Tag: Canada

Taxes And Provincial Mark-Ups Are Hindering Ontario’s Cannabis Industry

Written by Johnny Green on June 4, 2022. Posted in Business, Policy.

The main motivation behind legalizing cannabis for adult and/or medical use should always be based on it simply being the right thing to do. No one should ever be penalized for using/possessing a plant...

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Researchers Identify Two Main Motivating Factors Behind Unregulated Cannabis Purchases

Written by Johnny Green on May 27, 2022. Posted in Archives, Business, Policy.

Legal cannabis is spreading across the planet, and with it, purchasing freedoms for some consumers. Yet, the unregulated market still exists even where cannabis can be purchased legally. Researchers...

Ontario Cannabis Store Data Breach Demonstrates Growing Threat

Written by Johnny Green on May 16, 2022. Posted in Archives, Business.

I have worked in the cannabis industry to some degree for many years now. If you count the unregulated industry here in Oregon, I am the third generation of my family to be involved with cannabis. If...

Canadian Patients With Insomnia Report Improvements With Medical Cannabis

Written by Johnny Green on May 16, 2022. Posted in Archives, Science.

Insomnia is a condition in which people have a hard time falling asleep and/or staying asleep, and it is one of the most common health conditions found around the globe. The condition can have a tremendously...

Canadian Cannabis Consumers Report Improvements In Insomnia

Written by Johnny Green on May 9, 2022. Posted in Archives, Science.

Insomnia is one of the most prevalent health conditions around the world. It is estimated that as many as 60% of the world’s population suffers from insomnia to some degree. The inability to fall...

New Study Looks At Cannabis, Anxiety, And Depression In Canada

Written by Johnny Green on May 9, 2022. Posted in Archives, Science.

Anxiety and depression are major mental health conditions that affect a significant portion of the world’s population. As many as 275 million people suffer from anxiety globally, and as many as...

Manitoba’s Home Cultivation Ban Receives Judicial Review

Written by Johnny Green on May 9, 2022. Posted in Archives, Policy.

Canada was the first G-7 nation to legalize cannabis for adult use. Only one other country, Uruguay, legalized cannabis for adult use before Canada made the public policy shift in late 2018. One of...

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Most Canadian Patients With MS Report Consuming Cannabis

Written by Johnny Green on May 3, 2022. Posted in Archives, Science.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a serious issue around the world. It is estimated that as many as 2.8 million people suffer from MS globally and that someone new is diagnosed with the health condition every...

Which Country Has ‘The Best’ Cannabis Legalization Model?

Written by Johnny Green on April 27, 2022. Posted in Politics.

Cannabis prohibition, thankfully, has not always existed. For thousands of years, humans used the cannabis plant for various purposes, and it was only in the 1900s that cannabis prohibition first became...