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For you pot heads that like driving stone. Your time is coming up soon.
[h=1]Ex-RCMP officer co-invents marijuana breathalyzer[/h]
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/ex-rcmp-officer-co-invents-marijuana-breathalyzer-1.1870377
[h=1]Ex-RCMP officer co-invents marijuana breathalyzer[/h]
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/ex-rcmp-officer-co-invents-marijuana-breathalyzer-1.1870377
PORTLAND, Ore., June 17 (Reuters) - Advocates of legal marijuana in Oregon have gathered more than the required number of signatures to get a measure on the November ballot that would permit recreational use of the drug by adults, organizers said on Tuesday.
New Approach Oregon said the group had collected over 100,000 signatures - more than the 87,213 needed by July 3 - for the proposed ballot measure that would legalize, regulate and tax marijuana in the state.
Marijuana remains illegal under federal law, but voters in Washington state and Colorado in 2012 became the first to approve recreational use for adults. Alaska voters will decide on the issue in August.
Some 20 states and the District of Columbia permit pot use by patients with a doctor's prescription.
"We are continuing to collect signatures," said New Approach spokesman Peter Zuckerman. "We want to ensure the measure qualifies and has a big-enough cushion."
Oregon decriminalized marijuana possession in the 1970s. In 1998, it became one of the first U.S. states to sanction medical marijuana, although its estimated 200 dispensaries operated in a legal gray zone until state lawmakers passed a law last year to regulate them.
Oregonians rejected a legal marijuana ballot measure in 2012, and lawmakers during the last session declined to put the issue to a vote.
Zuckerman said national opinion on marijuana was moving in the group's favor. "It's time for a smarter approach, a safer approach that will control marijuana use, that will protect children and communities and generate money," he said.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon lent its support to the campaign on Tuesday, saying taxpayers' money was being wasted on arresting and prosecuting marijuana users.
"It's time to be honest about that and take a path that makes sense," David Fidanque, executive director of the ACLU of Oregon, said in a statement.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/17/oregon-marijuana_n_5505248.html
New Approach Oregon said the group had collected over 100,000 signatures - more than the 87,213 needed by July 3 - for the proposed ballot measure that would legalize, regulate and tax marijuana in the state.
Marijuana remains illegal under federal law, but voters in Washington state and Colorado in 2012 became the first to approve recreational use for adults. Alaska voters will decide on the issue in August.
Some 20 states and the District of Columbia permit pot use by patients with a doctor's prescription.
"We are continuing to collect signatures," said New Approach spokesman Peter Zuckerman. "We want to ensure the measure qualifies and has a big-enough cushion."
Oregon decriminalized marijuana possession in the 1970s. In 1998, it became one of the first U.S. states to sanction medical marijuana, although its estimated 200 dispensaries operated in a legal gray zone until state lawmakers passed a law last year to regulate them.
Oregonians rejected a legal marijuana ballot measure in 2012, and lawmakers during the last session declined to put the issue to a vote.
Zuckerman said national opinion on marijuana was moving in the group's favor. "It's time for a smarter approach, a safer approach that will control marijuana use, that will protect children and communities and generate money," he said.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon lent its support to the campaign on Tuesday, saying taxpayers' money was being wasted on arresting and prosecuting marijuana users.
"It's time to be honest about that and take a path that makes sense," David Fidanque, executive director of the ACLU of Oregon, said in a statement.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/17/oregon-marijuana_n_5505248.html
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Washington 'pot shops' hit by shortage on first day of sales
Legal marijuana sales in the western US state of Washington have begun amid a shortage of the drug in the state. State officials told licensed pot shops they could open at 8:00 local time but only a few are expected to have marijuana to sell on Tuesday.
The shortage comes as fewer than 100 people of more than 2,600 who applied for a growing licence were approved.
Washington and Colorado voters legalised the possession and sale of the drug in November 2012. Colorado's marijuana stores opened for business on 1 January.
An Associated Press survey of 25 licensed Washington cannabis dealers found only six were expected to open on Tuesday, including one in the largest city of Seattle.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28214706
Legal marijuana sales in the western US state of Washington have begun amid a shortage of the drug in the state. State officials told licensed pot shops they could open at 8:00 local time but only a few are expected to have marijuana to sell on Tuesday.
