Toronto Hospital Reports Rise in the Intensity of Cannabis Poisonings – LPC The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto reports alarming stats for cannabis poisonings in children under 18 since legalization. The rate of intensive care visits tripled after legalization while unintentional poisonings quadrupled for children under 12. “The main [finding is] that there’s…
Dr. Charlebois Does a Deep Dive into Canada’s Cannabis Experiment to See What’s Working – LPC An opinion piece on Canada’s cannabis experiment outlines how Canadians have lost their fear of cannabis and come to embrace it. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, who wrote the opinion piece for the CTV news website with Brian Sterling, is senior…
Governor Said When Connecticut Legalizes Cannabis, It Will End “Injustice” – LPC When Connecticut legalizes cannabis, it will become the 18th US state to do so. State lawmakers passed the bill last Thursday. Governor Ned Lamont is expected to sign the bill into law. “The war on cannabis, which was at its core a war…
BC Public Safety Minister Warns of Illegal Cannabis Contaminants – LPC Mike Farnworth, British Columbia’s public safety minister and solicitor general, is warning the public about illegal cannabis contaminants. A test of 20 dry cannabis samples seized in raids showed alarming results. Eighteen of the 20 showed at least one of 24 different pesticides found…
Cannabis Producers Take a Page from Wine Growers with Cannabis Appellations – LPC In a world first, California will sign a bill into law that will create official cannabis appellations. The term, primarily used in the wine industry, is a protected designation to a particular region. For example, no sparkling wine outside of Champagne, France…
Committee Votes Against Allows Legal Cannabis Outlets to Open – LPC Members of the Mississauga council general committee upheld their decision of three years ago to not allow legal cannabis outlets. The committee voted 8-4 against. Canada’s sixth-largest city, which borders Toronto, currently has zero legal cannabis outlets. Mayor Bonnie Crombie, who was vocally for…
Nathan Mison Lobbies Federal Government to Loosen Cannabis Rules Ahead of Cannabis Act Review – LPC Ex-Fire and Flower executive Nathan Mison is calling for the federal government to loosen cannabis rules. “Our primary focus has been on health and displacing the black market, but that should expand,” said Mison. He points to the fact…
Regina Wrestles with Whether or Not It Has Enough Cannabis Stores Disrupting the Illegal Cannabis Market – LPC We talk about disrupting the illegal cannabis market all the time. It’s already known that greater access to legal cannabis will mean fewer people will go to the illegal market. In September 2020, the legal cannabis market…
Winnipeg-Based Company “Happy” to Finally Launch Gummies Production – LPC Two months after it was sold, Edibles and Infusions Corp. is set to begin gummies production this week. Cavalier Candies CEO James Fletcher, the brainchild behind Winnipeg-based Edibles and Infusions, said he’s glad gummies production will finally be starting. “I’m happy we’re getting into production,”…
Leamington, Ont. Mayor Petitions Federal Government to Stop Licensed Medical Producers Feeding Illegal Cannabis Markets – LPC Hilda MacDonald, the mayor of Leamington, Ont., is asking the federal government to close loopholes for illegal medical cannabis producers in the area. The town that’s well known for ketchup – and home to Aphria – is apparently…
