Government gives two weeks notice that access to epilepsy treatment for nine-year-old Alfie Dingley will end. The mother of a nine-year-old boy with a rare and severe form of epilepsy has told how she fears her son could die after the government announ…
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One In Seven Canadian Cannabis Users Grow Their Own Pot
Department of Health research has found 15% of Canadian marijuana users grow pot plants at home. A 2018 bill that permits the growing of cannabis in homes may cause nothing but problems with landlords and condo boards, critics of the legalization say. …
Why The Federal Government Doesn’t Need To Legalize Marijuana
Why The Federal Government Doesn’t Need To Legalize Marijuana
Some data shows that nationwide legalization would create around 1 million jobs and contribute hundreds of billions in federal tax revenue.
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Colombia Will Cover Cannabis Medical Products Within Their Health Insurance Systems
Legal cannabis is gaining momentum in Latin America for its wide range of applications within the medical sector. Colombia just became one of a growing group of countries in which the healthcare system covers cannabis products. Khiron Life Sciences Cor…
Cannabis Customers Have Been Complaining Ontario’s Pot Is ‘Too Dry’
More than two years after the legalization of cannabis in Canada, the majority of Ontarians consuming pot still buy it from the illegal market because they find it offers better quality, according to Ontario’s auditor general. Bonnie Lysyk’s annual rep…
Saskatoon Man Calls For Federal Government To Widen Medicinal Cannabis Coverage
A Saskatoon man is calling for Health Canada to approve medicinal cannabis products for therapeutic use so he won’t go hungry. Aaron Unger said it’s a much better way to deal with his chronic pain than to use opioid-based medication, which he was previ…
Decision On Potential Privatization Of Cannabis Nb Coming Once Government Sworn In: Higgs
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says an update on the future of Cannabis NB will be coming soon. “An update on the Cannabis NB RFP process will be available after the new government is sworn in,” Higgs said in a statement on Tuesday. Higgs likely me…
Mother Of Epileptic 15-Year-Old Urges Government To Provide Medical Cannabis On NHS
Charlotte Caldwell pleads with health secretary Matt Hancock to ‘intervene and stop this torturous ordeal’. The mother of a 15-year-old boy who can suffer from hundreds of seizures a day has called on the health secretary Matt Hancock to intervene and …
Manitoba Man Taking Province to Court Over Ban on Growing Pot at Home
A Manitoba man has filed a constitutional challenge over the province’s rules about growing pot at home. Jesse Lavoie filed the notice of application on Wednesday, naming the government of Manitoba, the attorney general of Manitoba and the attorney gen…
BC funding initiative to usher legacy growers into legal industry
The province’s social development and poverty reduction ministry announced $675,000 in funding over two years aimed at helping independent businesses transition into the legal cannabis market.
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