Tag Archives: National Post

‘We’ve got no product’: Supply shortage plagues Labrador’s only legal pot store

The one licensed cannabis store in Labrador opened at 4:20 p.m. on legalization day, but [...]

Silver pot: Marijuana use is growing among seniors. Is that good or bad?

Ethan Nadelmann grew up in the suburbs of New York City, but the first time [...]

Edibles will be legal next fall — but cannabis-infused booze will not

OTTAWA — Canadians won’t be allowed to buy cannabis-infused booze when other marijuana-laced “edibles” become [...]

‘A 24/7 thing’: Ottawa police begin checkstop blitz to target cannabis-impaired drivers — even in the morning

OTTAWA — Around 10 p.m. on Thursday night, a driver pulled up to a police [...]

Federal government will make it easier to get pardon for minor marijuana convictions

OTTAWA — The federal government plans to move Wednesday on easing the process of obtaining [...]

Best of the Post’s cannabis coverage: Everything you need to make sense of legalization

The era of legal weed in Canada arrives Wednesday in a slurry of harried news [...]

Historic midnight legal cannabis purchases usher in new era for Canada

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — One of the first customers to buy legal recreational cannabis in [...]

Chris Selley: Marijuana legalization is here to stay, even conservative opponents admit

An Abacus Data poll released this week suggests Canadians are ready for marijuana legalization even [...]

Will police officers in Canada be allowed to get high?

From allowing it as long as officers are ‘fit for duty’ to a total ban, [...]

Thinking of driving while high? A new study shows pot increases the risk of a crash even five hours after inhaling

A considerable proportion of people who smoke pot have rather blasé attitudes towards driving while [...]

Police struggling with how they’ll collect blood samples from suspected drug-impaired drivers

OTTAWA — Canada’s largest police forces are grappling with how to reliably — and quickly [...]

Officials say it’s up to federal workplaces to decide if their cannabis rules need updating

OTTAWA — With recreational cannabis one week away from becoming legal, federal officials say it’s [...]

Pot producers are working around restrictive Health Canada guidelines to visually distinguish their brands. Here’s how

Recreational cannabis users won’t lack for choice when the drug becomes legal in Canada on [...]

Legal cannabis sales could reach more than $1B in fourth quarter: Statistics Canada

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada forecasts Canadians could spend more than $1 billion on legal cannabis [...]

Myriad of health claims suggest cannabis is a panacea for what ails us. But is it?

TORONTO — Google the word “cannabis” coupled with just about any disease — arthritis, epilepsy, [...]

Medicinal cannabis is generating increasingly widespread health claims, but here are some facts

TORONTO — Here are some facts about cannabis for medical use, which is generating increasingly [...]