Infused pre-rolls are joints that have kief, hash, shatter, or other cannabis extracts added to the flower to punch up the potency. “These joints are ‘to-the-moon’ level,” is how Graham Farrar, president of Glass House Brands, which trades on Canada’s NEO Exchange, described the company’s line of infused pre-rolls that launched in California last month. (PHOTO BY CNW GROUP/SUNDIAL)

 The enactment of adult-use marijuana sales in Canada is not associated with any increase in motor vehicle injuries requiring hospitalization, according to data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 

A team of investigators affiliated with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and with University of British Columbia assessed emergency department records in two provinces (Alberta and Ontario) to determine trends in traffic-injury emergency department visits in the months immediately prior to and immediately after legalization. 

In October 2018, Canada became the first G20 country to legalize the recreational use of cannabis. Over the past three years, the province of Ontario — to name just one Canadian jurisdiction — has moved away from having a significantly under-serviced retail market to one that is heavily saturated.

The Cannabis Act (Bill C-45) provided the rules and regulations around the production, distribution, sale and possession of cannabis. However, there are significant differences in each province’s and territory’s retail framework — private, public or hybrid — and the legal age for consumption, purchasing options and personal possession limits.

Five people have been charged after $2 million of cannabis and stolen property were seized, says Oxford OPP.

On Sept. 7, a search warrant was executed at Oxford Road 29 in Blandford-Blenheim Township by Oxford County provincial police; the community street crime unit, supported by other West Region street crime units; the West Region emergency response team and the provincial joint forces cannabis enforcement team.

Police reportedly seized more than 1,300 cannabis plants, more than 300 pounds of processed cannabis, an amount of suspected cocaine, hashish, cannabis resin, firearms and a stolen vehicle.

Mississauga residents looking for a new go-to cannabis dispensary that isn’t too far outside the city may have just found it with The Woods Cannabis, which is tackling the issue of lackluster legal cannabis in Mississauga with their sommelier-certified menu of high-quality products.

As the laws regarding cannabis are changing across the states and in other countries around the world, more people are starting to discover the benefits of the weed along with the variety of products and derivatives that come from it.

As legal dispensaries open up across Canada and the states, medical marijuana, along with recreational cannabis and CBD products, are easier to obtain than ever. However, there can be confusion as to what all these different products do, and how best they can be used. Indeed, there may be benefits to marijuana that you don’t even know.

This article will try to explain some of the differences between the products available today, the different ways that they can be used, and the health benefits when applicable.

Her Highness, a luxury cannabis brand with operations in several states in the United States, has announced that they will be expanding into both Canada and other countries. This comes off the heels of a rapid expansion during the pandemic era, during which Her Highness landed in five new states, including Colorado.

“The reality is they got the formula wrong."

When cannabis beverages finally hit the shelves in Canada as part of the ‘Cannabis 2.0’ rollout, almost immediately the limits on how many drinks consumers can legally purchase were called into question.