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 […]

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 […]

Dopechef Media full coverage of the 420 TORONTO 2013 event at Dundas-Square, featuring coverage including host Matt Mernagh of The Mernahuana Zone, Paul Lewin of NORML Canada, Chris Goodwin of Vapor Central, comedian Mike Rita, tribute to Bob Erb (Erb4Herb), 420 Weed fairies, on-stage for […]

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 […]

Medical pot users protest new federal rules Medical pot users protest new federal rules-Image1 The Canadian Press, 2014 Cannabis activist Alison Myrden uses a marijuana vaporizer as she takes part in a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 to […]

HEALTH CANADA IS FORCING MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS TO DESTROY THEIR WEED By Patrick McGuire A private grow-op in its infancy. via Flickr. On Friday, the ideal time for any government to release bad news, Health Canada issued a public statement outlining their new medical marijuana (or as they often […]

Government working on new pot legislation, Peter MacKay says Proposal means those caught with small amounts of marijuana would get ticketed, not charged By Trinh Theresa Do, CBC News Posted: Mar 05, 2014 11:20 AM Justice Minister Peter MacKay, right, told reporters Wednesday morning he has spoken with […]

U.N. Report Calls Marijuana Legalization Is A “Grave Danger” Posted on March 7, 2014 by Terry Wilson in Health, World News Only days after the Canadian government claimed that people growing medical marijuana pose a serious threat to public safety, the United Nations Narcotics Control Board has released their 2014 Annual Report […]

Thom Hartmann debates Kevin Jackson, Executive Director-The Black Sphere / Columnist & Syndicated Radio Host Website: http://theblacksphere.net over marijuana legalization. Video source: The Thom Hartmann Program

Justin Trudeau ZIG ZAG Rolling Papers SLOW BURNING 100 Cigarette Papers Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are planning to target Justin Trudeau at the upcoming Liberal convention with a carefully orchestrated campaign to disrupt Liberal communications, highlight disunity in the ranks and question his leadership abilities. The […]

Should Canadians Expect a Huge War on Cannabis to Come? BY FRANKIE GOTZ POSTED ON FEBRUARY 5, 2014 Yesterday we released an article outlining how the Government of Canada is changing it’s medical marijuana laws.  This change will occur next month on March 31st which will make […]

Medical Marijuana Laws Being Changed- Hiding Medicinal Properties And Hands Control to Govt BY FRANKIE GOTZ // POSTED ON FEBRUARY 3, 2014 MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAWS ARE BEING CHANGED TO GIVE GOVERNMENT MORE CONTROL             As of right now (Feb 3, 2014) people who […]

Feature length documentary ‘How To Make Money Selling Drugs’ about the $400-billion-a-year global industry that follows a path up to the top echelons of the drug trade. Focusing mainly on marijuana and cocaine, the film is also a cautionary tale about the failed War on Drugs […]

Fmr. Congressman Patrick Kennedy explains why he is against legalizing pot and Andrew Sullivan of The Dish explains why it’s time to decriminalize, on Anderson Cooper AC360 Later Source: AC 360 Later

January 9th 2014 the Mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, appeared on a Washington D.C. sports radio show the Sports Junkies and was asked about his views on the popular topic of marijuana legalization. Ford said he understands that there’s a market for medical marijuana but […]

Company invests $12M to grow medical marijuana in Lakeshore (with video) A group effort ended with the announcement of a $12-million investment by CEN Biotech for the launch of a controlled environment for the production of doctor-prescribed marijuana. Lakeshore Mayor Tom Bain, left, Joseph Byrne, CEN […]

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 […]

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 […]

On this episode of The Canadian Cannabis Connection (CCC) Dan Dicks of Press For Truth delves deep into the world of medicinal cannabis by speaking with patients of the MMAR program who’s lives depend on having reasonable access to this medicine as guaranteed to them […]

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 […]

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 […]

Pot-smoking Mountie can’t smoke publicly in uniform: RCMP Cpl. Ron Francis legally smokes marijuana daily while on duty to treat post-traumatic stress disorder By Evan Dyer, CBC News Posted: Nov 28, 2013 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Nov 28, 2013 3:48 PM ET Mountie can’t smoke pot in […]

B.C. marijuana petitioners face uphill battle in final two weeks of decriminalization campaign By Andy Radia | Canada PoliticsDana Larsen With just two weeks left to collect signatures in a ‘decriminalize marijuana’ petition drive in British Columbia, organizers say that they still have a long way to go […]

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 […]