Membertou plans to regulate private cannabis dispensaries, while Eskasoni is going with a provincial outlet

Two of the largest Mi'kmaw communities in Nova Scotia are taking different approaches to cannabis.

Membertou is planning to regulate private dispensaries, while Eskasoni is leaving the oversight and sales of cannabis up to the province.

Last year, Eskasoni had been thinking about opening its own dispensary, but decided against it.

Instead, the band has signed a five-year deal with the Nova Scotia Liquor Corp., to open provincially regulated alcohol and cannabis outlets on reserve.

In a landmark decision, three Canadians struggling with mental health conditions were granted access to psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy by the federal Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos recently. The exemption comes following a wait of 283 days and was aided by B.C.-based TheraPsil.

Website sold cannabis and magic mushroom products

Calgary police have seized more than $13-million worth of marijuana and magic mushrooms from an online business called The ChronFather.

According to an archive of the company's website, The ChronFather billed itself as an online dispensary for "bulk/craft" marijuana and "zoomer" products.

The Calgary Police Service (CPS) says its investigation began in April after a tip about the online sales of psilocybin and cannabis products operating out of a Calgary home. Investigators found several properties in British Columbia that police allege were being used in the trafficking operation to produce, distribute and store the drugs. 

An Australian man faces charges, including possessing, trafficking, producing and supplying dangerous drugs.

Things went from bad to worse for an Australian man when his vehicle was stopped and about AU$264,000 ($240,240) worth of weed was found. This kicked off investigations that resulted in discovering dried cannabis and live plants valued at AU$11.2 million ($10.2 million).

Vernon city looks to create a 500 metre buffer between cannabis retail stores

One Vernon city councillor believes the city is “headed in the right direction” by looking to establish a prohibition on retail cannabis stores within 500 metres of other retail cannabis stores.

During their meeting on Monday, council was presented with a report reviewing retail cannabis licensing regulations that discusses plans for future cannabis stores looking to set up shop in the city.

Currently, Vernon has 13 retail cannabis stores operating within the city.

“The proximity buffers would encourage the distribution of retail cannabis stores throughout the city,” said Matt Faucher, city planner.

Changing financial times and a drop in the price of cannabis have allegedly caused a major development to cease operation.

The Nelson Cannabis Collective has reportedly halted the advancement of its multi-million dollar project to create a processing facility for cannabis in the Railtown area of Nelson.

A few months into construction, the 45 Government Road facility is far from complete but financing secured for the four-storey building is not enough.

There has been no confirmation if the project will continue or if the building will be completed for other purposes.

Move by EU’s smallest member state likely to be followed by reform across rest of continent in 2022

Malta will this week become the first European country to legalise the cultivation and possession of cannabis for personal use, pipping Luxembourg to the post, as the continent undergoes a wave of change to its drug laws.

Possession of up to seven grams of the drug will be legal for those aged 18 and above, and it will permissible to grow up to four cannabis plants at home, with up to 50g of the dried product storable.

A vote in favour of the legislation in the Maltese parliament on Tuesday will be followed by the law being signed by the president in order for it to be enacted by the weekend, Owen Bonnici, the minister responsible, told the Guardian.

Bob Woolsey granted conditional discharge, will have 5 counts stricken from his record

It’s taken over three years, but Bob Woolsey has finally had his five marijuana-trafficking convictions stricken from his record.

The senior citizen was arrested by the Mission RCMP in 2015, after he sold pot to undercover police officers out of his medical marijuana dispensary in Deroche. He was sentenced in April, 2018, to time served and given a $250 fine for each of the five counts.

At the time of his conviction, he called the charges “frivolous.” Less than a year later, marijuana would be legalized.

Police believe inmates “would tear off strips of the A4 lined paper to smoke.”

Two men have been arrested in connection with a scheme to provide inmates at prisons across the U.K. with sheets of paper soaked in drugs, including the synthetic cannabinoids mamba and spice.

Two dawn-hour raids at separate addresses in Wolverton, U.K. ended with the West Midlands Police taking the two men into custody, notes a police statement.

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