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Fentanyl-Laced Cannabis: Forever Feared, Not Yet Found
Dave Schmader - Published on August 9, 2017Read moreLast week, police in London, Ontario, announced the discovery of fentanyl in the urine of cannabis consumers. What they haven’t found is any fentanyl-laced cannabis, ever.
Three Concrete Tips for Navigating the Hazy World of Cannabis Investing
Dave Schmader - Published on August 4, 2017Read moreBy 2020, sales of legal cannabis in the United States and Canada are predicted to hit over $40 billion annually. These are the kind of new-industry numbers that tempt even the stock-market averse to consider how they might get in on the action, but investing in the legal cannabis world remains an iffy business.
Cannabis Impairment in the Workplace: Easy to Discuss, Difficult to Detect
Dave Schmader - Published on July 27, 2017Read moreQuestions abound, but conclusive answers about how best to determine real-time cannabis impairment remain elusive.
Two Canadians Arrested for Cannabis in China, Leaving a Bushel of Questions
Dave Schmader - Published on July 24, 2017Read moreOn July 14, two Canadian employees with the Cirque de Soleil-styled equestrian extravaganza Cavalia were arrested and imprisoned in Beijing, after allegedly being found to have consumed marijuana.
Phil Fontaine: Fostering First-Nation Reconciliation Through Cannabis
Dave Schmader - Published on July 19, 2017Read morePhil Fontaine’s aims range from establishing medical-marijuana grow-ops on Indigenous land to prepping Indigenous citizens for a variety of cannabis-industry jobs.
Confirmed: Canadian Cannabis Patients Love Their (Imperiled) Dispensaries
Dave Schmader - Published on July 13, 2017Read moreAccording to a new study by the University of British Columbia, Canada’s imperiled dispensaries are beloved fixtures in the lives of medical marijuana patients, many of whom prefer procuring their medicine from such unlicensed dispensaries rather than taking the legal mail-order route.
Toronto’s Dispensary-Targeting “Project Lincoln” Continues
Dave Schmader - Published on June 30, 2017Read moreFollowing last week’s coordinated raids of seven dispensaries and six residences in Toronto and six undisclosed locations in the Vancouver and Denman Island areas, this week brought the continuation of the operation known as “Project Lincoln,” with Toronto police re-raiding a Canna Clinic dispensary that was part of last week’s raids.
Four Takeaways From Canada’s ‘Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines’
Dave Schmader - Published on June 28, 2017Read moreLast week a coalition of Canadian health agencies released their “Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines.” Here’s a quartet of pertinent takeaways.
Toronto Police Raid Seven City Dispensaries
Dave Schmader - Published on June 23, 2017Read moreExactly one week after Toronto Mayor John Tory announced impending crackdowns on the city’s illegal-yet-plentiful cannabis dispensaries, Toronto police made good on the promise, executing a series of dispensary raids across the city yesterday morning.
Canadian Finance Ministers Hash Out Cannabis Taxes
Dave Schmader - Published on June 19, 2017Read moreFor a second day in Ottawa, Canadian finance ministers from the federal, provincial, and territorial levels are gathering to strategize a coordinated approach to cannabis taxation.