Marc Emery, the Canadian marijuana legalization activist whose extradition to the United States for selling pot seeds outraged many in the cannabis community, has been returned to Canada today after serving more than four years of a five-year prison sentence. High Times
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It’s High Time For Canada To Talk Pot
Marijuana exists in a funny limbo in this country. Despite a growing number of people who feel it should be decriminalized, or outright legal – and regulated – it remains a controlled substance. And, as such, we have a multibillion-dollar industry in Canada attempting to operate under the radar of the law. Weed is grown […]
Purple Kush Recalled in Canada
We’ve heard of recalls for defective cars, tainted food and even corrupt politicians – but recallingweed?It happened last week asGreenleafMedicinals, a British Columbia-based producer of medical marijuana, began recalling its Purple&nbs… High Times
Canada – New Marijuana Regulations Worry Medical Cannabis Users
The medicine that Valley resident Bob Davidson takes for multiple sclerosis treats all of his symptoms, has allowed him to wean himself off morphine and get out of his wheelchair and start walking again. But that medication may soon become unaffordable, putting his most effective treatment – marijuana – out of reach. Federal changes to […]
Health Canada: Destroy Banned Buds with Kitty Litter
Canada’s existing medical marijuana program will be phased out by April 1, 2014. After that, medical cannabis patients will no longer be allowed to grow their own pot. So what to do with the marijuana you’ve grown but haven’t had time to smoke? Accor… High Times
Canada: Easier Pot Punishments Are Coming
A recent report in the Toronto Sun indicates that a proposal set in motion over the summer by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, aimed at giving officers the option of issuing fines for marijuana offenses rather than pursue criminal charges, still has the atten… High Times
Health Canada Exposes 40,000 Medical Marijuana Patients
Health Canada is now facing a class action lawsuit because thousands of medical marijuana patients say the agency destroyed their anonymity by not being more discreet with their mailings. High Times
The Clinic: Michigan’s Medical Marijuana Grown in Canada?
Last week, a Michigan Senate Committee approved a bill that would, if passed, potentially lead to medical cannabis sales through local pharmacies. Although it's unlikely, at least in the short term, that the federal government would move marijuana out of it’s cu… High Times
Beer Model: How Canada Plans to Legalize Weed
When Canada finally decides to regulate and tax recreational marijuana, the country will most likely utilize the old tried-and-true beer industry as its business model. High Times
Canada Rolls Out a ‘$1 Billion’ MMJ Industry
Marijuana was Canada’s newest mail-order product Tuesday, the inaugural day of a controlled medical marijuana industry that is expected to grow to more than $ 1 billion dollars within 10 years. But even as the new system privatizes distribution, critics fear regulation under the conservative-led government will make it harder for patients to get access […]