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Canada’s Pot Legislation to be Unveiled Thursday
April 10th, 2017 – Ottawa, Ontario – The federal government will table a bill to legalize recreational marijuana on Thursday that is expected to tightly control the ability of producers to market their products to the public, federal sources said. But key issues such as how to deal with drug-impaired driving have yet to be fully…
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New Jersey Bill to Legalize Industrial Hemp
New Jersey Bill to Legalize Industrial Hemp, Effectively Nullify Federal Ban, Passes Assembly Committee, 6-0 TRENTON, NJ. (Dec. 15, 2015) – Last week, a New Jersey Assembly committee passed a bill to authorize the farming, production, and sale of industrial hemp in the state. This bill would effectively nullify in practice the unconstitutional federal prohibition on…
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Is Canada’s Medical Cannabis Market Becoming an Oligopoly?
March 23rd, 2015 – Growing scientific consensus on cannabis’ medicinal value has sparked the attention of leading players in Canada’s traditional pharmaceutical industry. As Canadians increase their consumption of medicinal cannabis, former pharmaceutical executives are jumping on the bandwagon. As Greg Engel, CEO for Tilray said recently in an online essay for the Huffington Post, “We are…
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Will Canada’s Supreme Court Force Cannabis Smoking over Extracts?
March 21st, 2015 – The former head baker of the Victoria Cannabis Buyers’ Club has gone to Ottawa in hopes of overturning Canada’s medical marijuana laws and securing the right for patients to use cannabis oils, cookies, teas and lotions. Owen Edward Smith appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada on Friday after victories at the B.C.…
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Drug czar: There are no good reasons to legalize marijuana
May 8, 2012 – R. Gil Kerlikowske, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, on Tuesday denied there was any reason the United States should regulate marijuana the same way it regulates alcohol. “There are no good reasons to legalize marijuana,” he said at an event hosted by the Center for American…
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What Would President Ron Paul’s Drug Policy Look Like?
March 2, 2012 – The average person knows that Ron Paul has an interesting take on almost every issue — including modern drug policy. The specifics of his beliefs, however, are less well-known, which is where I come in. Below, I detail the different drugs-related legislation that Paul has sponsored or supported and examine various…
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Canada: Toronto Man taking ‘Catch 22’ of Growing Medical Marijuana to Court
November 29, 2011 – A Toronto man vowed to challenge a city bylaw that he said stops people from growing medical marijuana at home, on the same day a charge against him was dropped for creating a fire hazard by growing pot in his apartment. Although William Palmer was charged under the Fire Protection and…
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Alcohol Is More Than Twice As Harmful As Marijuana: Study
November 8, 2011 – Alcohol causes far more damage to users and to society than does the use of marijuana, according to a new study published online in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, the journal of the British Association of Psychopharmacology. Researchers at the Imperial College of London looked at “the relative physical, psychological, and social…
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Canada: Doctors Refuse to Authorize Marijuana use for Pain Relief
November 1, 2011 – A decade after Canada legalized the medical use of marijuana, most doctors are still refusing to sign the declarations patients need to get legal access to pot — meaning patients in pain risk being jailed if they use a drug that helps them function. It’s a predicament that threatens to become…
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Michigan: Medical Marijuana as a Treatment for Cancer
September 30th, 2011 – FERNDALE — When his cancer came back for a fifth time, Michael McShane was desperate for treatment outside of traditional medicine. The last time squamous cell carcinoma left lumpy tumors around his mouth, doctors cut it away and reconstructed his bottom lip by turning out a portion of its inner layer.…