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The legal marijuana market in the U.S. is projected to grow by 64 per cent over the next year, to $2.34 billion U.S., according to the second edition of the State of Legal Marijuana Markets reports. But what about Canada? It seems despite its reputation for progressive attitudes on weed, the Great White North is falling behind its southern neighbour on the issue. One way this can be seen is in the prices people pay for pot. A decade or more ago, high quality B.C. bud retailed on the streets of...

This week on White Coat Black Art: Medical marijuana -- the new system for providing it to Canadians and why much of organized medicine wants no part of it - even though thousands of patients are clamouring for it. A chronic pain specialist in Calgary tells Brian she's worried about being asked to give patients drug that may not be safe or effective. The head of the Canadian Medical Association agrees, but is hopeful the government will heed the warnings from MDs to "get it right.' Brian also ...

Capitalizing on a reluctance by doctors to prescribe cannabis as a medication, referral and walk-in cannabis clinics are expected to open to fulfill the demand for medical marijuana. A Georgian Bay area family physician is opening a clinic in north Toronto that will specialize in writing patients’ prescriptions for medical marijuana. Capitalizing on a reluctance by doctors to prescribe cannabis as a medication, Dr. Danial Schecter will open Cannabinoid Medical Clinic, at the corner of Yonge St...

The question is no longer which disease cannabis can cure, but which disease can't it cure? A study published in Nature Reviews-Cancer provides an historic and detailed explanation about how THC and natural cannabinoids counteract cancer, but preserve normal cells. The study by Manuel Guzman of Madrid Spain found that cannabinoids, the active components of marijuana, inhibit tumor growth in laboratory animals. They do so by modulating key cell-signalling pathways, thereby inducing direct growth...

A group of federal researchers commissioned to prove the government’s claim that marijuana has “no medicinal value” may have unwittingly let some crucial research slip through the cracks, forcing the United States to admit that cannabis can kill cancer. Although, at first glimpse, the latest claim appears to be a cruel April Fools' prank from Nora D. Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), but after careful inspection, it seems that the federal government is actually su...

Last week, word leaked that GW Pharmaceuticals will supply the US government with cannabis-derived cannabidiol (C-B-D) for a special Investigative New Drug program, so at least 50 children with epilepsy can try the non-psychoactive marijuana-derived compound as a way to control seizures and treat their disease. Now, a GW-funded study published in the journal Anticancer Research has shown that cannabinoids – “the bioactive components of the cannabis plant that display a diverse range of therapeu...

As Justin Trudeau’s Liberals prepare to tackle the politics of legalizing weed, one challenge they face is how to crack down on those who light-up before getting behind the wheel. Trudeau has not revealed exactly how he plans to fulfill his election promise and it’s not clear whether Parliament would limit how much someone could smoke before driving. But looking at how states like Colorado and Washington deal with drivers who have smoked marijuana could provide a blueprint. Back in February 17...

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...

Mark Gobuty isn't raising cattle or cultivating corn on his farm north of Toronto — he's growing medical marijuana. His company, The Peace Naturals Project, is one of the first to be approved by Health Canada to commercially produce and distribute dried cannabis ahead of changes next spring to Ottawa's marijuana medical access program. Starting April 1, the program that began in 2001 will no longer require medicinal marijuana users to buy their medication through Ottawa's one approved supplier...

Big Day For Us CanadiansVANCOUVER—A Federal Court judge has ruled that medical marijuana patients have the right to grow their own cannabis.Judge Michael Phelan struck down federal legislation introduced by the previous Conservative government that barred patients from growing their own plants and required them to buy from licenced producers.He is suspending the decision to strike down the law for six months, allowing the federal Liberal government time to create a new medical marijuana regime.P...

The discovery of pot’s astonishing medical potential is the most compelling new reason for legalizing the plant. For many years, the federal government has subsidized studies designed to prove the negative effects of marijuana, while blocking inquiry into its potential benefits. Ironically, the government’s steadfast search for harm has yielded remarkable scientific insights that explain why cannabis is such a versatile remedy and why it is the most sought-after illicit substance on the planet....

Dr. David Allen Says, “Eat a Bud a Day” Here’s some interesting data. This video highlights a report fired up by the Department of Health and Human Services which found that our ugly little rodent friends (aka RATS) reduced their rate of STROKES by 50% w/ a simple and small amount of natural Bud, flower – i.e Cannabinoids. That’s right, Dr. Allen recommends you eat “A Bud-a-Day to Keep the Strokes Away,” raw, un-dried buds — by not activating the THCa and converting it into THC – the consumer a...

Canada could use the beer industry as a model if it ever decides to legalize and tax marijuana, according to the founder of the nation’s third-largest brewer. Read the whole story here on https://www.facebook.com/Canadian420nurses

HALIFAX – In a few months, Canadians who use medical marijuana will have to purchase it through government regulated growers, and it’s not sitting well with people who need the medication. One of those people is 51-year-old Marcel Gignac of Amherst, N.S., who has had multiple sclerosis since 2008. The disease hit him so hard he had to use a wheelchair and take 27 pills a day. But after he got a doctor’s prescription to use medical marijuana, which he takes in capsule form, within a few months h...

Medical marijuana is a legal drug in Canada. True, it is only supposed to be available to people with a doctor’s prescription – but that can be said about hundreds of other pharmaceuticals. What’s more, since there’s no patent on pot, the easy-to-grow plant is really just a generic prescription drug. In Canada, all sorts of generic drugs are safely produced by drug companies, prescribed by doctors and sold by pharmacists. The system works. Except when it comes to medical marijuana. A decade and...

Studies Support Medical Marijuana For Various Ailments The cannabis plant has been around for centuries. It is believed to have originated in Central Asia, but has expanded its reach to an international scale over time. People around the globe consume cannabis, and their reasoning is largely the same – it makes them feel better. In the eyes of most, a Coloradan who smokes cannabis recreationally to ease social anxiety is much different from an Israeli cancer patient. With that said, scientific ...

TruthOnPot.com – The evidence is clear: Marijuana has an unique potential to fight cancer. And while patients anxiously wait for human trials to be conducted, researchers out of Spain are already working on better ways to administer the treatment. The problem with chemicals in marijuana like THC and C-B-D is the fact that they are highly insoluble in water. So far, this has mostly restricted patients to smoking or eating the plant, which makes it difficult to target tumor cells without affectin...

Last week I was riding in the truck with the radio on and listening to CBC news and heard how a 11 yr.old first Nations girl with leukemia is waiting on a judge to decide on Nov. 14/2014, whether she should be forced back into chemotherapy. The Brantford family has chosen indigenous medicine instead, and say Canadian courts have no authority over them. McMaster Children's Hospital went to court to try to force Childrens Aid to action to protect the child whom they say, requires urgent, life-savi...

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...

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...