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On the day her son's classmates were getting ready for their high school prom, Oriol Rhodes was picking her only child Evan up from incarceration. And she knew the first thing he'd be doing when he got out wasn't finding...
The day cannabis became legal in Canada, media coverage included jokes about grocery stores selling out of Doritos and tales about a plucky Girl Guide selling out of cookies outside of a dispensary. Amusing though they may be, wisecracks about the munchies obscured...
In Vancouver, cannabis use is fairly common. But some other countries are warning their nationals to not touch it while studying abroad. After Canada legalized recreational cannabis use on October 17, the Chinese, Japanese and South Korean embassies warned international...
The University of Toronto wants to stamp out smoking across its three campuses. The university has announced that it plans to ban smoking starting on Jan. 1. The policy would apply to the smoking or holding of lighted tobacco or...
A Toronto police officer who stole and ate a marijuana-laced chocolate bar seized during a pot-shop raid was a “complete idiot” for tampering with evidence, a judge said Friday as the man pleaded guilty in the case. Vittorio Dominelli, a...
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s legislature has officially proposed allowing the licensed medical use of marijuana, making it a potential trailblazer in Asia in legalizing what used to be regarded strictly as a dangerous drug. The National Legislative Assembly on Friday...
Clayton Hannah has follicular lymphoma. It’s a rare form of incurable blood cancer that, thankfully, progresses slowly. After consulting with his doctor, Hannah began taking prescribed cannabis oil with a high THC content. The treatments aimed to limit tumor...
Cannabis consumers, if you're concerned about the amount of packaging your government weed comes in, two companies have teamed up for a solution. Weed giant Tweed and recycling company TerraCycle have created a free program for recycling any and all packaging legal recreational...
Before marijuana became legal nationwide in Canada on Oct. 17, speculation swirled about what the new industry would mean for the 5,500-mile-long border with the United States. Canadians wondered whether charging pot purchases to their credit cards would get them into trouble...
Mexico's incoming government submitted a bill on Thursday to create a medical marijuana industry and allow its recreational use, part of a crime-fighting plan that would make Mexico one of the world's most populous countries to legalize the drug. The...