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Article content When police were alerted to a fire in the basement of the Pioneer Hotel in Cwmfelinfach, a small village in southeast Wales, they discovered more than a few sputtering flames. They also uncovered 2,000 cannabis plants and hydroponic growing equipment in the abandoned pub, reports the Caerphilly Observer. Gwent Police report that nobody was injured in the small fire, which remains under investigation. “In excess of 2,000 plants of varying maturity were located at the premises, as well as hydroponics equipment,” notes a statement from police. More On This Topic Inspector Andrew Boucher is asking anyone who might […]

Article content continued For Rogen, highlighting how cannabis has helped fuel his creative process is necessary work in the continued battle against cannabis stigma. Rogen is also keenly aware of the disproportionate enforcement of cannabis laws and has used his platform to advocate for expungement for those who have been convicted of cannabis crimes. “Canadians deserve freedom, not forgiveness,” Rogen captioned an Instagram post last year while promoting the Campaign for Cannabis Amnesty, a non-profit working towards cannabis justice and equity in Canada. Rogen has lent his voice to similar campaigns in the U.S., including narrating a video for National Expungement […]

Article content The National Basketball Association (NBA) got an early warning about Shawn Kemp. While Kemp was enrolled at a small community college in Texas, the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks hosted a dunk contest for fans. The top prize was the opportunity to practise with the team three times. Kemp, who was two years removed from high school at that point, not only won the contest with ease, but bullied the NBA players so badly in the ensuing practice that the Mavs didn’t let him return. “They let me practise the Friday, and they were like, ‘Yeah, you can’t come back […]

Article content continued The panel took questions from the community and the discussion covered everything from the history of cannabis to industry regulations and dispelling stoner stereotypes. “The image of the cannabis user being the stoner sitting on a couch eating Doritos every night is a very outdated stereotype that is just not at all true of most cannabis users,” Grobety told viewers. Batchelor shared the experiences of neighbouring communities that had allowed for cannabis retail and found there were no negative impacts. The months that passed since the petition first surfaced also gave the community time to sit with […]

Article content As Canadians start harvesting their homegrown cannabis, police are seeing a spike in reports of sticky-fingered bandits. That was the case recently for London’s Mike Nutt, whose backyard camera captured a thief hopping the fence, hacking down his plants, and then absconding, all in less than a minute. “He’s lucky I didn’t catch him,” Nutt told CTV London. More On This Topic According to Tanya Calvert, a corporate communications officer with the St. Thomas Police Service, last fall marked the services’ first report for cannabis theft. “We saw a trend begin and again this year we’ve seen another […]

Two people have been arrested over an incident where 17 children at a north London school were taken to hospital after eating sweets thought to contain an active substance in cannabis. Police were called by the London ambulance service at about 11.45am on Monday to La Sainte Union Catholic school in Highgate. As a precaution 17 pupils from the girls’ secondary were taken to hospital. On Wednesday a 41-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession of cannabis and child neglect (exposure to harm). He was taken to a north London police station and released on bail. On Thursday, a […]