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June 26, 2013
06/26/2013
Vancouver’s Second Medical Cannabis Kush Cup – June 28-30

Vancouver’s Second Medical Cannabis Kush Cup – June 28-30

Canada’s finest medical cannabis will be chosen at Vancouver’s second Kush Cup over the weekend. Along with fine buds, there will be a health expo and entertainment....
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June 12, 2013
06/12/2013
Marc Emery Released from Solitary Confinement

Marc Emery Released from Solitary Confinement

Marc Emery, Canada’s “Prince of Pot,” has been released from a week of solitary confinement in a Mississippi prison for taking pictures of his prison music band...
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June 11, 2013
06/11/2013
Pro-Marijuana Group Sensible BC Unveils New Billboard in Push to Legalize Marijuana

Pro-Marijuana Group Sensible BC Unveils New Billboard in Push to Legalize Marijuana

Sensible BC has already auto-dialed nearly 1.4-million households in the province trying to drum up support and is now set to unveil a new billboard in West Vancouver...
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June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
Marc Emery in Solitary Confinement in US Prison

Marc Emery in Solitary Confinement in US Prison

Canadian marijuana seed magnate and political dissident Marc Emery, who is about four years into a five-year US prison sentence for selling pot seeds over the Internet,...
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May 29, 2013
05/29/2013
British Columbia Seniors Are Using Medical Marijuana to Get a Good Night’s Sleep

British Columbia Seniors Are Using Medical Marijuana to Get a Good Night’s Sleep

Before Cherie Scott goes to sleep every night, the 86-year-old has a sweet bedtime snack: a marijuana cookie.
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April 22, 2013
04/22/2013
Canadian Lottery Winner, Bob Erb, Puts $1 Million Toward Effort to Legalize Marijuana

Canadian Lottery Winner, Bob Erb, Puts $1 Million Toward Effort to Legalize Marijuana

Mr. Erb has been crushing 15 joints a day since the 70’s, now he’s smoking them as a multi-millionaire. He won a $25 million jackpot last November...
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April 15, 2013
04/15/2013
UNICEF Study: Nations With More Liberal Drug Laws, Youths Use Cannabis Less

UNICEF Study: Nations With More Liberal Drug Laws, Youths Use Cannabis Less

UNICEF’s “Report Card 11” found that countries with more liberal drug laws had lower rates of youths who smoked marijuana than nations with stricter penalties. Canada was #1...
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March 28, 2013
03/28/2013
Canadian Biotech Firm Eyes Boulder for Marijuana-infused Tea Factory

Canadian Biotech Firm Eyes Boulder for Marijuana-infused Tea Factory

Canadian biotech firm Abattis Bioceuticals plans to open a Boulder, Colorado plant to produce kombucha tea containing marijuana-based cannabidiol, or CBD, a substance with purported medical properties. They...
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March 22, 2013
03/22/2013
United Nations: Three-Quarters of World’s Illicit Drug Users Consume Cannabis

United Nations: Three-Quarters of World’s Illicit Drug Users Consume Cannabis

Cannabis is consumed by an estimated 75 percent of all the world’s illicit drug users, making it the most widely-used illicit substance in the world, according to the United...
By: NORML
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March 6, 2013
03/06/2013
BioCell Labs Signs Expert to Help Develop CBD Products

BioCell Labs Signs Expert to Help Develop CBD Products

Dr. Paula Brown, who directs the Natural Health and Food Products Research Group at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, has been hired as a board member...
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February 25, 2013
02/25/2013
$8,750 Cost to B.C. Taxpayers for Each Pot Conviction, Most for Simple Possession

$8,750 Cost to B.C. Taxpayers for Each Pot Conviction, Most for Simple Possession

It costs B.C. taxpayers about $8,750 per pot conviction, most of them for simple possession. Estimates show decriminalizing cannabis would save B.C. taxpayers over $10.5M per year....
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February 13, 2013
02/13/2013
BC Lottery Winner Pledges $500,000 To Sensible BC

BC Lottery Winner Pledges $500,000 To Sensible BC

Bob Erb, a marijuana activist from British Columbia, Canada, has pledged $500,000 to match donations to Sensible BC. Sensible BC is trying to decriminalize possession of marijuana...
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February 4, 2013
02/04/2013
Canada Takes a Giant Step Back from Medical Marijuana

Canada Takes a Giant Step Back from Medical Marijuana

A Canadian Court of Appeals overturned a 2011 court ruling that stated sick people cannot get access to medical marijuana by appropriate means, and were forced to...
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January 30, 2013
01/30/2013
Help Decriminalize Marijuana in British Columbia

Help Decriminalize Marijuana in British Columbia

Cannabis Culture magazine released a list of 8 ways to help decriminalize marijuana in British Columbia, Canada. While foreigners like myself are limited to donating money or spreading...
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January 29, 2013
01/29/2013
Canada’s Liberal Party Hopes to Cash in on Marijuana

Canada’s Liberal Party Hopes to Cash in on Marijuana

A paper released by Canada’s Liberal Party states that prohibition has failed to keep marijuana away from youth. They also state that legalization would create jobs and,...
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January 21, 2013
01/21/2013
Industrial Hemp Reform Emerging from Marijuana Legalization Election Victories

Industrial Hemp Reform Emerging from Marijuana Legalization Election Victories

013 One of the major public policy and business fronts to end cannabis prohibition in America is to pressure the federal government to allow American farmers the...
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December 31, 2012
12/31/2012
Pot Baker to Be Acquitted, But Leaves Door Open for Canada to Ban Edibles

Pot Baker to Be Acquitted, But Leaves Door Open for Canada to Ban Edibles

Owen Smith, the head baker of the Cannabis Buyers’ Club of Canada, will be acquitted of two outstanding drug offences, but lawyers say the Crown has left the...
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December 17, 2012
12/17/2012
Price of Medical Marijuana in Canada to Hit New High With Introduction of New Sales System

Price of Medical Marijuana in Canada to Hit New High With Introduction of New Sales System

The cost of medical marijuana in Canada is about to hit a new high as the government seeks to get out of the business. Proposed regulations posted...
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November 30, 2012
11/30/2012
Marijuana Legalization Favored in US, Canada

Marijuana Legalization Favored in US, Canada

03:14pm A new Angus-Reid Public Opinion poll has majorities favoring marijuana legalization in both Canada and the US. According to the poll, 57% of Canadians and 54% of...
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November 27, 2012
11/27/2012
New Poll: Canadians Want Marijuana Law Reform

New Poll: Canadians Want Marijuana Law Reform

09:00pm Even as the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephan Harper institutes harsher penalties for some marijuana offenses, a new poll finds that nearly two-thirds of...
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