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Medical marijuana committee reports support in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An advisory committee set up this year by Gov. Andy Beshear reported that many Kentucky adults favour legalizing medical marijuana, Beshear's office said Friday. The Democratic governor formed the Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee after a bill…
Front companies being used to launder illicit cannabis cash: intelligence agency
OTTAWA – Canada’s financial intelligence agency says a wide range of businesses — from food wholesalers to electronics repair services — are being used to disguise the proceeds of illicit cannabis operations. In a new operational alert, the Financial Transactions…
Canopy Growth to sell Tweed, Tokyo Smoke stores to OEGRC and Four20 owner
Canopy Growth Corp. is getting out of the cannabis retail business with two deals to divest its Tweed and Tokyo Smoke stores. The Smiths Falls, Ont. cannabis company announced Tuesday that it sold all of its stores outside Alberta, as…
Lawsuit: California utility targeted Asians in pot searches
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Extraordinary use of electricity has long been a telltale sign of illegal grow houses producing thousands of marijuana plants hidden in seemingly ordinary homes. But a lawsuit filed by a data privacy watchdog says a Northern…
Tossed marijuana butt sends puppy to emergency care in Kamloops
A woman in Kamloops got a scare when her puppy suddenly started shaking and fell over a few days ago. Bette Kriese Hill had just returned home from a walk with her little four-pound, 14-week-old Yorkie puppy called Frankie Rey.…
Pot sector wants packaging changes, financial relief from Cannabis Act review
TORONTO – Canada’s cannabis industry is hoping a newly launched review of the legislation that paved the way for the recreational use and sale of pot will help the sector stave off more financial difficulties. The statutory review launched Thursday…
How is cannabis legalization going? Feds launch overdue review to find out
OTTAWA – The federal government launched a long-awaited review on Thursday of how legalizing marijuana has affected the health of Canadians, the domestic cannabis industry and the black market. The Liberals lifted a century-long prohibition on the recreational use and…
B.C. strike and cyberattack impacting OCS could cause $3M revenue hit for Aurora: CEO
Aurora Cannabis Inc. says it could take a revenue hit of up to $3 million because of a cyberattack that downed Ontario's pot distributor and a strike that halted deliveries to B.C. marijuana stores. Glen Ibbott, the Edmonton-based cannabis company's…
‘Wild West’: Audit on veterans’ medical cannabis sparks calls for oversight, research
OTTAWA – Mental-health providers and others are reacting with shock and concern after an internal government audit uncovered significant problems with Ottawa's administration of hundreds of millions of dollars in medical marijuana for veterans. The audit results are also spurring…
As midterms approach, Capitol Hill lawmakers push banking reforms for legal cannabis
WASHINGTON – Retailers, industry activists and U.S. lawmakers are making one last push to ease federal financing restrictions on America's burgeoning cannabis industry before midterm elections that could reshape the political landscape on Capitol Hill. Members of the National Cannabis…
Ottawa has lost control of $150M program reimbursing veterans’ cannabis: audit
OTTAWA – An internal audit by Veterans Affairs Canada suggests Ottawa has all but lost control as it shells out hundreds of millions of dollars for veterans' medical marijuana each year without proper oversight, direction or evidence of health benefits.…
B.C. nurse suspended for giving senior cannabis edible
A B.C. nurse that gave a senior edible cannabis and asked a coworker to create false vaccination records for him has been suspended for a week. According to a Sept. 4 B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives decision, registered nurse…
Almost half of illegal cannabis fines in B.C. are in the Thompson-Okanagan
While the numbers are not large in terms of offences, the dollar values are substantial for people busted for illegal cannabis sales in B.C. Since pot was legalized for sale in Canada on Oct. 17, 2018, there have been seven…
Aurora Cannabis buys controlling stake in Bevo Agtech
EDMONTON – Aurora Cannabis Inc. has signed a deal to buy a controlling interest in Bevo Agtech Inc., a supplier of vegetable seedlings and flowers. Under the deal, the cannabis company will acquire a 50.1 per cent stake in Bevo…
Researchers urge more limits on edibles after finding jump in kid cannabis poisonings
TORONTO – Canadian researchers alarmed by a rise in the number of kids hospitalized for accidental cannabis poisonings are calling for restrictions on edibles. A study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine found cases among children younger…