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Canada primed for pot legalization
Pot stores across much of Canada were poised to throw open their doors Wednesday as the sale and recreational use of cannabis is made legal for the first time by a major Western country.
Oct 16, 2018
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In Canada, pot legalization poses health and safety challenges
Canada will end its pot prohibition Wednesday with the goals of curbing the black market and use by youth, amid concerns around the public health and safety merits of legalization.
Oct 15, 2018
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Canada makes final preparations before cannabis becomes legal
Canada will soon become the second country in the world to legalize cannabis—with the provinces left to work out the details of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's landmark measure.
Oct 12, 2018
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More than 100 pot shops set to open as Canada legalizes weed
Mat Beren and his friends used to drive by the vast greenhouses of southern British Columbia and joke about how much weed they could grow there.
Oct 10, 2018
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Uruguay marks a year of pot pharmacies - "it's like selling aspirin"
Enrique Curbelo is delighted. Selling cannabis has allowed the affable 76-year-old to keep his privately owned pharmacy in Montevideo open in a market dominated by big chains.
Jul 19, 2018
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How legalising cannabis can help society
Leading drug researcher Associate Professor Chris Wilkins from Massey University's SHORE and Whāriki Research Centre is calling for the adoption of a not-for-profit public health model for recreational cannabis. It would ...
Jun 21, 2017
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Canada tests lower age for pot legalization
The most controversial thing about Canada's move to legalize marijuana nationwide may be setting the minimum age for use at 18. That's three years lower than in U.S. states that have embraced legalization.
May 18, 2017
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Medications
Cherokee nation sues retailers, distributors over opioid crisis
(HealthDay)—A lawsuit has been filed by an Indian nation against six of the top drug distributors and pharmacies in the United States for harm done by prescription pain medications.
Apr 24, 2017
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OxyContin maker asks judge to toss case brought by city
The maker of the pain medication OxyContin has asked a federal judge in Seattle to throw out a Washington city's lawsuit that seeks to hold the drugmaker responsible for allowing its pills to flood the black market and into ...
Mar 21, 2017
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Colorado moves to crack down on black-market pot ads online
Weed on Craigslist? It is widely for sale in Colorado, but legislation moving through the state Legislature aims to crack down on those who sell marijuana illegally using online ads.
Jan 23, 2017
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