TORONTO - An Alberta mother whose daughter has severe epilepsy has travelled to Ontario for a medical marijuana prescription after the girl's doctor said he was no longer allowed to provide permission to purchase the product. In 2013, Sarah Wilkinson...
September 11, 2015 – – Today, the Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries (CAMCD) has confirmed some of the oldest dispensaries in North America were among those that received a letter from Health Canada threatening legal action. Consistent...
August 28th, 2015 - State officials in Vermont are asking lawmakers to allow marijuana dispensaries to grow hemp plants and produce and sell cannabidiol. The dispensaries want to sell the oil as a treatment for children who suffer from seizures and other...
VANCOUVER – Michelle Arnold says she’s seen cannabis oil save two lives — hers and her husband’s. Now, she’s fighting for the chance to see if it can save her four-and-a-half-month-old daughter, who is clinging to life in a Vancouver hospital. “I...
July 23rd, 2015 - Canada's North American market leadership in hemp production is at risk. While commercial hemp production in Canada began in 1998 and Canada currently grows approximately 100,000 acres annually, competition from the U.S. is quickly...
July 8th, 2015 - Following a recent Supreme Court decision in June that enables medical cannabis patients to legally possess and consume cannabis extracts, Health Canada is amending its rules to allow licensed medical cannabis producers to produce and sell...
June 24th - While legalized cannabis continues to gain momentum across America, the movement appears to stand on the edge of legalization. Last week Delaware decriminalized small amounts of marijuana, making it the 18th state to do so. Also this...
June 11th, 2015 - Today the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision on edibes, saying Canadian medical marijuana patients have a right to pot cookies and other extracted cannabis products. The court said the government’s medical pot program was constitutionally...
May 29th, 2015 - It appears that Project CBD lost its bid this week to use the Anti-SLAPP defence the quash the $100M lawsuit brought by Medical Marijuana Inc. As reported earlier this month Project CBD had attempted to have the lawsuit dismissed on the grounds...
May 21st, 2015 - There's a growing movement around the planet - have you noticed it? Cannabis legalization - both hemp and marijuana - is sweeping the planet. From India to Ireland to Jamaica, across America and now Brazil, the global war on cannabis...
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