Welcome to WeedWeek Canada, the best way to keep up with Canada's green rush.
WWCanada is a Saturday morning newsletter for professionals in the world's largest fully-legal cannabis market. Our goal is to deliver key data and insights in a quick, digestible format.
Like the original
WeedWeek, WWCanada strives
to replicate the separation of business and editorial operations practiced at reputable news organizations. Most importantly,
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WWCanada is
written by Jesse Staniforth, a freelance journalist in Montreal who
has reported extensively on indigenous issues, cybersecurity, food safety, and cannabis for outlets including Leafly, ThinkProgress, The Walrus and Salon. You can find him on twitter
@jbstaniforth
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The episode lands Monday by 4:20 p.m. Pacific.
Previous shows feature:
-Episode 12 Cannabis attorney
Hilary Bricken discusses what's not working in the California market.
A must listen for professionals!
-Episode 10 Previously incarcerated activist and entrepreneur
Lukas Lucas on L.A.'s equity program
-Episode 7
Dr. Peter Grinspoon, Harvard Medical School, on cannabis, opioids and the medical establishment.
-Episode 4 L.A. cannabis Business attorney
Ariel Clark on what cannabis entrepreneurs need to know
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MED users who wish to grow their own are also
going to court to fight delays in the permitting system that have left them waiting for the right to do so. (iPolitics—Paywall)
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High Tide Ventures
applied for 25 location licenses from the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission to open its new Canna Cabana dispensaries in Calgary, Edmonton, and smaller Alberta communities. (NewsWire)
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Nova Scotia’s proposed Cannabis Control Act,
introduced Tuesday, set fines
from $10,000 to $25,000 for illegal sales, and synchronized punishment for cannabis offenses with alcohol offenses. (Vancouver Sun, CBC Nova Scotia)
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More than half the charges laid in London, Ontario dispensary raids since summer of 2016
have been withdrawn. (London Free Press)
Cannabis is harmful to pets, warned Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association president Dr. Lesley Sawa, and
consumers must take care to prevent animals from consuming it.
- Dr. Sawa also argued that there are no veterinary studies proving that CBD-infused dog treats are effective for treating dog anxiety. (Saskatoon Star Phoenix)
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