Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We...
Read MoreAdvocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed o...
Read More4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana's high holiday
SEATTLE (AP) — Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on campus quads and pot shops in lega...
Read MorePenticton business set to launch cannabis consumption patio on 4/20
A Penticton cannabis retailer will be opening its consumption patio this weekend and the owner says it'll be the perfect spot for customers to safely enjoy a toke. Cannabis Cottage is ho...
Read MoreSpiritleaf Vernon provides a growing array of cannabis products
Sarah Ballantyne will often tell a customer at her Vernon cannabis retail store to say hi to his or her mom for her. It’s not that the owner of the Spiritleaf outlet necessarily knows the mo...
Read MoreNo weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer...
Read MoreA convicted Southern California con artist pleads guilty in an $18M cannabis scam
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A convicted California con artist has pleaded guilty in another scam, admitting that he swindled investors out of more than $18 million by concocting phoney cannabis busin...
Read MoreCopenhagen’s hippie oasis wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The now-aging hippies who took over a derelict naval base in Copenhagen more than 50 years ago and turned it into a freewheeling community known as Christiania wan...
Read MoreNo, a judge didn't void all of New York's legalized marijuana laws. He struck down some
NEW YORK (AP) — New York's cannabis industry was unsettled this week by a judge's ruling that appeared to strike down all regulations governing recreational marijuana in the state. B...
Read MoreFlorida voters will decide whether to legalize pot in November
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court issued rulings this week allowing the state's voters to decide whether to protect abortion rights and legalize recreational use of mari...
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