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There is Plans announced for medical marijuana plant in Owen Sound which will employ up to 100 full time employees. A Toronto-based company hopes to transform the remaining section of the former PPG plant in Owen Sound into one of the largest medical marijuana production facilities in North America. The Canadian Bioceutical Corporation said the operation, which it announced Wednesday, will go ahead as soon as the firm receives the required licence from Health Canada. The plant, once fully ope...

On Ontario Today they talk about High on the job... This program is worth listening too ...David Whitten is speaking on the behalf of medical marijuana in the work place and job loss. David is a highly sought after employment law expert and a founding partner of Whitten & Lublin, a Toronto-based employment law firm specializing in the strategic resolution of complex workplace issues and challenges for both employers and employees. Listen to the radio broadcast on my page https://www.facebook.co...

At 16 months old, Gwenevere Repetski cannot walk or say “mama” and “dada.” Her father, Alexander Repetski, hopes that cannabidiol (C-B-D) – an ingredient in medical marijuana – will help Gwenevere recover from infantile spasms, a rare form of epilepsy that has delayed her development by at least six months. Read story on https://www.facebook.com/Canadian420nurses

On Tuesday, Alaska became the first red state to legally allow the possession, gifting, and growing of marijuana. The legal change comes after Alaska voters in November approved a ballot initiative that fully legalized marijuana in the northernmost state. Alaska is the third state to legalize the drug after Colorado and Washington. Oregon and Washington, DC, will follow later this year. As of Tuesday, Alaska's Ballot Measure 2 lets adults 21 and older possess up to one ounce of pot, maintain s...

Washington DC legalises marijuana possession and use Nearly two thirds of voters approved a ballot measure to legalise marijuana in Washington DC As of midnight on Thursday (05:00 GMT), people who use the drug in private no longer face prosecution. The change has created tension between the city's mayor and Congress. Washington DC joins Alaska, Colorado, and Washington state as the only places in the US that allow the use of the drug for recreational purposes. Residents and visitors to the city ...

TORONTO -- A B.C. producer of medical marijuana has voluntarily recalled a batch of its "purple kush" strain and is advising consumers not to smoke the weed after a Health Canada inspection of the grower's operations turned up "issues" with its production practices. In what is believed to be the first recall of medical cannabis in Canada, Greenleaf Medicinals of Nanaimo, B.C., is advising clients to immediately stop using any marijuana they still possess from batch number PK-10-20-13. "The recal...

There’s a reason patients call it “Hellth Canada,” and it’s not because they’re doing a hell of a job. Health Canada has been running Canada’s medical marijuana program from the beginning, and they’re really bad at it! Here’s the top 6 ways they’ve been screwing up. #6 They can’t decide how to spell marijuana Cannabis is a plant with many names, but most people call it marijuana and they spell it with a J. They use this word because back in the 20′s, when White Supremacists where writing Can...

“What has the War on Drugs done in the world?” This is a big issue because it’s good people losing their jobs, their homes, even their children. It’s not because they hurt anyone but because they chose to use one drug (marijuana) instead of another (oxy, etc.). It’s clear that war on drugs has not been successful. Not only has it failed but its been counterproductive in that it has generated a criminal culture much like alcohol prohibition did in 1930s. Dr. Sanja Gupta, the chief medical co...

Multiple Sclerosis is a disease that occurs when there is damage to the nerves in the brain and the spinal cord. Medical marijuana has shown great benefits in relieving symptoms and thus we will discuss which marijuana strain is best for MS. People who have smoked marijuana to treat this horrific disease can almost return back to normality as marijuana actually helps repair damage nerve cells. What marijuana strain works for MS? – Having asked plenty of patients with MS which strains work best f...

