After two years of back and forth, the federal government has finalized its new rules for medical marijuana and has granted a last-minute reprieve to pharmacists who opposed the rules in their draft form.
Riding the wave of what some are calling a “cannabis spring,” B.C. marijuana activist Ted Smith brought his “Hempology 101” convention to the Ottawa Public Library’s central branch Sunday.
One of the witnesses heard during Ontario Superior Court hearings on rules governing the use of medical marijuana, a 55 year-old sufferer of multiple sclerosis, testified that when she asked her doctor to approve her application to use marijuana to relieve her chronic pain, the doctor put her hands over her ears and went, "La, la, la, la. I can't hear you."
The faint whiff of marijuana smoke wafted through the air of the House of Commons Monday when a pot activist lit up a joint as Parliamentarians traded barbs during Question Period.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Advocates of marijuana rallied in Ottawa's Confederation Park under a cloudy sky and marched to the steps of Parliament on May 1, 2010.
Ottawa police Chief Vern White says he isn’t interested in giving marijuana users criminal records, and would support discussing decriminalization — with one caveat.