The shortage comes as fewer than 100 people of more than 2,600 who applied for a growing licence were approved.
Washington and Colorado voters legalised the possession and sale of the drug in November 2012. Colorado's marijuana stores opened for business on 1 January.
An Associated Press survey of 25 licensed Washington cannabis dealers found only six were expected to open on Tuesday, including one in the largest city of Seattle.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28214706
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Maybe this will work for men too. :biggrin2:
A Marijuana Lubricant That Gives You 15-Minute Orgasms
The gel–which is to be applied directly into the vagina–contains medicinal cannabis oil (with THC and cannabinoids) from marijuana grown in California. It is complemented with coconut oil, especially designed to give a pleasant fragrance and, above all, to prevent fungal infections. Besides, "It’s delicious to eat," says Gerson.
According to its creators, it is 100% natural and free from chemicals, additives, sugars and gluten. It is edible, vegan-friendly, and its pH is low to care for the skin and maintain the vagina’s own healthy pH. The result? A viscous, smooth, slippery substance that will allow you to enjoy at least 15 minutes of continuous orgasms. Each spray contains 360 milligrams of THC, enough for 30 sessions.
https://www.lamota.org/en/blog/marijuana-lubricant-orgasm/#
Wait, that has to be a myth. Female Orgasms?
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New York Times backs sending federal marijuana ban up in smoke
The New York Times editorial board on Saturday endorsed a repeal of the federal ban on marijuana, becoming the largest paper in the nation to back the idea as it compared the U.S. government's stance on America's most widely used illicit drug to the prohibition on alcohol from 1920 to 1933.
The post on the newspaper's website is part of an editorial series that in the coming days will explore different aspects of marijuana use, from health effects to how the criminal justice system treats it. "It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates arose and flourished," the editorial states. "It has been more than 40 years since Congress passed the current ban on marijuana, inflicting great harm on society just to prohibit a substance far less dangerous than alcohol."
The editorial under the headline "Repeal Prohibition, Again" comes less than two years after voters in Washington state and Colorado became the first in the nation to sanction taxing and regulating pot at the state level for recreational users 21 years and older. Marijuana stores have since opened in both states. A number of other states, including Oregon and Alaska, will vote this year on whether to take the same step, and polls from the Pew Research Center and Gallup have shown a majority of Americans support legalizing weed.
The New York Times editorial cites the 658,000 arrests nationwide for marijuana possession in 2012, and the fact such arrests disproportionately ensnare young African American men. It also finds moderate pot use poses no risk to otherwise healthy adults, but that concerns about the drug's effects on the adolescent brain should merit banning its use by those under the age of 21.
The New York Times, which on its editorial Web page showed a U.S. flag with its stars morphing into marijuana leaves, is the largest newspaper in the nation to take an editorial position calling for an end to the federal ban on marijuana. "I think it’s playing right into the hands of this big (marijuana) industry that seeks only to increase addiction while reaping profits,” said Kevin Sabet, co-founder of the group Smart Approaches to Marijuana which opposes legalization.
A number of smaller newspapers, including the Newark, New Jersey-based Star-Ledger, have called for some form of legalizing or decriminalizing pot, which over 20 U.S. states and the District of Columbia allow for medical use.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/york-times-backs-sending-federal-marijuana-ban-smoke-005506847.html
The New York Times editorial board on Saturday endorsed a repeal of the federal ban on marijuana, becoming the largest paper in the nation to back the idea as it compared the U.S. government's stance on America's most widely used illicit drug to the prohibition on alcohol from 1920 to 1933.
The post on the newspaper's website is part of an editorial series that in the coming days will explore different aspects of marijuana use, from health effects to how the criminal justice system treats it. "It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates arose and flourished," the editorial states. "It has been more than 40 years since Congress passed the current ban on marijuana, inflicting great harm on society just to prohibit a substance far less dangerous than alcohol."
The editorial under the headline "Repeal Prohibition, Again" comes less than two years after voters in Washington state and Colorado became the first in the nation to sanction taxing and regulating pot at the state level for recreational users 21 years and older. Marijuana stores have since opened in both states. A number of other states, including Oregon and Alaska, will vote this year on whether to take the same step, and polls from the Pew Research Center and Gallup have shown a majority of Americans support legalizing weed.
