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Canada Wants To Know What You Think About Home Cultivation

Written by Johnny Green on March 15, 2021. Posted in Medical.

Canada is an international leader when it comes to cannabis policy, and that was true prior to the country becoming the first G-7 nation to legalize cannabis for adult use. Canada’s top court ruled that medical cannabis was a constitutional right back in 2000, and a year later lawmakers in Canada...

Legal Cannabis Sales Outpace Unregulated Sales In Canada For The First Time

Written by Johnny Green on August 31, 2020. Posted in Business.

Legal adult-use cannabis sales started in Canada in 2018. Canada is only one of two countries where adult-use cannabis sales are legal, with the other one being Uruguay. However, unlike Uruguay which limits sales to residents, Canada allows legal sales to all adults regardless of residence status....

Canadian Retailers Sold A Record Amount Of Adult-Use Cannabis In June

Written by Johnny Green on August 25, 2020. Posted in Business.

Canada is the undeniable international cannabis leader right now. The North American nation had a well-established cannabis industry prior to legalization, and when Canada legalized cannabis for adult-use it became only one of two countries to do so. Uruguay is the only other country on the planet...

Canada Grants Only 257 Cannabis Pardons In Program’s First Year

Written by Johnny Green on August 10, 2020. Posted in Politics.

A cannabis offense on a person’s record can literally ruin their life. When someone is arrested and convicted of a cannabis offense, the initial punishment is the fine and/or incarceration. However, the punishment continues well after the offender has served their ‘debt to society.’ Cannabis...

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Canada Now Has More Than 1,000 Legal Recreational Cannabis Dispensaries

Written by Marguerite Arnold on July 28, 2020. Posted in Business.

It is official. Canada now has more than 1,000 dispensaries. The last official count as of mid-July was actually 1010. This is a stunning development in a country that, as of the first year of recreational legalization decided that only the government would be in the dispensary business. How things...

Most Canadian Patients Obtaining Cannabis In Recreational Or Unregulated Markets

Written by Marguerite Arnold on July 7, 2020. Posted in Business.

Despite all the reform in Canada, it appears that long-standing issues for patients have not been solved. Indeed, according to a recent poll that only verified the situation has not changed much in the last year, most Canadian patients are turning to either recreational outlets or the black market...

Where Goes The Canadian-German Export Market?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on June 16, 2020. Posted in Business.

For the past several years (since 2016), Canadian exporters have sent ever-larger amounts of medical cannabis to Germany. The amount grew from a mere 44 kilograms to 3,740 by the end of last year according to Health Canada. But will this exponential growth continue? The answer is largely no, and for...

Veterans Affairs Canada Spent More On Medical Cannabis Than Any Other Medication In 2019

Written by Johnny Green on May 26, 2020. Posted in Medical.

Many military veterans all around the world suffer from one or more health conditions, often related to their years serving their countries. Canada is no exception. The range of conditions is wide, with military veterans in Canada suffering from all types of ailments including chronic pain, poor mental...

Canada’s Cannabis Industry Lobbies For Economic Aid Due To Virus Fallout

Written by Johnny Green on March 24, 2020. Posted in Business, Politics.

The coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the global economy, and the cannabis industry is no exception. Some states in the U.S. have designated the cannabis industry to be ‘essential’ however, that is more of the exception than it is the rule. Economic stimulus packages are being proposed...

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