Posts Tagged ‘legalization’
REEFER (legislation) MADNESS!
Last fall 4.6 million Canadians celebrated in a blaze of glory as pot became legal. According to Statistics Canada’s 2018 National Cannabis Survey, that’s how many Canadians use cannabis. In a very Canadian non-scandal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – then just Member of Parliament Justin Trudeau – admitted to puff-puff-passing in 2010. At the time…
Read MoreCannabis ad standards are hypocritical
Legalization is finally a reality. Despite this, it’s become apparent that alcohol is the golden child in the government’s eyes. Ads portraying the glamour of liquor are plastered all over the city, flaunting the freedom of alcohol advertising with every glistening bottle of booze. The promise of a good time is insinuated in every ad,…
Read MoreSmoking ban? Not a fan
Smoke is in the air. But as the official legalization of recreational marijuana approaches, so is an all too convenient public smoking ban in the city of Halifax. The proposed bylaw prohibits smoking on all municipal property, recreational areas, sidewalks and streets. Restrictions include vaping, tobacco and cannabis. A violation of the bylaw could result in a maximum $2000 fine,…
Read MoreCannabis on Campus
As cannabis legalization hangs over Canadians heads like a cloud of vaped weed, you may be wondering how accessing cannabis will play out, and how Dalhousie University will handle it. Where can you buy the good stuff? Where on campus can you partake of it? Would you be allowed to sell edibles at your bake…
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