Trends & Articles New Brunswick Government’s Cannabis Retail Stores Have a Name Now by Sophia Vida December 11, 2017 New Brunswick government's cannabis retail stores that will be opening next year now have a name. They will be called CannabisNB. It was several weeks ago that the government revealed that a subsidiary of NB Liqour would ope...
Trends & Articles Sales of Legal Marijuana Will Hit This Number in 2018 by Sophia Vida December 06, 2017 According to Arcview Market Research, the sales of legal cannabis in North America are growing even faster than expects have forecast it would. The company has a new report that says retail marijuana sales will climb 33% compar...
Featured Statistics Canada to Measure Data on Social and Economic Impacts of Marijuana by Sophia Vida November 23, 2017 Statistics Canada announced this week that it would measure the social and economic impacts of marijuana. The announcement comes way ahead of legalization. The agency will start to keep track of the impacts of marijuana that in...
Legal Related Quebec Has a Zero Tolerance Plan with Marijuana When it Comes to This by Sophia Vida November 17, 2017 Draft legislation that was introduced this Thursday has revealed that Quebec's Liberal government has a zero tolerance for driving while high on marijuana. Under the drag legislation, the province would authorize police to test...
Trends & Articles Canadians Want Heavy Restrictions on Pot Marketing by Sophia Vida November 17, 2017 Canada is about to make marijuana legal recreationally next summer, but as the country prepares, many are citing how they feel now about cannabis marketing. According to a study, most of Canada's citizens are preferring for an ...
Trends & Articles B.C. Canada is Concerned About Marijuana Second Hand Smoke by Sophia Vida October 26, 2017 According to the B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth, second-hand cannabis smoke is a big concern and actually a top concern of the province. The province is nearing the end of public consultation on marijuana regulation...
Legal Related Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wants $1 a Gram Tax on Marijuana by Sophia Vida October 06, 2017 Justin Trudeau, Canada's Prime Minister, has proposed a tax of one dollar for every gram of cannabis used by adults. The proposal is for when recreational sales of marijuana start next summer and was announced this week at a pr...
Legal Related Canadians For The Legalization of Marijuana Are Concerned About This by Sophia Vida September 27, 2017 According to a poll, Canadians are in favor of marijuana legalization. A new survey by researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax have found that a majority of Canadians are in favor of the legalization of recreational mari...
Trends & Articles Cannabis Lounges Could Come to Toronto by Sophia Vida September 18, 2017 Toronto could soon have cannabis lounges popping up all over as the provincial rules that limit recreational post use to just private property may not work. Abi Roach, a director at the Cannabis Friendly Business Association (C...
Legal Related Canada Researchers Think Medicinal and Recreational Marijuana Should Be Separate by Sophia Vida July 18, 2017 In the latest issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, an op-ed was published that was written by Dr. Melanie Kelly and Elizabeth Cairns. The two co-authors are urging that the federal government keep recreational mar...