Prohibition: The Headshop Challenging Quebec’s Ban On Words And Images Associated With Cannabis
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When Canada legalized marijuana, the Cannabis Act made it clear: in order for a company to test their products on humans at the development stage—that is, have subjects sample them before releasing them to consumers—it must be granted an additional class of license. Only with a research license, a document that requires a separate (and rather onerous) application can a cannabis-containing product be legally tested on humans.
This might not seem like that big a deal until you consider how poorly the first wave of cannabis products rolled out in Canada: despite being backed by billions of dollars, many large licensed producers found themselves plagued with scandals, chief among them product quality issues. In 2018, consumers complained of dry, underweight, and odorless cannabis, and then, when the second wave of regulations permitted edibles and vape products in 2019, infused beverages had issues related to canning and potency. The list went on.
Since then, the consensus is that quality has started to improve, and while not all companies are public about their utilization of the research license for human trials, a trend is emerging. Smaller companies with more strategic plays and less bloated employee rosters are beginning to carve out niches of their own thanks to another type of asset: IP.
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Like most athletes, Elias Theodorou likes being first.
In 2014, the mixed martial artist known as ‘The Spartan’ became the first Canadian to win The Ultimate Fighter, the UFC’s reality TV competition. Last year, his list of feats grew again when he became the first professional athlete and mixed martial artist in the world to be granted a medical cannabis use exemption by a governing body.
In January 2020, Theodorou was granted a therapeutic use exemption for medical cannabis in competition by the British Columbia Athletic Commission. The exemption allows him to use cannabis as medicine while training and in preparation for competition without the risk of being penalized or barred from competition.
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Would you smoke cannabis if it meant you might consume less alcohol, tobacco, or prescription drugs? A recent study examining a group of patients adds more convincing evidence to the idea that marijuana is an “exit” drug rather than a gateway drug.
Published in the International Journal of Drug Policy, the study compared survey results of 973 patients who answered questions about how they used alcohol before and after receiving medical cannabis authorizations from their doctors. Among them, 44 percent reported drinking less frequently on a monthly basis, 34 percent consumed fewer standard drinks per week, and eight percent said they drank no alcohol at all in the 30 days prior to completing the survey.
The study’s data is derived from the Canadian Cannabis Patient Survey 2019, a survey of patients registered with licensed producer Tilray, and led by the company’s VP of patient research and access and University of Victoria researcher Philippe Lucas.
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It’s October, which means for outdoor cannabis cultivators in Canada, it’s also harvest season. Nearly 50 firms across the country are licensed to grow outdoors, but just one can say its first harvest has been in the works for nearly seven years.
Despite the perception of Canada as a cold and snowy landscape, cannabis has been grown outdoors here for generations, long before prohibition was lifted in 2018. In Rock Creek, a small town in British Columbia’s Okanagan region, an area adored for its long, dry summers and endless rows of wineries and fruit orchards, a portion of a sprawling 2,200-acre ranch once dedicated to ginseng and cherries is now filled with rows upon rows of cannabis and hemp.
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Meet The Canadian Jeweler Making Luxury Cannabis Accessories Out Of Gold, Silver And Precious Stones
What do electronic music, precious metals and cannabis have in common? All three are passions of Toronto-based goldsmith Alex Dordevic, the CEO of Tribe and a man who wants to change the meaning of the word ‘luxury’ in the cannabis accessories space.
Established in 1993, Tribe began as a magazine documenting Toronto’s budding underground electronic music scene. It was the first in Canada to possess an online parallel, with a community now “four and a half million pages deep” according to Dordevic. Though the magazine halted publication in 2005, its forum is still active and has become a place where the multitalented publisher-turned-goldsmith can spread the seed, so to speak, among readers and cannabis consumers interested in customized high-end cannabis accessories.
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