Marijuana in Canada is still available for medicinal use only, but come July 2018, it will be available for purchase for recreational use. While the government is taking this time to figure out the various logistics and supply and demand issues, one thing is clear, it will be more easily available and users will have more options on where to purchase their marijuana from. Will more people buy weed online in Canada or through dispensaries Read entire story
Could Our Farmers Cash in on Legal Cannabis?
Dairy, wine … hemp? If the currently restrictive laws on the cultivation of cannabis were loosened, it could change the agricultural landscape of New Zealand. "I think it will be up there with dairy and other agricultural commodities," says Richard Barge about low-THC industrial hemp. "It will catch up with wine industry and things like that." Barge is part of the NZ Hemp Industries Association (NZHIA), which advocates for the economic, Read entire story
There’s a Weed Farmers Market at This Cannabis Lifestyle Event in Malibu
People browse through rows of vendors in the hills in Malibu, scoping out farmers' latest crops and companies' products. They discuss where products are from and how farmers grow. These people aren't picking up groceries — they're getting pot. Emerald Exchange brings Northern California farmers and Southern California companies together for an event that features a cannabis farmers market, workshops, music, a speaker series and educational Read entire story
Cannabis Day 2017 Moves to Thornton Park at Pacific Central Station in Vancouver
CANNABIS CULTURE – Cannabis Day is moving to Thornton Park at Pacific Central Station in Vancouver this July 1, 2017. Join us for our celebration of cannabis and Canada with music, activist speakers, a marijuana farmers market and more – at the new location in downtown Vancouver at the corner of Main Street and Terminal Avenue. The first Cannabis Day celebration in Vancouver was in 1996, but the protest goes back even further to the Read entire story
Philando Castile Shooting: Officer said he Felt in Danger After Smelling Pot in Car
The Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile told state investigators that he believed his life was danger because he smelled marijuana in his car, according to transcripts released on Tuesday along with dash-camera footage. Officer Jeronimo Yanez said in an interview following the fatal traffic stop that Castile’s apparent willingness to use the drug in front of his young daughter and girlfriend led Yanez to believe that the Read entire story
Why is it So Hard to Get Medical Marijuana in New York?
Three years ago, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York state legislators made medical marijuana legal. It was welcome news for patients in the Empire State looking to alleviate pain and treat illnesses with cannabis. But ask New Yorkers how the program is working and you will get an earful. Sure, it may be legal. But good luck trying to get it. There are multiple hoops that need jumping through — and even then… (c) Cannabis Culture - Read entire story
“Whitewashed,” Canada’s Legal Weed Industry has a Diversity Problem
Scanning through images of the top brass at Canada’s legal medical cannabis industry reveals a sea of white. Almost all 45 of the federally licensed producers (LPs) are run by white men. They’re currently the only businesses legally allowed to cultivate and sell the product, and only for those with medical prescriptions. And they’re the companies that will continue to lead the recreational market, which the government plans to implement by next Read entire story
The Cannabis Arcanum of Paracelsus
CANNABIS CULTURE - The techniques of preparation for disease fighting, life preserving elixirs was the core for many medieval and renaissance alchemists, and this was an adaption from Islamic influences that came into Europe following the Crusades. In references to figures such as “Lully, Paracelsus, Jerome Cardan, etc” Albert G. Mackey in his Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, wrote that these figures were not “occultists…They had been physicians and Read entire story
Marijuana Comedy Club Creating a ‘Buzz’ in Brampton
420 Comedy Club opened May 4. A comedy club catering to pot smokers has opened in Brampton, and tonight will feature arguably its most famous headliner to date – Precious Chong, daughter of Cheech and Chong’s Tommy Chong. The 420 Comedy Club went full-time inside the Green Leaf Vapour Lounge at 85 Rosedale Ave. W. May 4. It’s located in a mixed-use industrial/residential area near the city’s downtown core. Its owner says it's one of… (c) Read entire story
Pot on a Plane? TSA Reverses Course After Briefly Saying It’s OK to Fly with Cannabis
The official website said flying with medical marijuana was no problem – before changing its mind after 24 hours. Legally and practically, the picture is confused. For at least 24 hours, it appeared that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had officially declared what many had suspected all along: if you have a prescription, you can fly with marijuana. The TSA website’s “What Can I Bring?” page – listing items allowed and banned from Read entire story
Bipartisan Bill Would Reclassify Marijuana as Schedule 3 Substance