The New York Times editorial cites the 658,000 arrests nationwide for marijuana possession in 2012, and the fact such arrests disproportionately ensnare young African American men. It also finds moderate pot use poses no risk to otherwise healthy adults, but that concerns about the drug's effects on the adolescent brain should merit banning its use by those under the age of 21.
The New York Times, which on its editorial Web page showed a U.S. flag with its stars morphing into marijuana leaves, is the largest newspaper in the nation to take an editorial position calling for an end to the federal ban on marijuana. "I think it’s playing right into the hands of this big (marijuana) industry that seeks only to increase addiction while reaping profits,” said Kevin Sabet, co-founder of the group Smart Approaches to Marijuana which opposes legalization.
A number of smaller newspapers, including the Newark, New Jersey-based Star-Ledger, have called for some form of legalizing or decriminalizing pot, which over 20 U.S. states and the District of Columbia allow for medical use.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/york-times-backs-sending-federal-marijuana-ban-smoke-005506847.html
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Medical pot cookie prohibition ruled unconstitutional
It's unconstitutional to forbid licensed medical marijuana users from possessing pot-laced products, such as cookies or body creams, a B.C. Court of Appeal judge has ruled.
Parliament has been given one year to recraft regulations to allow medicinal marijuana users to use products made from cannabis extract. They can include creams, salves, oils, brownies, cakes, cookies and chocolate bars.
Health Canada currently allows people suffering from debilitating illnesses access to medicinal marijuana, but only in the form of dried marijuana.
In her written reasons, Justice Risa Levine said this specification "is arbitrary and cannot be justified in a free and democratic society."
Levine went on to state that when patients choose to use edible forms of marijuana, it "was a matter of necessity, or put another way, the restriction to dried marijuana interfered with their physical or psychological integrity."
Read more here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/brit...-prohibition-ruled-unconstitutional-1.2736526
It's unconstitutional to forbid licensed medical marijuana users from possessing pot-laced products, such as cookies or body creams, a B.C. Court of Appeal judge has ruled.
Parliament has been given one year to recraft regulations to allow medicinal marijuana users to use products made from cannabis extract. They can include creams, salves, oils, brownies, cakes, cookies and chocolate bars.
Health Canada currently allows people suffering from debilitating illnesses access to medicinal marijuana, but only in the form of dried marijuana.
In her written reasons, Justice Risa Levine said this specification "is arbitrary and cannot be justified in a free and democratic society."
Levine went on to state that when patients choose to use edible forms of marijuana, it "was a matter of necessity, or put another way, the restriction to dried marijuana interfered with their physical or psychological integrity."
Read more here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/brit...-prohibition-ruled-unconstitutional-1.2736526
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New centre to help get patients pot opens in Hamilton
A new “patient support centre” for people trying to get prescriptions for medical marijuana is opening in Hamilton next week.
The new service is hosted by MedCannAccess – a recently formed company that just opened its first support centre in Etobicoke. Spokesperson Rade Kovacevic says the free service is available so people can ask questions about new marijuana regulations, get help navigating the application process and, once they have a prescription, connect them with a licensed dealer. Which they are applying to become under the new pot legislation.
“Though the new regulations are improved, they lack aspects of patient support that we think are important,” Kovacevic said. “If you’re suffering from terminal cancer, the last thing you want to deal with is four more pages of paperwork.”
But the company isn’t looking just to make things easier for consumers – it also wants to lessen the load on Ontario’s doctors, he said. Physicians in Ontario are already extremely busy, Kovacevic says, and in many cases don’t have the time to properly explain the medical marijuana process. “We’re able to offload that work from physicians,” he said.
How medical marijuana is distributed in still in flux in Canada. Last June, the federal government introduced new regulations to replace the old Marijuana Medical Access Program, which had been around since 2001.
Under new Marijuana for Medical Purposes regulations, people can no longer be licensed growers on their own. Instead, they have to go to licensed commercial producers.
But just before the April 1 deadline when the new regulations were to take effect, a Federal Court issued an injunction against the government's plan. In May, more than 200 people flooded federal courts with lawsuits demanding the right to possess and grow their own pot for medical purposes.
A judge has put most of the cases on hold until a decision next year in a case examining Ottawa's recent changes to production.
