KELOWNA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / January 20, 2016 / Lexaria Corp. (OTCQB:LXRP) (CSE:LXX) (the “Firm”) could be very happy to announce research knowledge from human topics demonstrating vital elevation of systemic nitric oxide ranges as a surrogate biomarker for cannabidiol (CBD) bioabsorption in response to ingestion of Lexaria’s merchandise.

As beforehand introduced, the research was undertaken to offer medical help for the CBD bioavailability enhancing properties of Lexaria’s patent-pending know-how, on the premise that bioavailable CBD is understood to raise ranges of the endocannabinoid anandamide within the human physique which, in flip, stimulates launch of nitric oxide within the vascular system.

What led a former Honolulu mayor and city prosecuting attorney to enter Hawaii’s burgeoning medical marijuana industry?

“It's odd for me to be a believer in [marijuana] because of my law enforcement background,” admits Peter Carlisle, just seconds after sitting down for an interview at PBN’s office. “I originally approached it with that attitude, but it doesn't take long to immediately understand that this has very significant ramifications for a whole variety of ailments as well as helping people with pain.”

With a federal Liberal majority, legalization of marijuana has moved from humorous rhetoric to an inevitable reality.

As many of us are still in post-election shock, we suffer from bias assimilation: the inability to separate how one views an elected official from the decisions that the person makes. That is, could this be a rational decision? It certainly is a departure from the tough-on-crime approach, which has traditionally transcended into votes.

Former drug squad officer says pot represents 50 per cent of illegal dealings the city

In the final instalment of Daybreak's "Montreal 420" series, a retired Montreal police officer discusses how legalization could change the city's illicit drug trade.

​Philippe Paul spent 28 years with the Montreal Police force, most of that working on the drug and anti-gang squad.

Paul is also an expert witness in narcotics trafficking cases and author of the book Coupable d'etre policier.

Here are key excerpts of his interview with Daybreak host Mike Finnerty.

As Liberal government looks to undertake the legalization process, a local councillor wants Toronto's voice on the table

Coun. Jim Karygiannis worries the proposed legalization of marijuana could lead to pot shops “growing like weeds” in Toronto neighbourhoods.

So, when newly-minted MP – and former Toronto police chief – Bill Blair and the rest of the Liberal government decide how to regulate the drug, the Karygiannis wants Toronto to have a seat at the table.

The Ward 39 councillor will be moving a motion at city council asking for a municipal representative on the federal task force in charge of Canada’s new pot laws.

Medical Cannabis Industry Association Welcomes 15^th Member

January 19, 2016 – Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Medical Cannabis Industry Association (CMCIA) has announced that OrganiGram Inc. is re-joining the Association as a member. OrganiGram, based in Moncton, New Brunswick, is licensed to produce and sell medical cannabis under Health Canada’s Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations(MMPR). The company is the only Licensed Producer (LP) in Atlantic Canada.

With the addition of OrganiGram, CMCIA now comprises 15 of the 22 companies that currently hold the 27 Health Canada licenses to cultivate and sell medical cannabis.

Will the legalization of marijuana in Canada depend on the votes of federal MPs or on the views of Canada’s international partners? The Post’s Tasha Kheiriddin poses the question, “Will Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promise to legalize pot go up in smoke, or will he turn into an activist and try to convince other countries to liberalize their drug laws, as well?” and argues that this is “the choice he faces, if he doesn’t want Canada to run afoul of its international obligations” (‘Seeing green,’ Jan. 7). Fortunately, Canada does not need to convince the world to legalize marijuana.

As the reality of legalized non-medical marijuana looms large, Canadians want to know if it's as dangerous as cigarettes. 

Or is pot actually "infinitely worse," as former Prime Minister Stephen Harper famously declared during the recent federal election?

It's neither, science now asserts. In fact, Harper couldn't have been more wrong - at least in terms of pot's purported threat as a deadly carcinogen. So suggests the U.S. government's National Cancer Institute (NCI), which even claims that cannabis can actually combat the risk of cancer.

British Columbia’s Health Minister says he will use meetings with his provincial and federal counterparts this week in Vancouver to push for recreational marijuana to be sold in locations that are strictly regulated and inspected, such as special kiosks at liquor stores.

Terry Lake also said the federal medical marijuana system should be reformed to include face-to-face sales in outlets such as pharmacies instead of limiting it to the current mail-order system, though he said dispensaries – which are flourishing in cities such as Vancouver and Toronto – should not be involved.

TORONTO - Now that the LCBO has shown it can't handle its vodka, we better rethink how to sell pot.

Unless you've been high since Christmas, you know Premier Kathleen Wynne and union boss Smokey Thomas - Smokey and the Bandit - are pushing to have weed, when the feds make it legal, added to the shelves of LCBO stores.

No surprise there, given Queen's Park's chronic case of the munchies.

Few "new revenue tools" are as tempting as the marijuana business. Wynne and Thomas's Ontario Public Service Employees Union lust after it, from sales to taxes.

But can we trust them to tell weed from oregano?