Session in the Street pot protest at Yonge-Bloor Friday July 15th 2016 | cannabis activists, concerned patients and supporters hold a ‘Session in the Street’ protest at Yonge and Bloor intersection in downtown Toronto, Canada in protest of the Smoke-Free Ontario Act bill 178 + […]

Troubles in Toronto: Project Claudia Tracy Lamourie | Cannabis Digest It’s becoming a little exhausting being a cannabis activist in Ontario. In the time it takes to smoke a pin joint in a crowd, it seems the entire landscape has changed…and before you even have time […]

Man fined for possessing one gram of marijuana in Bracebridge Mon., Jun 27, 2016 | By Samantha Beattie BRACEBRIDGE – It was his first appearance in court and he didn’t have a lawyer, but the accused decided to go ahead with a guilty plea to possession […]

Bill 45: The Ontario Nanny State vs. Cannabis Patients Hundreds joined together in Toronto Apr. 9, to protest the Ontario government’s plan to restrict the use and sale of e-cigarettes and vaping. Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Bill 45 has received widespread opposition from vaping groups as […]

Coe Hill community shows strong support for Dr. Kamermans September 28, 2015 / Stoner Girls Guide By: Papa Ganja In the little Ontario community of Coe Hill, nestled in Bancroft’s cottage country north of the Trans Canada Highway, there was a lot of love and music […]

CANNABIS RIGHTS COALITION EXTRACT EXPRESS TRIP The Cannabis Rights Coalition Extract Express bus rolled into Ontario in August, hosting advocates in support of their access to medicinal cannabis. During the trip, the Coalition networked, educated and empowered membership as they continued to grow and expand […]

The Extract Express adventure part deux filmed by Dopechef Media for Cannabis in Canada hosted by Justin, the bus trip goes to St. Catherines and London with stops around the GTA in another adventure in support of the Cannabis Rights Coalition, including clips of Last Dab Standing: Back Aboard the Extract Express […]

A tour around the lounge! 420 Session in Kingston, Ontario https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYhh0WhdY7s   420sessionkingston.com   Open daily from 12PM-11PM, located in the suite above 420 Kingston® is the 420 Session Lounge and Microshop, the first cannabis smoking and vapour lounge in Kingston!  It’s a judgement-free zone where it is always 4:20, […]

Public told to contact police with concerns over marijuana firm GRANT ROBERTSON The Globe and Mail Health Canada is instructing anyone with concerns about CEN Biotech – the company seeking to become the country’s largest medical marijuana producer – to contact police or securities regulators. The unusual […]

Ontario Liberals To Ban Pot Lounges And Vaporizers Written by Matt Mernagh Sneaky, very sneaky. Ontario’s newly elected Liberal government has introduced legislation Making Healthy Choices Act 2014, which is aimed at curbing e-cigs and nicotine, but is written to include any substance that is vaporized. […]

Hamilton pot activists open vapour lounge Something in the air on Barton Street East Barry Gray, The Hamilton Spectator Peter Melanson, left, in his new 420-friendly shop MelanHeadz Barton Street, Hamilton with Anthony Foster, right. Hamilton Spectator By  Bill Dunphy Hamilton’s pot lovers and cannabis crusaders may […]

MelanHeadz Hamilton Vape Lounge DOPECHEF introducing MelanHeadz Hamilton Vape Lounge under renovations. Exclusive interview with Pete about the opening of MelanHeadz Hamilton Vape Lounge with a sneak peak behind the scenes before the Wednesday October 1st 2014 grand opening. Click image to view  CLUB HOUSE/ SOCIAL […]

CANADIAN CANNABIS coming soon… Canadian weed has gone through some major (and to many, unwelcome) changes in 2014. In April, the Canadian government rolled out a new medical marijuana program that requires patients to patronize a government-licensed weed provider. Meanwhile, patients under the old program, […]

VIEW THE GALLERY ^ May 3rd 2014 thousands gathered for the 16th annual Global Marijuana March in downtown Toronto, plus Save the Freedom Festival smoke out at Queens Park North

Medical marijuana producer Tweed opens for business June 23, 2014 Tweed Inc. of Smith Falls, Ont., is one of 20 licensed medical marijuana producers in Canada that began shipping its weed to registered users last month. Its 168,000-square-foot facility in a former Hershey chocolate 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 […]

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 […]

Full DOPECHEF coverage of the R v Mernagh at the Ontario Court of Appeal from May 7th and 8th 2013

May 7th & 8th, 2012 R v Mernagh Coverage of the historic medical marijuana appeal by Health Canada CROWN team ‘R’ vs Matt Mernagh team Mernahuana, with pre-hearing Monday post-hearing Tuesday words on the court, access system, patient accesss, doctors as gatekeepers, plus thoughts on […]

Monday September 19th 2011 the final moments of the historic ‘Cannabian Freedom Walk for Chronic Illness’ to raise awareness about medical marijuana patients in Ontario, Video by DOPE CHEF MEDIA. Cannabis Culture article quote: Holistic healer Jennifer Collett left her Peterborough home on the morning […]