It’s a complicated situation that Kovacevic knows well – as he and the rest of his partners in MedCannAccess used to be medical marijuana growers and distributed under licenses from the old system. But under the new system, he and his two partners (who have almost three decades of cumulative experience between them) had to become an incorporated entity.
The group is now “in the later stages” of applying to be a licensed producer under the new regulations, Kovacevic says. While they can’t yet distribute, MedCannAccess is building a network of prospective patients throughout southern Ontario that could register with them to purchase medical marijuana, if Health Canada approves the company. There’s no cost for any customers or taxpayers for using the support centre, he says. “We think it can help people, we don’t want to make them wait,” Kovacevic said. “And just because we work with people here doesn’t mean they have to register with us in the end.”
MedCannAccess has already generated interest from big business. Ontario mining company Buccaneer Gold Corp. issued a “binding letter of intent,” with eyes to buy the company – something Kovacevic says is a kind of “reverse takeover” done in an attempt to get onto the Toronto Stock Exchange faster. “It’s a quicker way to get stock listed,” he said.
MedCannAccess’s new support centre is opening in Hamilton on August 22 at 100 James St. S. A third office is planned for Guelph in September. “Then we’re looking at opening other centres across the province and then across the country.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hami...-get-patients-pot-opens-in-hamilton-1.2737903
A new “patient support centre” for people trying to get prescriptions for medical marijuana is opening in Hamilton next week.
The new service is hosted by MedCannAccess – a recently formed company that just opened its first support centre in Etobicoke. Spokesperson Rade Kovacevic says the free service is available so people can ask questions about new marijuana regulations, get help navigating the application process and, once they have a prescription, connect them with a licensed dealer. Which they are applying to become under the new pot legislation.
“Though the new regulations are improved, they lack aspects of patient support that we think are important,” Kovacevic said. “If you’re suffering from terminal cancer, the last thing you want to deal with is four more pages of paperwork.”
But the company isn’t looking just to make things easier for consumers – it also wants to lessen the load on Ontario’s doctors, he said. Physicians in Ontario are already extremely busy, Kovacevic says, and in many cases don’t have the time to properly explain the medical marijuana process. “We’re able to offload that work from physicians,” he said.
How medical marijuana is distributed in still in flux in Canada. Last June, the federal government introduced new regulations to replace the old Marijuana Medical Access Program, which had been around since 2001.
Under new Marijuana for Medical Purposes regulations, people can no longer be licensed growers on their own. Instead, they have to go to licensed commercial producers.
But just before the April 1 deadline when the new regulations were to take effect, a Federal Court issued an injunction against the government's plan. In May, more than 200 people flooded federal courts with lawsuits demanding the right to possess and grow their own pot for medical purposes.
A judge has put most of the cases on hold until a decision next year in a case examining Ottawa's recent changes to production.
It’s a complicated situation that Kovacevic knows well – as he and the rest of his partners in MedCannAccess used to be medical marijuana growers and distributed under licenses from the old system. But under the new system, he and his two partners (who have almost three decades of cumulative experience between them) had to become an incorporated entity.
The group is now “in the later stages” of applying to be a licensed producer under the new regulations, Kovacevic says. While they can’t yet distribute, MedCannAccess is building a network of prospective patients throughout southern Ontario that could register with them to purchase medical marijuana, if Health Canada approves the company. There’s no cost for any customers or taxpayers for using the support centre, he says. “We think it can help people, we don’t want to make them wait,” Kovacevic said. “And just because we work with people here doesn’t mean they have to register with us in the end.”
MedCannAccess has already generated interest from big business. Ontario mining company Buccaneer Gold Corp. issued a “binding letter of intent,” with eyes to buy the company – something Kovacevic says is a kind of “reverse takeover” done in an attempt to get onto the Toronto Stock Exchange faster. “It’s a quicker way to get stock listed,” he said.
MedCannAccess’s new support centre is opening in Hamilton on August 22 at 100 James St. S. A third office is planned for Guelph in September. “Then we’re looking at opening other centres across the province and then across the country.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hami...-get-patients-pot-opens-in-hamilton-1.2737903
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Anti-drug campaign not political
Health Minister Rona Ambrose says a new anti-drug campaign isn't asking doctors to take a partisan view on marijuana. She says if anything, it's Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau who has politicized the issue.
