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Congratulations and Thank You for Legalizing Cannabis, Canada!

Anthony Johnson — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:38:12 +0000

October 17, 2018, the long-awaited day that cannabis goes legal across Canada has arrived and the world will never be the same. With all due respect to the great progress made by Uruguay, who helped pave the way for Canada, it can be argued that the Great White North, by permitting regulated sales to tourists […]

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CBC: Canadian Cannabis Shortage Looms, You Might Still Need Your Dealer

Anthony Johnson — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:39:00 +0000

There are many reasons why people support cannabis legalization. For longtime Drug War reformers, keeping nonviolent from unjust and harmful arrests and prison terms top the list. For those that don’t use cannabis, better prioritizing law enforcement resources and capturing tax revenue are a couple of factors. Of course, politicians love creating more jobs and […]

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Border War: Americans Set to Invade Canada…for Cannabis

Anthony Johnson — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 23:22:57 +0000

Rightwing provocateur Alex Jones recently received some well-deserved ridicule for claiming that American liberals were going to start a Second Civil War this past July 4th, a prediction that, of course, went up in flames. Even with that caveat, I’m going to go out on a limb and predict an American invasion of Canada on October 17th […]

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Canada, Listen to Henry Rollins and Pardon Cannabis Offenders

Anthony Johnson — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 23:22:12 +0000

After a locale legalizes, regulates, and taxes cannabis, the economic benefits garner a vast majority of the headlines. Billion dollar business deals, thousands of new jobs, and millions in new revenue capture the attention of entrepreneurs, voters, and elected officials, across the political spectrum. However, for those of us that have been activists fighting the […]

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Will Canadian Provinces Be Ready for Legalization by October 17?

Anthony Johnson — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:40:44 +0000

Now that the Canadian Parliament has passed the Cannabis Act (C-45) and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has set October 17th as the official start day of legalization, the cannabis community awaits the rollout of rules and regulations that may differ from province to province. With just under four months to spare, how many Canadian provinces […]

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Cannabis Legalization in Canada has Global Implications

Anthony Johnson — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:35:14 +0000

The historic vote by the Canadian Senate to pass the Cannabis Act (C-45) yesterday, setting up Canada to become the first G7 nation to legalize cannabis and the first nation to end prohibition for all adults within its borders, energized reform activists around the world. The Canadian cannabis community will now wait 8 to 12 […]

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Breaking: Canadian Senate Likely to Pass Legalization by Friday

Anthony Johnson — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:55:33 +0000

The timing of the International Cannabis Business Conference, where top industry participants from around the globe converge upon Vancouver this June 24th-25th, couldn’t be much better as the Canadian Senate is expected to pass legalization by Friday, potentially making the ICBC the first post-legalization conference in Canada (just a little Royal Assent is needed after parliamentary […]

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Canadian House Passes Legalization Again, Now Back to Senate

Anthony Johnson — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 23:20:22 +0000

The cannabis legalization political football has been tossed back to the Canadian Senate as the House of Commons passed the Cannabis Act (C-45) 205 to 82, with Conservatives largely opposing the measure. The House was forced to vote on the bill after the Senate added 46 amendments to the legalization bill. Various technical bills were […]

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Canadian House Protects Cannabis Home Grows and Branding

Anthony Johnson — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 23:20:15 +0000

When we cannabis legalization advocates were celebrating the Canadian Senate’s vote to end federal prohibition, we had some big problems with a few amendments, namely a provision that would allow provinces to ban home cultivation and another that would outlaw marijuana businesses from branding their companies on products such as t-shirts and caps. Fortunately, Canada’s […]

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Canada Set to Legalize Cannabis this Summer After Senate Vote

Anthony Johnson — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 17:23:16 +0000

We knew that the Canadian Senate was set to vote on CA-45, the Cannabis Act, on June 7th, and while the measure was expected to pass, there’s always a twinge of fear that something might go wrong, especially when you’re fighting against decades of Reefer Madness propaganda that still plagues us today. However, all went […]

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