From News Ghana April 23 2026 The Advocacy Commission of the Rastafari Council Ghana has laid out a five-point policy roadmap calling for the full decriminalisation of cannabis and its repositioning as a driver of economic growth, with projections suggesting the sector could generate up to GH¢15.5 billion annually if…
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Millbrook and Sipekne’katik First Nations partially block one of the province’s busiest highways From CBC April 2 2026 More than a dozen RCMP officers were trapped behind a barricade and traffic was rerouted on a major Cape Breton highway Thursday morning as community members protested a police raid on a…
From The Eastern Door by Marcus Bankuti and Steve Bonspiel, March 27 2026 If we offer you two knocks in the arm, and you ask for none, then naturally one is a good compromise, right? We’re seeing the results of that logic play out now with the cancellation of a…
From APTN via The Canadian Press March 26 2026 The legal case of a Mi’kmaq man charged with selling unlicensed cannabis is moving ahead to a constitutional challenge. A provincial court judge has determined that Thomas Durfee’s treaty rights are not to be considered in the initial stage of the…
‘Enforcement bodies … are not permitted to carry out enforcement activities on Membertou lands,’ says document From the CBC courtesty of Devin Stevens The Canadian Press March 15 2026 An Indigenous government in Nova Scotia has passed a new resolution saying the province and RCMP have no right to carry…
From CP24 by Laura Seben March 6 2026 Numerous unlicensed cannabis dispensaries have been shutdown in Toronto following multiple police investigations. In a release on Friday, Toronto police said on Feb. 26, officers located a suspect working as an employee at an illegal dispensary in the area of Eglinton Avenue East…
Justice minister says new bill also allows peace officers to enforce cannabis rule From CBC via The Canadian Press by Lyndsay Armstrong February 25 2026 Nova Scotia’s former justice minister and a legal expert are raising concerns about legislation tabled Wednesday to strengthen enforcement of cannabis rules amid a crackdown…
From MMJdaily February 4 2026 In much of the US, cannabis is still framed as a regulatory puzzle. For Indigenous nations, it is also a question of sovereignty, jurisdiction, and how economic development intersects with community responsibility. On the eastern end of Long Island, Little Beach Harvest operates as a…
From CTV News by Jennifer Huedes February 3 2026 The Nova Scotia RCMP said an inspection of an illegal storefront in Welton Landing led to the seizure of cannabis last week. Police say officers attended the storefront on the 3100 block of Highway 12 on Friday to conduct an inspection…
From The Minnesota Reformer by Mike Mosedale February 2 2026 A Minnesota court dismissed a case against an Ojibwe man who was charged with first degree felony possession of marijuana after police seized more than 7 pounds of cannabis during a raid at his reservation-based tobacco shop. In an opinion issued Monday,…