Archive for April 19th, 2008
Ontario, Canada cannabis user is on average 31-years-old
Saturday, April 19th, 2008ue, 15 Apr 2008
Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC)
Author: Jordana Huber, Canwest News Service
MARIJUANA USE MORPHS INTO LIFESTYLE OF ADULTS
B.C. First, P.E.I. Last in Survey
TORONTO — More adults in Ontario are smoking marijuana than a decade ago, and the average age of cannabis users is increasing, Dr. Jurgen Rehm, senior scientist at the Centre for Addiction [...]
Hemp has tremendous potential and nutritional value
Saturday, April 19th, 2008Mon, 14 Apr 2008
Source: World-Spectator, The (CN SN)
HEMP NUTRITION HOLDS VALUE-ADDED POTENTIAL
The strength and durability of hemp fibre is well known, leading to a number of textile applications. Hemp oil has features that make it a very attractive ingredient in the cosmetics industry, as well.
Now, thanks to a growing body of research, the nutritional value [...]
HC accepting proposals to cultivate and distribute medical marijuana
Saturday, April 19th, 2008Tue, 15 Apr 2008
Source: Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB)
Author: Steve Rennie, Canadian Press
JOB OPPORTUNITY CREATING BUZZ
Feds Seek Marijuana Growers; Flin Flon Company Could Lose Contract
OTTAWA — Health Canada is looking for someone to grow its weed.
The department served notice Monday it will soon invite firms to bid on a contract to cultivate and distribute medical [...]
High priced government-sponsored herb = low grade poor medicine
Saturday, April 19th, 2008Tue, 15 Apr 2008
Source: Evening News, The (CN NS)
LEARNING TO GROW THE RIGHT STUFF
If certain Canadians operating outside the law can grow grade-A quality marijuana in spare rooms, one would think a company receiving millions of dollars in funding could achieve the same result.
The federal government once again has a tender out for companies interested [...]
Pot does not affect the academic performance of the students
Saturday, April 19th, 2008Mon, 14 Apr 2008
Source: Los Angeles Loyolan (CA Edu)
Author: Jermaine Affonso
MARIJUANA REVISITED
Advocates and opponents of marijuana comment on its use at Loyola Marymount.
LMU’s Division of Student Affairs’ recently released newsletter, “Cannabis Conundrum,” showcases an increased level of drug use on campus, raising issues of social and cultural dimensions behind the use of marijuana.
The newsletter cites [...]
Patients pay-up, or no pot for you! says Health Canada
Saturday, April 19th, 2008Mon, 14 Apr 2008
Source: Chronicle Herald (CN NS)
Author: Dean Beeby
ARREARS REVEAL FLAWS IN MEDICAL POT SYSTEM
Users Owe Ottawa More Than $500,000
OTTAWA – Medical marijuana users are on the hook for more than $500,000 in unpaid bills for government-certified weed, raising questions about the effectiveness of Health Canada’s troubled dope program.
Newly disclosed statistics show that Health [...]
University seeks Pot Smokers for study – contact number inside
Saturday, April 19th, 2008Fri, 11 Apr 2008
Source: Iowa City Press-Citizen (IA)
Author: Brian Morelli,
UI SEEKS POT SMOKERS FOR STUDY
Normally, people aren’t paid to get high, but University of Iowa scientists are coughing up some coin to stoners willing to help them gain insight into the effects of marijuana.
Users won’t get enough dough to live on — maybe a month’s [...]
Purple urkel marijuana returned to patient
Saturday, April 19th, 2008Thu, 10 Apr 2008
Source: Monterey County Herald (CA)
POLICE RETURN MAN’S MEDICAL MARIJUANA
HUNTINGTON BEACH – Acting on court orders, Huntington Beach police returned 30 grams of pot taken from a medical marijuana patient last year.
An appellate court ruled in a Garden Grove case that seized medical marijuana must be returned to a patient, and three weeks [...]
Emery deal denied last month by Ottawa – extradition hearing must proceed
Saturday, April 19th, 2008Thu, 10 Apr 2008
Vancouver Sun (CN BC)
Author: Ian Mulgrew
EMERY EXTRADITION CASE STARTS LATE ‘08
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s self-styled Prince of Pot, Marc Emery, and two colleagues will face an extradition hearing in B.C. Supreme Court starting later this year over American drug-trafficking and money-laundering charges.
At a hearing to set dates Wednesday before Associate Chief Justice [...]