustrated the huge volatility, and forecast there would be the Crash in 1987 and 1989. He said you forecast […]

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Canada’s Best (and Only) Weed Vending Machine

Hanging Out and Blazing at Canada’s Best (and Only) Weed Vending Machine Some of the products available in the weed vending machine. All photos by the author Twenty minutes after I met Andy Bishop, a self-described “cosmic country” musician in Vancouver, British Columbia, I watched […]

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Dixie Elixirs & Edibles

Meet Dixie Elixirs’ Willy Wonka Of Weed Legalized marijuana has been good for Tripp Keber’s company, which makes everything from marijuana soda to pot brownies. By Vivek Kemp Tripp Keber wears a pinstripe suit. He used to work on Capitol Hill. And he knows how […]

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Treating kids and elderly with cannabis in Israel

CNBC Investigations presents… Cannabis for kids: Israel pioneers pediatric pot Dina Gusovsky | @DinaGusovsky Tuesday, 29 Apr 2014 | 12:54 PM ET CNBC.com Treating kids and elderly with cannabis in Israel Tuesday, 29 Apr 2014 | 11:00 AM ET Twenty years ago, Israeli scientist Raphael Mechoulam […]

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Health Canada orders Purple Kush recall

Don’t smoke the Purple Kush: medical marijuana recalled By Trevor Greenway Justin TangA man smokes a joint at the Fill the Hill marijuana rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sunday, April 20, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang A medical marijuana production facility in British Columbia […]

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Former Health Minister to open pot farm

A politician, a cop and a pharmacist walk into a pot farm … It’s no joke: Ex-health minister George Smitherman, a retired deputy chief and a Markham druggist are applying to open a medical marijuana facility in Durham Region. RENE JOHNSTON / TORONTO STAR FILE […]

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Is Pot Pizza Coming To Toronto?

Mega Ill pizza is taking pot pies to a whole new level! Video source PressForTruth.ca This guy is planning to bring marijuana-topped pizzas to Toronto The guy pictured above is Mark Klokeid, better known in some circles as Mr. Weed Guy: medical-marijuana user, self-described “life-living expert” […]

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Happy vapour trails in Toronto

Happy vapour trails In a city where so much fun is regulated, pot-smoking lounges cautiously test legal limits By BENJAMIN BOLES “Hang on – I don’t understand. Isn’t weed still illegal here?” The visiting Australian soul singer is astonished as I try to explain the concept […]

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First TV Commercial for Medical Weed

First Marijuana Commercial Debuts on Major Network produced by MarijuanaDoctors.com, the only service that connects patients with physicians for medical marijuana recommendations. Visit www.MarijuanaDoctors.com to book your appointment or call 1-866-996-9333 Watch: Your First Weed TV Commercial is Here BY SCOTT CHRISTIAN Oh how drug commercials […]

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New marijuana laws set stage for growth

Canada’s new marijuana laws set stage for growth By Will Connors Bloomberg Marijuana buds and one hundred Canadian bank notes ($C100) are arranged for a photograph in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For 11 years, Brent Zettl and Prairie Plant Systems Inc. cornered the market for government-approved […]

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CHAMPS is coming to Toronto

Wondering if Treating Yourself Expo is happening this year? Well have no fear, CHAMPS will be here. In Toronto on May 23rd-24th-25th 2014 at Metro Toronto Convention Centre the event will include the 5th annual Treating Yourself Cup, more info at Champsca.com Join CHAMPS in Canada for […]

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DEA: Mexican Cartels taking over legal states

DEA: Mexican Cartels Move into Colorado, Washington BY BILL WEINBERG · MON APR 07, 2014 Drug Enforcement Administration chief Michele Leonhart, in testimony before a House Appropriations subcommittee April 2, went on the offensive against the cannabis legalization initiatives in Washington state and Colorado. “What was explained to […]

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Tweed’s first weed seized by RCMP

Canada’s first publicly traded marijuana company has rough first day when pot shipment seized by RCMP Douglas Quan , Postmedia News | April 4, 2014 7:57 PM ET Tweed, based in a former chocolate factory in Smiths Falls, Ontario, said Friday it purchased more than 60 new strains of […]

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