KITIGAN-ZIBI – From June 9th to July 15th, 2023 a grassroots committee of Kitigan Zibi residents conducted a community survey to learn more about their people’s attitudes to cannabis. 114 people responded to the survey and they overwhelmingly came out in support of a sovereign and medicinal approach to cannabis…
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“It is safe and we are taking into account the neighbours,” Jackson said. “Respecting our neighbours and (not) having people hanging around is something we take seriously. We can’t be serving people cannabis and then they get in their car and they drive away after smoking on the premises. And we have no qualms about having a dialogue with anyone in the community. We’re open to that.
Medicine Wheel Natural Healing became the first Anishinaabe sovereign cannabis dispensary in Canada when it opened its doors in Alderville First Nation in 2017. Now, with the backing of former National Chief Delbert Riley, Medicine Wheel has opened a new location on unceded Algonquin land in at 196 Beechwood Ave. in Vanier, Ottawa.
The panel will be composed of 3 substance use and addiction experts and 2 lawyers From Mugglehead Magazine by Natalia Buendia Calvillo November 25 2022 Canadian health ministers have announced the experts that will be part of the panel on the legislative review of the cannabis act. However, some experts…
From Yahoo! Finance via Canada News Wire November 24 2022 OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 24, 2022 /CNW/ – Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, announced the members of the Expert Panel on the legislative review of the Cannabis…
From The Cap Times by Natalie Yahr November 12 2022 Entrepreneur Rob Pero is on a mission to claim a piece of the growing cannabis market for Native Americans. It’s a natural fit, said Pero, an enrolled member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Not only have…
Raid comes after controversial Band Council motion to “ban Mohawk Tobacco” from reserve was passed in July. COLE HARBOUR, UNCEDED MI’KMAQ TERRITORY – On Wednesday, Oct 6th, the RCMP escorted Charles Naugle, a Fuel and Tobacco Officer of Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services, into Cole Harbour, a district of…
Awareness and education surrounding illicit tobacco in Canada can reduce the impact on public health From The National Post by Joanne Peters, Postmedia Content Works August 3 2022 This story was created by Content Works, Postmedia’s commercial content division, on behalf of Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. The trade in illicit…
Lack of involvement of Indigenous communities & leaders risks further colonial exploitation of their lands and cultural heritage. From volteface by Editorial June 30 2022 Almost a decade ago, Elizabeth’s husband Chor experienced what she now calls a “healing crisis”: an opiate relapse after a 13 year stretch of sobriety.…
From The Weed Blog by Leah Maurer June 17 2022 Cannabis has been used as a medicine for millennia, embedded in the cultural practices of people of color from around the world. From June 20-21, 2022, the Association for Cannabis Health Equity and Medicine (ACHEM), a nonprofit medical association advancing and supporting Black,…