Medical marijuana producer could soon be on TSX A group of Ottawa technology executives has made a bid to take prospective medical marijuana producer Tweed Inc. public. Tweed Inc. made headlines last year when it revealed it was buying the former Hershey’s plant in Smiths […]
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Marijuana: So Evil, the U.S. Gov’t Owns the Patent “Cannabinoids as Antioxidants and Neuroprotectants” Melissa Melton // Activist Post // Sunday, January 5, 2014On January 1st, Colorado became the first state in the nation to legally sell marijuana for recreational purposes.Hoax stories tell of blood raining in the streets […]
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TOMORROW, I’M GOING TO BUY LEGAL WEED By David Bienenstock Elan Nelson, a cannabis industry consultant, looks over Medicine Man’s cannabis inventory in anticipation of a high-volume sales day. Weed has already been legal in Colorado and Washington state for more than a year, only […]
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Ottawa plans $11.5 million program to warn youth of dangers of pot while Liberals shoot back with their own ads Peter O’Neil, Postmedia News | December 19, 2013 | Last Updated: Dec 19 9:03 AM ET THE CANADIAN PRESS/Pawel Dwulit A demonstrator smokes a marijuana joint on Parliament Hill in […]
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Denver Council Makes Move To Decriminalize Marijuana For Minors December 16, 2013 9:44 PM (credit: CBS) DENVER (CBS4) – The Denver City Council has made a move to try and make sure minors who are caught with pot aren’t punished too harshly. A law voters passed […]
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‘Stop lying’: Uruguay president chides UN official over marijuana law Published time: December 14, 2013 23:33 // Edited time: December 15, 2013 12:38 Uruguayan President Jose Mujica (AFP Photo / Miguel Rojo) Uruguay’s president has accused the head of the UN’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) […]
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Announcing the highly anticipated next documentary from the filmmakers of the acclaimed documentary ‘The Union: The Business Behind Getting High’ filmmaker Adam Scorgie and Phase 4 Films and Eagle Entertainment with broadcaster support from Super Channel & Hollywood Suites present ‘THE CULTURE HIGH’ Movie coming soon… 2014 This is the trailer for The Culture High‘s […]
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Hollywood writer/director/celebrity Kevin Smith became a massive weed smoker at 38 years old, but made a deal with himself to be a productive stoner. Smith explains how smoking weed, wake-and-baking, day and night toking is the secret to his successful time management routine. Interviewed by […]
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In a historic moment the nation of Uruguay became the first country on Earth to legalize and regulate the sale and distribution of marijuana for adult citizens. The movement ‘Legalizar Uruguay 2013’ was supported by the President Jose Mujica and the Broad Front majority, with funding from billionaire […]
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Cannabis Science is a research foundation dedicated to cannabinoid-based therapies for the treatment of medical conditions, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and lead by President Dr. Robert Melamede Ph.D., tenured professor and former chairman of the Biology department at the University of Colorado in Colorado […]
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Medical marijuana use without safety proof worries doctors Doctors being asked to prescribe cannabis without rigorous testing, CMA says CBC News Posted: Nov 29, 2013 1:18 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 29, 2013 10:28 PM ET Pot gets commercial in April 2:18 New medicinal pot rules coming 2:11 Related […]
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Health Canada mistakenly outs 40,000 medical marijuana users across country By John Miner, The London Free Press Thursday, November 21, 2013 6:48:15 EST PM It was a secret Joanne didn’t want carelessly shared with neighbours, or anyone else in her small Southwestern Ontario community. The 56-year-old […]
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A BUDDING BUSINESS: THE MARIJUANA MARKET IS EXPECTED TO TOP $10 BILLION BY 2018 A REPORT CALLED THE STATE OF LEGAL MARIJUANA MARKETS ESTIMATES THE U.S. CANNABIS INDUSTRY WILL HIT $1.43 BILLION IN SALES BY THE END OF 2013. BY ALICE TRUONG Poised to bloom into […]
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Colorado voters approve 25 percent taxes on recreational marijuana By Keith Coffman DENVER | Wed Nov 6, 2013 1:20am EST (Reuters) – A Colorado measure to impose sales and excise taxes of 25 percent on newly legalized recreational marijuana and earmark the first $40 million in revenue […]
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The Government of Canada is revamping the Medical Marijuana access program in Canada, scrapping the current arrangement of designated growers and patients growing their own to a future ‘free-market’ controlled by government licensed industrial producers. With an estimated $1.3 billion market for medical marijauna serving […]
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G.S. Joe Films presents a Perfect Freak production STILL TRIPPIN’ The Trans-Canada Highway; A feature-length documentary film about our rights, freedoms and cannabis activism in Canada
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Sean Morley is a Canadian professional wrestler better known as Val Venis, appears live via Skype from Pheonix, AZ, to discuss his distinguished career and interest in marijuana and support for legalization of medical marijuana and vapour lounges for cannabis on The Mernahuana Zone hosted […]
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Medical marijuana war heats up over grow-op in Etobicoke apartment DALE BRAZAO / TORONTO STAR Landlord Shiv Bhardwaj’s tenants have caused more than $24,000 damage with a legal medical marijuna grow op. By: Dale Brazao News, Investigations Mary Ormsby, Published on Mon Oct 21 2013 A Toronto landlord says he’s […]
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THE “YELP OF WEED”: LEAFLY AND OTHER MARIJUANA STARTUPS HOPE TO GAIN AS FEDS EASE UP ON POT THE WAR ON DRUGS ISN’T OVER YET, BUT WITH THE FEDS EASING UP ON ENFORCEMENT, STARTUPS ARE HOPING TO CAPITALIZE ON BUD. BY ALICE TRUONG Ask investors about […]
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DopeChefMedia is there to document the happenings as Cannabis Champion Matt Mernagh does his first ever outdoor public reading of the Marijuana Smoker’s Guidebook on the record during Pedestrian Sunday September 28th 2013 with readings from the book, signing books, and interactions with the public. Filmed […]
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We know you haven’t heard from us for awhile, but it’s not because we’ve stopped working to end prohibition, but rather because we’ve been putting all of our time into a new project: Sensible BC. Sensible BC is currently working to force a vote on […]
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SNOOP LION I GOT ROBBED By My Mexican Weed Guy Snoop Lion — I Got Robbed by My Weed Guy Snoop Lion‘s calling out a “homie” for shorting his giant sack of marijuana winnings — because a pound of weed is supposed to be a full […]
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This is a list of address and links to the wonderful Vapor Lounges and ‘bring your own bud’ establishments in the City of Toronto. Toke in confidence at these known locations: Vapor Central www.vaporcentral.com 667 Yonge St #2, Toronto, ON M4Y 1Z9 Hotbox Cafe www.hotboxcafe.ca […]
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Prairie Medicinal Harvest Cup Is Exhausting Matt Mernagh I arrived in Saskatoon Thursday noon for Prairie Medicinal Harvest Cup and didn’t stop inhaling until the wee hours of Monday morning. The friendly people of the prairie provinces not only puff professionally, but they have amazing hospitality and […]
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