Marijuana

HEALTH – Are the cure-all claims for marijuana going up in smoke?

October 26, 2017 // 1 Comment

By SCOTT McLEOD Expert Advisor EvidenceNetwork.ca MANY CANADIANS can hardly wait for the day the recreational use of marijuana becomes legal. As a medical doctor, I’m far [Continue]

TNRD – Regional board denies application on marijuana facility

October 13, 2017 // 4 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD A zoning variance that an applicant said would make a large medical-marijuana facility viable was rejected Thursday (Oct. [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Legalization of marijuana will bring ‘profound change’

October 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

An exchange in the Legislature on Oct. 5, 2017 between interim Opposition Leader Rich Coleman and Premier John Horgan on marijuana legislation and regulation of dispensaries: [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Press the pause button on cannabis legalization

October 5, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO NOW Justin Trudeau wants to make some money off the legalization of recreational marijuana. In a surprise move, he told [Continue]

COLLINS – Legalizing pot will take time, money and education to do right

September 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

LEGALIZING POTis taking about as much discussion time these days as the opioid crisis. Now that the Trudeau government is moving ahead on the subject, the questions now [Continue]

POLITICS – Provincial governments bear the burden of legalized marijuana

September 11, 2017 // 1 Comment

By MALCOLM BIRD Expert Adviser EvidenceNetwork.ca THE FEDERAL government is set on legalizing marijuana by summer 2018. While they will enjoy the political payoff of [Continue]