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Canada: Medical Marijuana Growing Rules to Change
June 16, 2011 – The federal government is poised to tighten the rules on medical marijuana so that only licensed private operators are allowed to grow it, The Canadian Press has learned. Sources say Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq wants to take individuals and Health Canada out of the business of growing pot. Instead, she wants…
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The Treating Yourself Expo: Canada’s Largest Marijuana Trade Show in Toronto this Weekend
CANNABIS CULTURE – The Treating Yourself Expo, Canada’s largest medical marijuana and hemp trade show, will return to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from June 3-5, 2011. The 2nd-Annual installment of the TY Expo will feature over 100 vendor and information booths, live music and DJs, a roster of high-profile speakers, contests and cannabis competitions,…
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Canada: Compassion Clubs & Medical Marijuana use for Cancer
Living with incurable cancer, after a third relapse of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, 39-year-old Lalanya Blue McGraw credits the daily use of medical marijuana for allowing her to make the most of what may be borrowed time. “I’ve been considered terminal for a long time. The cancer is still there, even after all the chemo and two…
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Kentucky and Beyond: A Culture Tough on Marijuana makes a Hard Fight for Hemp
Lexington, KY – In the previous installment of this series on the potential of industrial hemp cultivation in Kentucky, I took issue with gubernatorial candidate Phil Moffett’s indirect association with a local head shop, Botany Bay. Some consider the concept of guilt by association to be unfair in this case, but to me, such questions…
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Canada: What if Medical Marijuana Becomes Easier to Get?
On Tuesday night we learned that, because of the extreme difficulty involved in getting access to medical marijuana in Canada, an Ontario Superior Court judge had deemed provisions of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act that outlaw the possession and cultivation of pot unconstitutional, opening up the possibility of changes to the way Canadians use…
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Canada: Lawmakers, Police Seek Guidance After Pot Laws Quashed
April 14, 2011 – Lawmakers and enforcers are looking for guidance on how to react to an Ontario Superior Court decision quashing Canada’s marijuana laws. On Monday, a St. Catharines judge ruled the federal medical marijuana program unconstitutional because patients are largely prevented from legally accessing the drugs they need. Justice Donald Taliano also struck…
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Canada: Marijuana Should Not be Criminalized
April 14, 2011 – It is hard to understand why Canada criminalizes marijuana. Make it illegal, sure – subject to a fine, as is wearing a face veil in France – but where is the high degree of harm, to others or self, that requires criminal sanction, including jail? The criminal law is not meant…
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Canada: Judge Rules Criminalization of Marijuana Unconstitutional
April 13, 2010 – An Ontario Superior Court judge has ruled that the federal medical marijuana program is unconstitutional, giving the government three months to fix the problem before pot is effectively legalized. In an April 11 ruling, Justice Donald Taliano found that doctors across the country have “massively boycotted” the medical marijuana program and…
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Privacy Breach: Health Canada Mails Details of Medical Marijuana Users
March 13, 2011 – A privacy breach on the part of Health Canada has landed personal information in the hands of a medical marijuana patient in Toronto. Kyle Andrews, who relies on medical marijuana to ease symptoms brought on by HIV and Hepatitis C, received a package from Health Canada Wednesday that included the rules…
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Toronto Freedom Festival Could Lose its Freedom
March 10, 2010 – The Toronto Freedom Festival – Canada’s largest cannabis-related event when held every year at the same time as the Global Marijuana March – has been denied an occupancy permit by officials responsible for the city’s parks. Activists planning the event, who have never had problems receiving a permit in the past,…