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* Smoke Shop phishing scam *
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Another great commercial *
"If you're high, you can't drive!" is the message Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD Canada) bulldoze TV viewers with in...another great commercial.
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Approval for cannabis spray sought in Canada *
The world's first proposed cannabis-laced prescription drug to relieve pain may get its start in Canada.
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Calgary pot case legal test *
A Calgary man charged with drug trafficking admits to growing and supplying marijuana to the ill because there was no legal source for the medicinal substance, his lawyer said Monday during the first day of the trial.
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Dutch make pot a prescription drug *
Pharmacies to sell medical marijuana to the chronically ill in 'historic step'
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Epilepsy, MS patients trying marijuana for symptoms *
Canadians with epilepsy and multiple sclerosis are turning to marijuana to help with their symptoms, two new studies have found, and some say they find it effective.
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Health Canada dope stinks, patients say *
Cannabis emptor: Medical marijuana called disgusting, weak and ineffective
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Massive raids target marijuana grow-ops *
Police have laid almost 160 charges in a cross-border money-laundering and drug-trafficking ring.
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MDs balk at dispensing marijuana *
Doctors fret over burglaries, being hassled by patients to release the drug
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Move to decriminalize pot draws criticism *
Saying that "most Canadians" believe that marijuana laws are outdated, the government on Tuesday unveiled legislation that will reduce penalties for possessing small amounts of the drug. Below certain quantities, possession will no longer be treated as a criminal offence.
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Ottawa rally calls for marijuana to be legalized *
A rally to protest marijuana prohibition and advocate its regulation, called Fill the Hill, drew an estimated crowd of 1,500 people to Parliament Hill on the weekend.
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Ottawa won't prosecute medical marijuana activists *
Citizen groups that provide medicinal marijuana to the chronically-ill are rejoicing today amid news that Ottawa will not proceed with trafficking charges laid against two men operating a well-known Toronto care centre.
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Pot ban is constitutional, Supreme Court rules *
The health risks of marijuana are “neither insignificant nor trivial,” the Supreme Court of Canada said Tuesday, upholding laws against pot possession.
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Pot café back in business *
The pot business was smoking Sunday as hundreds of Vancouverites dropped in to visit Da Kine cafe, raided last week for openly selling marijuana to customers.
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Too much police time going to pot? *
The federal government's plan to decriminalize pot possession would free up millions of dollars and thousands of police hours, the latest statistics suggest.
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Znaimer, Mimran talents go to 'POT' *
Moses Znaimer and retailer Joseph Mimran have co-founded a research company to invent medicines made with marijuana.
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Confidential drug survey to get 'inside scoop' from Vancouver youth *
Vancouver Coastal Health's innovative approach encourages open, honest participation -- plus a $20 gift card for Future Shop, London Drugs or Famous Players offered as incentive for participation.
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Giving a graceless okay to medical marijuana *
Like a recalcitrant teenager ordered to do her homework or lose her TV privileges, Health Minister Anne McLellan has waited until the last possible moment to make medical marijuana available to Canadians, as directed by the courts.
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Ottawa may allow sale of pot at pharmacies *
Under pressure from the courts to reform its medical-marijuana policy, Health Canada is considering a Dutch option in which marijuana would be made available to needy patients at the corner pharmacy.
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Ottawa set to sell its medical marijuana *
The federal government is going to share its stash of marijuana, selling the drug to hundreds of critically ill Canadians at bargain prices.
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Reefer madness *
Canada's Health Minister may need to take a little of her own medicine, says PAUL SULLIVAN
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This Bud ISN'T for You: Fingerprinting technology could identify marijuana *
New tool would track movement of pot destined for illicit markets, scientists say
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Whoa, heavy irony, dude: Head of medical-pot program resigns *
Health Canada's medical marijuana program seems gripped by chaos after the departure of its former "Pot-Head," Cindy Cripps-Prawak.
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WORKPLACE ETHICS 101 -- July 30, 2003 *
Every day, people are faced with moral dilemmas at work. Now, here's a chance to put your two cents into the ethical pot. Each week, one respondent will be chosen to receive a Millennium Edition of Scruples, the game of moral dilemmas.
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