By: Ashley KeenanAugust 5, 2021 Seth Rogen parting ways with Canopy Growth doesn't signal the end of celebrity-backed weed in Canada. But lately it feels like a bit of a revolving door in Canada, watching celebrities like Rogen, Drake, and others, exit our cannabis industry for greener pastures...
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OTTAWA — Fulfilling a campaign pledge, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation on Thursday to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Canada.
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The Liberal government will announce legislation next month that will legalize marijuana in Canada by July 1, 2018.
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ESQUIMALT, B.C. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says regulating the sale of marijuana will protect young people and take money away from criminal gangs, but the government is drawing the line at pot when it comes to legalizing illicit drugs.
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The business of pot started in this country with medical marijuana, and demand for it is taking off.
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But new restrictions on medical marijuana program means military veterans like Darrell Hulme will only be reimbursed for a third of the medicine they need to deal with PTSD and other conditions.
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Pot enthusiasts lined up around the block in the cold temperatures right until closing time at several newly opened marijuana shops in Montreal Thursday.
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County green-lights massive expansion of Aurora Cannabis near the community of Cremona, population 457.
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Canada's top pharmacy chain is hoping to be the first in the country to legally sell over-the-counter medical marijuana.
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Nearly a million Canadians who don’t smoke marijuana now are very likely to start after it’s legalized, survey data implies.
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With legislation legalizing marijuana expected in the spring, Eastern Ontario’s largest craft brewery is rolling around the idea of expanding into the recreational cannabis industry, its chief executive said.
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If these chefs have proven anything, it’s that marijuana can be infused into any dish and paired with any flavor, technique and texture.
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Canada will push the United States to change a border policy that has banned Canadians who admit to having used marijuana from travel to the United States, given Canada’s plans to legalize pot, a government spokesman said on Friday.
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Parents of children suffering from difficult-to-treat forms of epilepsy are angry that shipments of the hemp oil they rely on to control their children’s seizures are being seized by Canadian border agents.
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WINDSOR, CANADA (WJBK) - The push is on to legalize marijuana in Canada. If our neighbors across the Detroit River give it the green light, a lot of metro Detroiters could head to Windsor to get high.