Ambrose's comments come after three groups that represent Canadian doctors – the College of Family Physicians of Canada, the Canadian Medical Association and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – declined to take part in Health Canada's upcoming anti-drug campaign targeting young people.
In a joint statement issued on Saturday, Canada's doctors said they were invited "to co-brand and provide expert advice” on the public campaign, initiated and funded by Health Canada.
"The educational campaign has now become a political football on Canada's marijuana policy and for this reason the CFPC, CMA and Royal College will not be participating. We did not, and do not, support or endorse any political messaging or political advertising on this issue," Canada's doctors said.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ro...rs-anti-drug-campaign-not-political-1.2739666
Health Minister Rona Ambrose says a new anti-drug campaign isn't asking doctors to take a partisan view on marijuana. She says if anything, it's Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau who has politicized the issue.
Ambrose's comments come after three groups that represent Canadian doctors – the College of Family Physicians of Canada, the Canadian Medical Association and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – declined to take part in Health Canada's upcoming anti-drug campaign targeting young people.
In a joint statement issued on Saturday, Canada's doctors said they were invited "to co-brand and provide expert advice” on the public campaign, initiated and funded by Health Canada.
"The educational campaign has now become a political football on Canada's marijuana policy and for this reason the CFPC, CMA and Royal College will not be participating. We did not, and do not, support or endorse any political messaging or political advertising on this issue," Canada's doctors said.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ro...rs-anti-drug-campaign-not-political-1.2739666
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Peyton Manning Pizza God NFL Star's 21 Pizza Joints are Booming
It pays to get into business with Peyton Manning ... TMZ has learned, the 21 Papa John's franchises he bought last year are KILLING IT right now -- and employees are calling it the "Peyton Factor."
We called up each of Peyton's 21 Papa John's in the Denver area, and the story is the same everywhere: business has greatly improved since the Broncos QB took the helm.
Before Peyton pur*****d the locations, several restaurants reported sales of $3,000-$4,000 on any given game day -- and that number has jumped up to roughly $5,000-$6,000/day ... which equals about 60 pizzas an hour.
One location reported a 25% increase in total sales since last year.
It helps that Peyton's killing it on the field too -- his Papa John's locations offer 50% off on Mondays after a Broncos win, and so far they're undefeated. Fans recognize Peyton's stores because they all feature cutouts of PM and Papa John ... and he even makes personal visits from time to time.
https://www.tmz.com/2013/10/16/peyton-manning-papa-johns-franchises/
(In a recent sit-down with Sports Illustrated's Peter King, Peyton Manning more or less admitted that Colorado’s decision to legalize marijuana has been a huge boon for his pizza stores.)
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...iness-is-good-in-colorado-due-to-legalization
It pays to get into business with Peyton Manning ... TMZ has learned, the 21 Papa John's franchises he bought last year are KILLING IT right now -- and employees are calling it the "Peyton Factor."
We called up each of Peyton's 21 Papa John's in the Denver area, and the story is the same everywhere: business has greatly improved since the Broncos QB took the helm.
Before Peyton pur*****d the locations, several restaurants reported sales of $3,000-$4,000 on any given game day -- and that number has jumped up to roughly $5,000-$6,000/day ... which equals about 60 pizzas an hour.
One location reported a 25% increase in total sales since last year.
It helps that Peyton's killing it on the field too -- his Papa John's locations offer 50% off on Mondays after a Broncos win, and so far they're undefeated. Fans recognize Peyton's stores because they all feature cutouts of PM and Papa John ... and he even makes personal visits from time to time.
https://www.tmz.com/2013/10/16/peyton-manning-papa-johns-franchises/
(In a recent sit-down with Sports Illustrated's Peter King, Peyton Manning more or less admitted that Colorado’s decision to legalize marijuana has been a huge boon for his pizza stores.)
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...iness-is-good-in-colorado-due-to-legalization
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[h=1]Pot should be legalized, addiction centre says[/h][h=2]CAMH, Canada's largest mental health and addiction treatment and research centre is calling for the legalization of marijuana, with strict controls.[/h]
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/10/09/pot_should_be_legalized_addiction_centre_says.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/10/09/pot_should_be_legalized_addiction_centre_says.html
