Marijuana News Articles for June 2008

Pot was gift: man
Source: Telegraph-Journal (Saint John, CN NK), 06-28-08

Ont. bar owner in dispute with province over medical pot
By: Jordana Huber, Canwest News Service, 06-27-08

Trustee involved in pot bust resigns seat
By: Nick Martin, Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB), 06-27-08

Video: Ontario MPP on smoking laws and medical marijuana

Editorial: What about those who take narcotics for pain?
By: Christopher Leighton, Windsor Star (CN ON), 06-26-08

EU study promises straight dope on marijuana
Agence France Presse, Global TV (CN BC), 06-25-08

New drug-driving law gets mixed review in Vancouver
By: Cassidy Olivier, The Province (CN BC), 07-25-08

Medical pot user faces charges
By: Margaret Speirs, Terrace Standard (CN BC), 06-24-08

Crown alleges truck driver impaired by marijuana in fatal crash in 2004
By: Jack Walker, The Recorder & Times (CN ON), 06-24-08

Body fluid samples loom for suspected high drivers
By: Janice Tibbetts, Vancouver Sun (CN BC), 06-24-08

Compassion society is puffing along
Source: Oceanside Star, 06-21-08

Pot's in, tobacco's out in the Netherlands ban
Author: Star News Services, Source: Windsor Star (CN ON), 06-21-08

Man sues to get bill over pot grow-op returned
By: Susan Lazaruk, The Province (CN BC), 06-20-08

$40 pot charge has law in turmoil - Rules Struck Down
By: Shannon Kari, National Post (Canada), 06-19-08

Pot smokers' reluctant hero - Challenger to possession law says 'I don't want to deal with this'
By: Sam Pazzano, Toronto Sun (CN ON), 06-19-08

Cannabis pills to hit the market by 2013
Source: The Asian Pacific Post, 06-18-08

Police get new powers to test drivers for drugs - Drinking and driving penalties also going up
By: Scott Dunn, The Sun Times (Owen Sound, CN ON), 06-18-08

Bizarre Ont. pot case tests Canada's possession laws
By: Shannon Kari, Canwest News Service, 06-18-07

Editorial: Cancer fighter
By: Russel Barth, The Province (CN BC), 06-18-08

Commentary - Research: The adverse effects of cannabinoids: implications for use of medical marijuana
Authors: Louisa Degenhardt, MPsych(Clin) PhD and Wayne D. Hall, PhD
Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal (Canada), 06-17-08

Adverse effects of medical cannabinoids: a systematic review
Authors: Tongtong Wang, MSc, Jean-Paul Collet, PhD MD, Stan Shapiro, PhD and Mark A. Ware, MBBS MSc
Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal (Canada), 06-17-08

Medicinal marijuana has downside: study
Author: Canwest News Service, Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC), 06-17-08

Medicinal pot 'not harmful'
By: Katie Mercer, The Province (CN BC), 06-17-08

'High' employment - Which do you like better, getting stoned or getting paid?
By: Mindelle Jacobs, Edmonton Sun (CN AB), 06-13-08

Study: Marijuana potency increases in 2007
By: Hope Yen, Associated Press, 06-11-08

Cold, wet spring threatens B.C. pot crop
Source: CBC News (Online), 06-11-08

NOW EXPERTS SAY CANNABIS SHOULD BE LEGAL
By: David Maddox, Scotsman (UK), 06-10-08

Health Canada taking bids on pot contract
By: Florence Loyie, Edmonton Journal (CN AB), 06-10-08

TTC union calls marijuana report 'slander' - Allegation worker who died in subway mishap was high on pot just an attempt to shift blame, Kinnear says
By: Jeff Gray, Globe and Mail (Canada), 06-06-08

Legalizing marijuana would cripple the profits of the violent drug lords
By: Alan Ferguson, The Province (CN BC), 06-03-08

Judge grants motion to adjourn trial in 2003 marijuana grow-op case
By: Mary Riley, Lindsay This Week (CN ON), 06-02-08