AIRDRIE, Alta. ─ Potato chip producers and Grateful Dead fans have always believed, but a desperate mother in Airdrie, Alta., never thought she'd be calling marijuana a miracle. The cries of "mama, mama" from Sarah Wilkinson's living room just north of Calgary are all she needs to believe ─ that, and seeing her disabled eight-year-old daughter Mia going from 100 seizures a day to seven in the past eight months. "Her first seizure was 29 minutes after birth ─ it was absolutely terrifying," said...

http://news.420nurses.com/canada-group-others-seek-to-avoid-monsanto-gmo-pot/ In Canada, this heinous decision made with no input from any experts in the field, such as other med patients, co-ops, cannabis experts, or even smokers, is now being challenged by a group on Prince Edward Island. Thanks to 420Nurse Laurie Canadian 420 for the news tip. One Love. Also check out http://temeculacalendar.blogspot.ca/2014/03/canada-patients-say-no-to-monsanto-mail.html

With each passing month, the popularity – and controversy – of butane hash oil (BHO) and the phenomenon surrounding it (known as “dabbing”) continues to grow in the cannabis community. Some hail it as a miracle medicine, a quantum leap forward in stoner evolution. Others criticize it, pointing to the potential dangers involved in both making and ingesting it, as well as possible negative effects on the public’s increasingly favorable attitude toward marijuana. Solvent vs Nonsolvent Extraction ...

Patients with prescriptions for medicinal marijuana face jump from 50 cents to $5 or more per gram They might have a temporary reprieve, but pain-stricken Canadians who grow their own medical marijuana say they could soon face a difficult choice: go without the weed they need or break the law to get it. A Federal Court judge recently granted an injunction that allows thousands of patients to continue cultivating their own marijuana at home, or designate someone to grow it for them — at least u...

Tracy Curley is a Toronto-based medical marijuana patients advocate and has suffered from type 1 diabetic since the age of six. Tracy is legally authorized to consume cannabis to stimulate her appetite, regulate her blood sugars, and treat the pain associated with diabetes related neuropathy. She currently gets her medical marijuana from a designated grower who will no longer be able to supply her under the new Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations amended by Health Canada. What do you th...

Cancer Care Ontario says drinking linked to liver, colorectal, breast and oral cancers Alcohol consumption is linked to an estimated 1,000 to 3,000 new cases of cancer in Ontario a year, the province’s cancer agency says. Cancer Care Ontario released a report Tuesday – titled "Cancer Risk Factors in Ontario: Alcohol" – which suggests a third of Canadians are aware of the link between drinking alcohol and cancer. Drinking alcohol has been shown to cause oral cancers as well as esophageal, lary...

The drug nearly half a million Canadians are expected to be legally using by 2024 According to a recent Health Canada projection, there are approximately 40,000 medical marijuana users in the country; a number that is expected to rise in the coming years as the move to legalizing recreational weed is still being debated. There aren’t any official numbers on how many of the 40,000 are professional drivers, but do you know many puffs of a joint or marijuana pills you can take before an officer c...

he developer of a special strain of marijuana marketed to children hopes to convince Health Canadato allow the product in the country, as some Canadian families head south of the border to receive the drug that's been shown to significantly reduce seizures. Colorado cannabis producer Josh Stanley and his brothers developed Charlotte's Web -- a special strain of marijuana oil with very little THC and very high cannabidiol (C-B-D), the component believed to reduce seizures. The marijuana extract i...

Pot activists took part in the "Global Marijuana March: on May 3 demanded the decriminalization of Marijuana. They might also have asked why was it illegal in the first place? Well that happen in 1923, and if there was any parliamentary debate, historians have been unable to find a record of it. In 1923, then Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal government introduced an Act of Prohibit the improper us of Opium and other Drugs. The federal health minister at that time, Henri B...

Ingredients 1/4 oz marijuana 1 Pitcher of your favorite tea Ice Water 4-6 oz Honey of your favorite honey Filter/Strainer Instructions In saucepan, combine water and honey and simmer while stirring, until the honey becomes very liquefied. Once the honey reaches a watery consistency, add marijuana Our goal is to let the oils dissolve into the honey Allow to simmer on med-low while constantly stirring for about 15 minutes. When the majority of the active ingredient is absorbed into the honey, it...

Medical authorities support legalizing marijuana Smoke it, toke it, vape it, eat it – marijuana, it seems, is going mainstream. This is what Marc Emery had to say: Marc Emery, the self-styled “Prince of Pot” who returned to Canada in August after more than four years serving a U.S. prison sentence for selling cannabis seeds to Americans, says the city he calls home offers a good model for the rest of the country. “Vancouver right now is closest to how legalization would look in many ways tha...