CANNABIS CULTURE - Chuck Rifici, CEO of Tweed, one of six current Health Canada-licensed medical marihuana producers, has agreed to a sit down interview with The Mernahuana Zone today.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are planning to target Justin Trudeau at the upcoming Liberal convention with “more gimmicky ideas,” such as distributing ZigZag rolling papers screened with Trudeau’s face and the Liberal logo to put a focus on the Liberal leader’s comments about the legalization of marijuana. The note makes clear that the Conservatives see Trudeau’s position on marijuana as a wedge issue they hope to exploit. “There is an opportunity to keep the focus on this poor policy decision.
In a bellwether case, the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that cities and counties cannot pass ordinances that conflict with the state's five-year-old Medical Marihuana Act. The ruling came in Ter Beek v. the City of Wyoming.
Alaska election officials have certified that a marijuana legalization initiative there has qualified for the ballot. Alaskans will go to the polls in August.