CEN Biotech, the company that wanted to become the billion dollar king of Canada's medical marijuana industry, has made waves yet again in their latest attempt to become licensed, after losing their final appeal with Health Canada.

The company dropped its lawsuit against the Minister of Health on Friday - the one claiming Health Canada was “unlawful or unreasonable” in rejecting the company’s medical marijuana license. They did not give any reason for dropping the suit.

Now a petition has appeared on the popular site Change.org with an open letter to Health Canada. Here's a small portion of the letter that outlines the complaints:

A popular salad and sandwich chain has been ordered to pull advertising for its top-selling hemp smoothie because it made it sound like the drink could get you high.

The Herald on Sunday revealed last weekend the advertising for Habitual Fix's hemp smoothie included slogans such as "Man, that's some strong stuff", "Just ask your dealer," and "Don't panic, we also do munchies".

The $7.50 smoothies are a blend of hemp oil, cucumber, mint, yoghurt and apple juice.

They were being served in a plastic cup with a cannabis leaf on the front.

TARPON SPRINGS — Bob Clayton’s first encounter with hemp was at a health food store where the fibrous plant was sold in bottles as an ideal source of protein and omega acids.

At the time, he had no idea of the many uses for the tall cannabis plant, which Florida farmers are banned from growing due to its association with its psychoactive relative, marijuana.

The two happen to come from the same plant, but industrial hemp’s chemical makeup doesn’t produce a high.

What its fibrous stalks can produce is durable clothing, paper and even car dashboards.

Clayton, a retired engineer, also saw its potential as an Earth-friendly fiber for construction.

The wheels of state government can grind slowly, especially when it comes to medical marijuana implementation.

In regulated states where dispensaries are open for business, it took an average of 25 months for the very first licensed dispensary to open after the state’s MMJ bill or ballot passed.

However, many regulated states don’t have any dispensaries open for business yet. Would-be dispensaries in those states have been waiting an average of 20 months now to be able to open their doors. They are probably still looking at another 4-6 months of waiting, at best, before launch.

Karen Wagner shows Sexxpot marijuana during a sample and share cannabis product party in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, March 25, 2015.

In a Russian Hill apartment, 17 women passed around cannabis-infused gluten-free vegan blueberry almond granola and rubbed marijuana-based topical cream into their shoulders.

The attendees — lawyers and chefs and nurses and tech executives among them — inhaled from vaporizers and erupted in laughter when a woman lauded the aphrodisiac wonders of Sexxpot, a new strain of Humboldt County-grown herb that she recently smoked with her husband.

According to Todd Wulffson, an attorney who defends numerous employers dealing with employees wanting to use medical marijuana on the job, there are four scenarios in the employer-employee relationship that could lead to lawsuits.

Wulffson has some advice for employers dealing with these certain scenarios:

Over the past two decades, marijuana has made some incredible strides.

In 1995 marijuana was not legal in any states, and according to Gallup, just 25% of its survey respondents were in favor of legalizing the drug. Then the wheels of change started spinning with California's legalization of medical marijuana in 1996.

Since this landmark legalization, we've seen 23 states and Washington, D.C. legalize medical marijuana, while another four states and D.C. have legalized marijuana for recreational use. Furthermore, two well-regarded polls from Gallup and the General Social Survey both recently noted that for the first time in history, the majority of respondents favored legalizing marijuana.

While antibiotic drugs like penicillin have saved countless lives and eliminated most public health threats like syphilis, there is a darker side to these miracle cures – the worsening global trend of antimicrobial and antibiotic resistance, which in turn has led to the creation of drug-resistant bacterial strains known as “superbugs”.

And while doctors and scientists race to find new forms of antibiotic medication to treat these developing illnesses, there’s another aspect to antimicrobial and antibiotic resistance that needs to be addressed – the issue of pharmaceutical companies and environmental pollution.

Michael Kahn, owner of MCR Labs in Framingham which tests medical marijuana products, with samples waiting to be tested. Daily News Staff Photo / Allan Jung​

NATICK – Meaghan Chalmers hopes to get a jumpstart on a budding new industry in Massachusetts.

The 26-year-old Lynn woman is learning from instructors at Natick’s Northeastern Institute of Cannabis information that will help her have a successful career in an array of businesses forming as a result of Massachusetts’ legalization of medical marijuana.

“There’s going to be a ton of businesses opening up,” Chalmers said. “I want to be in the cannabis industry for the long-term.”

Willie Nelson is infamous for his support for legalizing Marijuana across the country. Cannabis Now magazine reported on Friday that the legendary musician and songwriter wants to launch his own strain of cannabis in the states that it is legal. He named the strain Willie’s Reserve. Would you want to try his unique Marijuana strain?

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