Tag: Justin Trudeau
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CTV Windsor: Ontario plans 150 LCBO-run pot shops by 2020
CTV Windsor – The Canadian Press – Sept 8 2017 TORONTO — Ontario plans to sell marijuana in as many as 150 dedicated stores run by the province’s liquor control board after Ottawa legalizes its recreational use next summer, the Liberal government announced Friday. Those looking to purchase marijuana when it becomes legal across the […]
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AM800: ACTIVIST SAYS LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS COULD RE-INVENT WINDSOR
AM800 – John Hutton – April 14 2017 A local business owner and cannabis activist says Windsor has an opportunity to re-invent itself. Co-Owner of “Higher Limits” Jon Liedtke says Windsor is the perfect place to become the cannabis capital of the country. He says if legislation passes to make recreational use of the drug […]
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CTV Windsor: Higher Limits owner excited to hear pot legalization reports
CTV Windsor – March 27 2017 Canadians should be able to smoke marijuana legally by Canada Day 2018. CTV News has confirmed the federal government intends to introduce legislation by April 20, 2017 to legalize pot. One of the owners of a Windsor cannabis lounge welcomes news that marijuana could soon be legal. “We’re so […]
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CBC Windsor: Canadian Cannabis Confederation Supports Legalization Taskforce
CBC Windsor asked Jon Liedtke of Higher Limits & founder of the Canadian Cannabis Confederation to visit CBC studios to discuss the legalization of cannabis in Canada.
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Cannabis Life Network: INDUSTRY RESPONDS TO NEW ACMPR MEDICAL CANNABIS SYSTEM
[Cannabis Life Network] Yesterday’s announcement of new Health Canada regulations around medical cannabis was met by the cannabis community with mixed response. The new rules, Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR), replace the existing MMPR system once again allowing medical patients to grow their own cannabis at home but only by getting seeds and supplies from the licensed cannabis producers set up under […]
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Fox 2 Detroit: Canada to likely legalize pot impacting both sides of Detroit River
[Fox 2 Detroit – Charlie Langton] The push is on to legalize marijuana in Canada. If our neighbors across the Detroit River give it the green light, a lot of metro Detroiters could head to Windsor to get high. A change in the law could have a big impact on both sides of the border. […]
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Detroit News: Legal Canadian pot may lure Metro Detroiters to Windsor
[Detroit News – C. Ramirez] Canada is moving to legalize recreational marijuana use next year and authorities here say it could mean an influx of Metro Detroiters craving cannabis. However, experts said that depends on how Canadian laws on the drug are set up and whether Michigan’s legislators and municipal governments continue relaxing marijuana rules. […]
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Merry Jane: Canada’s Legalization Plan (Finally) Has a Timeline
[Merry Jane – Remy L. Roy] But could a lack of order mean the dream goes up in smoke? Any fears for the future of Canadian cannabis should’ve been arrested on 4/20 when Health Minister Jane Philpott told the UN special session on drugs that the country would introduce legislation for legalization next spring. But even with […]
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Windsor Star: Festive Windsor pot advocates react to Canadian legalization announcement
[Windsor Star – Dalson Chen] April 20 brought the Canadian government’s strongest statements yet about the legalization of marijuana — and pot advocates at downtown Windsor cannabis lounge Higher Limits were already in a festive mood. Smoking bongs, rolling joints, and enjoying music, pot advocates were in a festive mood at downtown Windsor medical marijuana lounge […]
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The Plaid Zebra: Will Canada’s Cannabis Future Be a Stoner’s Paradise or Corporate Nightmare?
The Plaid Zebra – Miroslav Tomoski In the Nixon administration’s hallmark hammering tone, John Ehrlichman, a former aide to the President, summed up the motivation behind the War on Drugs by saying, “The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people…Did we know […]