Recently Waterloo Region has been catapulted into the news on the issue of cannabis:
- 4 arrested after police bust marijuana dispensary in Kitchener
- Marijuana dispensaries closing doors in wake of Waterloo raid
- Absolute discharge for owners of raided Waterloo Dispensary
But there have been positive articles, like the one about a “Family’s cannabis business will bring new life to former Lear plant in Kitchener.” Though I’m no expert, it’s starting to sound as if existing medical marijuana manufacturers will be shut out of the industry altogether by Liberal legislation brought to us by ex-Toronto top cop Bill Blair.
And then there are the news stories like Now Magazine’s rundown of Marijuana, Inc: The buzz behind the Canadian bud biz the National Post’s Marijuana task-force member’s move to legal weed company raises conflict-of-interest concerns and Police chiefs and politicians: The new faces of corporate medical marijuana in B.C., the Toronto Sun’s looks at the T.O. pot dispensary battle a ‘game of cat and mouse’ and Police chiefs and politicians: The new faces of corporate medical marijuana in B.C. while Macleans reports How public officials got into the weed game.
As Ms Emery writes: Reefer monopoly madness – government doesn’t want to legalize pot, but DOES want to profit from it
Tomorrow night (Friday, September 29th, 2017) you can come to An Alternative Cannabis Consumption Awareness (ACCA) education night will take place Friday Night at UC Vape in Kitchener.
NOTE: There is a $5 admission fee, and as I understand it from the Facebook Event Page you need to apply to attend.
The evening will featuring cannabis activists Abi Roach, founder of Hotbox Cafe and Cannabis Culture‘s Jodie Emery.
Ms Emery shared a video of her appearance with her husband Marc Emery before the Parliamentary Committee on Facebook. Their view of the government’s proposed legislation not very good.
“There are more criminal offenses in the new Cannabis Act than there currently are in the existing legislation.”
8:00-10:30pm
Friday September 29th, 2017
UC Vape
33 Queen Street South
Kitchener, ON
N2G 1V8
[errata: corrections for clarity ~ LLR Nov 21]