Over a million Canadians have been a passenger in a vehicle driven by someone who had consumed cannabis in the previous two hours, according to a government survey.

One in seven Canadian cannabis users had driven at least once within two hours of using the drug in the three months before a government survey was conducted. The Statistics Canada survey also found about 1.4 million Canadians said they had been a passenger in a vehicle driven by someone who had consumer the drug in the previous two hours.

The recreational use of cannabis will become legal in Canada on October 17, 2018. The federal government has been conducting quarterly surveys to try to predict what the social and economic impacts might be.

Long before reports came out suggesting that Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government would turn to a private-retail model for cannabis sales, two eastern Ontario communities had hitched their wagons to the budding industry.

We don’t yet know much about the government’s plans, but we do know one thing for certain: legal cannabis is coming, and it will create economic winners and losers throughout the province.

Aphria Inc. ("Aphria" or the "Company") (TSX: APH and US OTC: APHQF) today announced that it has signed a Manufacturer's Representative agreement (the "Agreement") with We Grow BC Ltd. ("We Grow"), a Vancouver-based licensed producer of premium cannabis, to become We Grow's exclusive sales representative across Canada. The Agreement adds a second brand of premium B.C.-bud to be sold alongside Aphria's expanding portfolio of adult-use brands, which includes celebrated B.C.-bud from Broken Coast Cannabis, through the Company's coast-to-coast sales distribution network.

A marijuana depot is coming soon to a neighbourhood near you.

Edmonton-based producer Aurora Cannabis announced a licence agreement Wednesday with Alcanna — the company that runs Liquor Depot stores — that will give Alcanna exclusive rights to open retail cannabis shops under the Aurora brand name in Canada.

THC BioMed Intl Ltd. ("THC" or the "Company") (CSE:THC) announces that it has developed a cannabis beverage that mimics alcohol in that the uplifting and energizing effects of the cannabis is felt by the consumer in a short period of time. THC believes that this beverage is a solution to a major problem with cannabis beverages and edibles, as current products cause fatigue and drowsiness.

Metro Vancouver’s municipal leaders are bracing for a significant increase in odour complaints when marijuana is legalized this fall.

This follows a sudden spike in the number of complaints the regional district has received involving a legal commercial cannabis grow operation that recently started operating in Langley.

“Here we have a new industry that’s in its infancy in terms of being legal, and now it’s out in the open and it needs to be dealt with like any other industry. They’re not going away,” said Township of Langley Mayor Jack Froese.

Hemp is one of the most versatile resources on the planet with more than 25,000 known applications.

Unfortunately, this incredibly valuable resource still maintains a bad reputation in the United States thanks to its relation to other psychoactive cannabis plants.

Hemp is entirely different from cannabis in the way it’s cultivated and in its application but was still grouped with the rest of the cannabis species as a schedule 1 Drug back in the 70s.

Though progress has been slow, as people begin to understand the many benefits of cannabis, the stigma that has unfairly attached itself to hemp is also fading away.  

Here are just eight interesting products that can be made from hemp:

Marijuana legislation was passed earlier this year and recreational pot sales are expected to commence in mid-October, and while medical marijuana has been legalized for some time now, it too could benefit from the new law. It’s not as if companies are struggling to sell medical marijuana, but legalization will make it easier for patients and those looking for the benefits of cannabidiol to get easier access to cannabis. Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED)(NYSE:CGC) and others in the industry have had to rely on medicinal sales so far, and while there has been grown in that segment, there’s clearly much…

CSTAR Cannabis Inc. ("CSTAR Cannabis") is pleased to announce that its application to become a Licensed Producer ("LP") under Health Canada's Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations ("ACMPR") has progressed to the 'Active Review' Stage. This progress places CSTAR Cannabis in the final stage of the ACMPR application process, preceding the issuance of a License to Produce. Meanwhile, CSTAR Cannabis continues to work closely with Health Canada to complete its high technology production facility, designed to cultivate craft cannabis products and develop unique proprietary genetics.   

The Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences ETF (TSX:HMMJ) was down 1.21% in early afternoon trading on August 7. Cannabis stocks have been battered since recreational legalization was made official in late June. The federal government set the date of October 17 for this to come into effect.

The Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences ETF has dropped 14% in 2018 so far. Valuations for the largest cannabis producers in Canada have soared since the Liberal government came to power in 2015, partly on the back of a promise to push for legalization.