After suffering a serious injury in a house fire more than four years ago, Robin Douglas was confined to a wheelchair and thought he would never walk again.

Depression and hopelessness took over. When he tried to kill himself, he knew he'd hit rock bottom.

That's when he turned to marijuana for salvation. A few months later, he no longer needed the wheelchair.

"My mind, body and spirit was healed." Douglas, 57, told VICE News Thursday from White Rock, British Columbia. "And every time I met with like-minded people who helped me use cannabis, we would smoke or eat it and be able to see things clearly."

Moncton, N.B. July 30, 2015 – OrganiGram Holdings Inc. (TSX-V: OGI) (OTC US:OGRMF) (the “Company”) is today releasing financial statements for the 9-month period ended May 31st, 2015.  The Company’s quarterly financial statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis document are available on SEDAR.

As Vancouver struggled to regulate its explosion of marijuana dispensaries, top provincial health officials considered how they could legalize the recreational use of the drug across British Columbia.

In a series of e-mails released through a Freedom of Information request, the health officials acknowledged there would likely be little progress toward legalization while the staunchly anti-drug Conservatives hold power in Ottawa, instead suggesting such a radical change would likely come about only if the Liberals win the fall election.

An Edmonton mother is worried about the health of her severely-disabled son after police raided a local medical marijuana dispensary last week.

Katie Ann Lepine's 15-year-old son Christopher suffers from spina bifida, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and a heart condition.

Treating any one of Christopher's conditions would be difficult. However, taken together, Lepine said it is nearly impossible to find medication that doesn't make him feel worse. 

AIRMONT, N.Y., July 29, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Touro College has announced that it is supporting Rockland County-based CanniCare's application for one of five media marijuana licenses to be issued by the New York State Dept. of Health (DOH). 

If CanniCare is selected, Touro would provide the company with research into medicinal cannabis. 

"Our college is supportive of medicinal development and research," said Alan H. Kadish, president of the Touro College System. "There is still a great deal of research to be conducted on the medical application of cannabis and we are excited by the opportunity to contribute in a meaningful way. We will also offer CanniCare advice on the clinical use of the medicine along the way."    

Quality assurance is one subject that is unclear to many organizations who are applying to become Licensed Producers, whether they are start-ups just getting into the medicinal cannabis industry or seasoned producers under the MMAR program who are transitioning to the new MMPR program. The goal of this article is to provide information on quality assurance as it relates to the requirements of Health Canada’s MMPR, specifically, the Quality Assurance Person, Section 10 of the Licensed Producer (LP) application, and Standard Operating Procedures and record keeping. The information presented here has not been vetted or endorsed by Health Canada and is provided to the best of the author’s knowledge based on experience consulting for LP applicants.

Health Canada Also Approves 8 More Growing Rooms

Immediate Increase in Product Revenue

TORONTO, July 28, 2015 /CNW/ - Bedrocan Cannabis Corp. (TSXV: BED) ("the Company" or "Bedrocan") announced today that it has received a license amendment from Health Canada allowing for the sale of the Company's domestically produced medical cannabis. Bedrocan has been growing six proprietary genetic strains of standardized cannabis at its new production facility since February, and eight harvests have been completed successfully to date. The Company can begin immediately taking orders for sales of its existing inventory.

HALIFAX - The Federal Court of Canada has certified a class action started on behalf of medical marijuana licensees alleging that Health Canada violated their privacy.

The plaintiffs allege in a news release that Health Canada sent notices to over 40,000 participants of the Marihuana Medical Access Program advising them of changes to regulations governing the use of medical marijuana.

They say the envelopes sent in November 2013 made clear they were sent by the program, and therefore failed to protect the identity of the recipients.

The plaintiffs are seeking damages for breach of contract, breach of confidence, invasion of privacy and Charter violations.

The allegations haven't been proven in court.

Amid controversy surrounding illegal medical marijuana dispensaries in Canada, one government-approved Manitoba grower agreed to show how his business operates from the inside.

John Arbuthnot is the vice-president of Delta 9, the only medical marijuana growing facility in Manitoba that's licensed to sell cannabis.

The warehouse in the east end of Winnipeg houses about 1,000 marijuana plants and is licensed to produce about 380 kilograms per year.

“we were all partying the night before. We weren’t expecting any action because we were in a support unit. It was the only time I ever went into combat stoned. You get really alert when you are stoned because you have to be.”