Medical marijuana advocates are planning a court challenge aimed at legalizing all cannabis use, in response to the latest restrictions announced by Health Canada.
Psychedelic rock booms through The Vapour Lounge. In the store, young and some not-so-young people smoke pot through a variety of devices. And owner Marc Emery stands in the middle of it all, proclaiming his goal of defeating the U.S. war on drugs.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Bill C-15, a bill that would introduce mandatory minimum sentences for marijuana in Canada, has received the support of Conservatives and Liberals and been approved by the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
New federal regulations allowing designated medical marijuana producers to grow cannabis for two approved users of marijuana -- up from one -- are a "slap in the face," advocates said Tuesday.
Canadians who have permission from the federal government to smoke marijuana for medicinal purposes are now facing impending restrictions about where they can light up.
After losing a court battle, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet has increasing the number of medical marijuana users a licensed grower may supply - from one to just two.