Premier Rachel Notley says she has mixed feelings about the Trudeau government’s pledge to legalize marijuana even as a federal Liberal cabinet minister says action is coming soon on the campaign promise.
CANNABIS CULTURE – NDP Justice Critic Murray Rankin recently pressed the governing Liberal Party in the House of Commons for action on campaign promises to legalize marijuana possession and overturn criminal records for pot crimes.
At a former Hershey’s chocolate factory just outside Ottawa a company called Tweed now produces a rather different confection: marijuana for Canada’s tightly regulated medical market.
CANNABIS CULTURE – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his plan for marijuana legalization is not just a way to raise revenue but about improving safety by removing black market profits from criminal gangs.