CANNABIS CULTURE - Sitting at the bar of his new Melanheadz cannabis lounge on York Boulevard, a joint lying on the counter by his elbow, Peter Melanson admits that giving away marijuana as a door prize at his weekly comedy show is a bit of a risk.
A constitutional challenge of Canada’s new medical marijuana laws will hear from marijuana law experts from Holland, Israel and the U.S. when it begins Monday in Vancouver.
A 36-year-old man from Gull Lake faces several charges after his 20-month old son spent two days in intensive care after getting his hands on some cookies with marijuana in them.
In the U.S., possessing and selling marijuana is a federal crime, so banks have ignored this emerging market. In Canada, financial institutions are beginning to back corporate cannabis producers.
CANNABIS CULTURE - The first ever recreational cannabis store on the US/Canada border has opened in Blaine, Washington – about one km "as the seagull flies" from the scenic Peace Arch border crossing.