Bipartisan legislation proposed in the House on Thursday would make marijuana a Schedule 3 drug, removing cannabis from its current standing as a Schedule 1 substance alongside deadly contraband including ecstasy and heroin. By reclassifying weed in the same category as anabolic steroids, Congress would “make it easier for ill-patients and scientific and medical researchers to obtain marijuana,” the bill’s authors said in a statement Thursday. On Read entire story
What Marijuana Legalization in Canada Could Mean for the United States
America's neighbor to the north is fast moving toward legalizing recreational marijuana nationwide, which would make Canada the second country in the world to do so. And the impact of having weed legalized on such a big scale, so close to home, may affect the future of pot in the United States. "There are those who sometimes regard Canada as the 51st state. It would be an important signal about the movement coming of age.… (c) Cannabis Read entire story
Cannabis Culture Stores Remain Open Across Canada Despite Toronto Closures
CANNABIS CULTURE – They arrest our staff and leaders. They raid our stores and lounges to steal and destroy our property. They try to kill what our company represents and erase our existence – but no army, politician or police force can stop an idea whose time has come. I am sad to announce that all of our Cannabis Culture locations in Toronto and Hamilton have been forced to close their doors. Unfortunately, repeated raids,… (c) Cannabis Read entire story
A Raid on a Pot Shop Draws the Ire of the Public Stationed on the Sidewalk
As police and city officials raid another weed dispensary operating outside the law, prospective customers have just one question: “Why?” “Another one?” A steady stream of exasperated, would-be customers standing on the sunlit sidewalk outside the Toronto Leaf Dispensary on Queen St. E. and Jarvis St. on Friday afternoon share a common refrain. Just after 1 p.m., uniformed police officers and the city’s by-law enforcement officers walked up to Read entire story
Jodie Emery on Cover of Now Toronto
CANNABIS CULTURE – On newsstands all over YYZ, Jodie Emery shares her vision for Canada's cannabis future. The exiled former-CEO of Cannabis Culture faces a life-term in prison for her alleged role in a movement Prime Minister Trudeau promised to legalize. And now, in the final hours before the Feds introduce legislation, the "Princess of Pot" talks justice, law-enforcement and why the Liberal agenda is motivated by profit and profit alone. Stay Read entire story
First Step Toward Legalizing Pot in Delaware
Delaware took a major step Thursday toward becoming the ninth state to legalize recreational marijuana use. State legislators unveiled a bill that would allow state residents 21 and older to purchase up to an ounce of cannabis from dozens of stores that would be authorized to sell marijuana manufactured at a number of Delaware grow operations. "House Bill 110 creates an entirely new industry in our state," said Rep. Helene Keeley, D-South Read entire story
World’s Leading Marijuana Expert says He Has Never Smoked a Joint
The professor considered the grandfather of medical marijuana research has spoken of his lifelong fascination with the chemistry of the cannabis plant – and revealed he has never smoked a joint. Raphael Mechoulam, a professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, started studying cannabis in the 1960s. He discovered the plant’s two psychoactive substances, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), which are now being investigated by Read entire story
Company Caught Selling Tainted Marijuana Can’t Trace Source of Contamination
A federally regulated medical marijuana company caught selling products tainted with a banned pesticide that can cause debilitating health problems has been unable to determine how the chemical got into its supply, raising new questions about the oversight of the industry. Organigram Inc. said on Monday that it has wrapped up an internal investigation into a product recall announced in December, but has turned up "inconclusive findings" with "no Read entire story
Paging Dr. Spicer: Cannabis Could Help Fight Opioid Abuse and Save Us Billions, Actually
On Friday, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) revealed that 25% of U.S. overdoses are due to heroin, a Schedule 1 drug to which an estimated one million Americans are addicted, many of whom escalate to this cheaper option from prescription opioid dependence, which has millions more in its clutches. The day before, White House press secretary Sean Spicer seemed to link the country's massive opioid epidemic with the rising Read entire story
How Entrepreneurs are Helping Consumers Enjoy Cannabis Discreetly
As marijuana consumption grows with expanding legalization, most users still want to be discreet about their practices Entrepreneurs are helping these customers keep their cannabis consumption under the radar, and to connect them unobtrusively to retailers and like-minded users. Brian Huynh started his company, Sploofy, like many entrepreneurs do, in an effort to solve his own problem, which in this case was ridding his home environment of the Read entire story