Activists Decry New Legal Marijuana Rules

Changes to Dealer Provisions May Make It Harder for Those in Need to Get Medication Marijuana activist Sam Mellace hopes to be the first licensed medical marijuana producer in Canada after spending the past 10 years running his “pretty much” legal operation. The Abbotsford, B.C., resident has been producing marijuana since 2002 for himself and […]

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Rules Change on Olympic Marijuana Testing

It’s been 15 years since Ross Rebagliati won snowboarding’s first Olympic gold medal at the 1998 Winter Games — and then nearly lost that medal after he tested positive for marijuana. Since then, the drug has become an integral part of Rebagliati’s life. Next month Rebagliati will open a medicinal marijuana dispensary in Whistler, British […]

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Colorado Localities Make Own Rules On MJ Sales

As Colorado moves closer to issuing temporary regulations on the sale of marijuana, now legal in small quantities here, some cities and towns are not waiting for the new rules to take effect. More than a dozen municipalities across the state have decided to enact moratoriums on retail marijuana sales, restricting them for now or […]

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Lawyer Takes On Feds Over New Pot Rules

Abbotsford lawyer John Conroy is undertaking a legal battle against new changes to the federal government’s medical marijuana program. On Monday, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced some of the anticipated changes to the program, which includes banning individual home-based medicinal grow-ops in favour of larger government licenced producers. The new regulations mean sick or disabled […]

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Court Rules for Immigrant in Deportation Case

“The social sharing of a small amount of marijuana” by immigrants lawfully in the United States does not require their automatic deportation, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. “Sharing a small amount of marijuana for no remuneration, let alone possession with intent to do so, does not fit easily into the everyday understanding of trafficking, […]

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