DARTMOUTH, NS – Over 40 people accompanied Chris Googoo to his court date at the Dartmouth courthouse on October 11th, 2022. Googoo, an Elected Councillor and entrepreneur in Millbrook First Nation, is raising a constitutional challenge to defend his Aboriginal and Treaty rights to sell cannabis on unceded Indian lands after his shop was raided by the RCMP. Councillor Googoo’s shop in Cole Harbour was raided along with several others on December 23rd, 2020. He was charged under the Cannabis Act with “possessing cannabis for the purpose of selling,” and “possession for the purpose of distributing cannabis.”
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A group of 10 Anishinaabe cannabis users and dispensary owners who have raised a constitutional challenge to Canada’s Cannabis Act, won a victory at the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario yesterday. In a seven page decision, Justice P.J. Boucher refused a motion by the Crown to summarily dismiss the…
What do we think of when we think about weed? From rabble.ca by Megan Kinch September 20 2022 This feature was a collaborative project between The Green Line, The Hoser and rabble.ca. Please RSVP to attend our labour trivia night and Story Circle, here. The plant with many names is a medicine, a recreational drug…
From The Gleaner Western Bureau September 20 2022 RASTAFARIAN ELDER Ras Iyah V, who was one of the key advocates for the decriminalisation of ganja, says he is not optimistic that small ganja farmers will ever benefit from the emerging medicinal cannabis industry, unless legislation is put in place to…
www.DispensingFreedom.com is hosting a Zoom meeting on Thursday Sept 8th, (6pm in the Maritimes, 5pm in Ontario, 3pm in Alberta, and 2pm in BC time) to hear from spokespeople from the Burnin Grass dispensary in Samson First Nation and to get reactions from others on the call about what happened…
Additional marijuana regulations and community revenue needed, says chief From APTN by Emelia Fournier September 1 2022 A Mi’gmaq First Nation on the Quebec-New Brunswick border has seen its marijuana industry grow dramatically – and its Cannabis Office is trying to figure out how to manage the boom. Weed shops have…
From Nug Magazine by Steve August 20 2022 One of the reservations in South Dakota, the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, does allow legal cannabis, although alcohol is still prohibited on the reservation. In 2020, the Oglala Sioux voted overwhelmingly in favor of legalizing recreational and medical cannabis. The site has…
From MJBizDaily by Matt Lamers August 3 2022 Canadian licensed producers have destroyed a growing amount of cannabis every year since adult-use legalization nearly four years ago, with 2021’s record quantity far exceeding the product sold that year, an MJBizDaily analysis has found. The latest data signals that some Canadian mass-producers might…
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…
Why should we stop using the term “marijuana”? The word has a centuries-deep history rooted in racist practices and misinformation. Instead, call it cannabis. From Honeysuckle Magazine by Wei Hu July 25 2022 This summer, let’s all finally actually commemorate Mexican culture and heritage by ending the use of the…