Inspiration, for all its universality, is a particular affair. Long have I wondered at its presence, almost as long as I have at its absence, be it on a white page, a blank regard, or a heart empty of recognition to the love calling out its true name. Though a fool yet I am, still I question, still I wonder, still I see how it might be otherwise would we but choose to imagine what dreams might come…
Purposely surrounded by a symmetry of steel and glass, concrete and cubistry, elements that attempt to cage the world from its own wild nature, from this place of juxtaposition I spell out my magic, I call out our true name…
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A recent review highlights the promising effects of cannabinoids, a compound in cannabis, in managing persistent nerve pain. According to the research, cannabinoids may offer substantial pain relief with few or no side effects, suggesting a valuable alternative to conventional pain medications for patients dealing with persistent nerve pain.
Published in the Cureus journal, the review underscores the positive impact of cannabinoids on pain control, noting their benefits as a more natural option compared to synthetic drugs. This could make cannabinoids an attractive option for people seeking alternatives to traditional medications.
The research team, which sifted through numerous studies, narrowed their focus to five randomized, placebo-controlled trials conducted from 2000 to 2024. Their findings show that patients receiving cannabinoid treatment reported significantly higher pain relief than those given a placebo.
According to the study, cannabinoids led to pain relief in about 33% of participants, compared to just 15% in the placebo group, as measured by an analogous analog scale. For individuals experiencing sharp, intense pain, using CBD in a topical form provided even more relief, based on a neural pain scale. Importantly, very few side effects were reported, underscoring cannabinoids’ potential advantages in pain treatment.
According to the study, for those suffering from neuropathic pain—a type of pain caused by nerve damage often related to HIV/AIDS, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, shingles, and sometimes as a side effect of specific medications or radiation—finding effective treatments is complex. Such conditions often require specialized care and intensive medication regimens. In this context, cannabinoids may represent a breakthrough in pain management, offering a potentially more accessible and natural alternative for long-term relief.
The researchers acknowledge that more data is needed to understand the long-term side effects and potential interactions of cannabinoids, particularly due to varying legal restrictions and societal attitudes worldwide. Despite these challenges, they point out that cannabinoids may offer a new approach to chronic pain treatment, standing out as a natural remedy with minimal adverse effects.
The study also calls for further clinical trials to determine the most effective formulations and dosages of marijuana-derived medications for managing chronic pain.
As medical cannabis continues to gain legal acceptance in various states, chronic pain is among the top reasons for its medical use. Reports from both healthcare providers and patients suggest that marijuana can be a powerful alternative for pain management, reinforcing the case for it to be more widely considered in pain treatment strategies.
Companies like Tilray Brands Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) (TSX: TLRY) that believe in the therapeutic potential of marijuana and its compounds will be pleased that many recent studies, such as this review, are confirming the medicinal attributes of marijuana.
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An Alberta court had to weigh in on a dispute regarding share price between a Canadian cannabis company and the company’s former Chief Operating Officer.
The case involved a dispute between Daniel Jean Laferriere, who was the COO of Simply Solventless Concentrates Ltd. (SSC) in 2020 and 2021, and the company itself. Laferriere argued that shares he sought to have redeemed at the end of 2023 were worth $0.20 a share, while the company argued they were worth $0.017 per share.
While the former valuation would have made Laferriere’s two million shares worth $400,000, the valuation offered by Simply Solventless would have made the shares worth $34,000. The judge in the case found the value of the SSC shares on December 5, 2023 was $0.05 per share, or $100,000 total.
The dispute goes back to SCC’s attempts to take SCC stocks public in 2021 through another company, Dash Capital Corp. SCC shareholder approval of the deal was required, and Laferriere exercised his right at the time to disagree with the deal and have his own shares redeemed. SSC shares began trading in late December, 2023.
Laferriere argued that his shares were worth $0.20 at the time he redeemed them because SCC shares were offered and purchased for $0.20 per share in the private placement with Dash Capital Corp.
SCC’s representatives disagreed, arguing that the $0.20 per share private placement was based on a price for “units”, each of which included a share as well as a warrant. This warrant allowed its holder to purchase another share at the same price at a later date. SCC argued the fair value of a share was from $0.02 to $0.05, while the warrant’s value was $0.15 to $0.17 each. This made the average share price $0.035 per share, which is what was SSC offered to the former COO.
The judge disagreed with both parties’ arguments. He noted that the $0.20 per share valuation claimed by the former COO would mean that the attached warrants had no value, while saying that SCC’s arguments placed its share price (alone, without the warrant) at $0.035 per share, just over 10% of the unit price.
The court rejected both of these valuations, instead ruling that the value of the SSC shares on December 5, 2023 was $0.05 per share.
Court documents also show some of the reasons behind SCC’s “hail Mary” attempt to stay afloat after finding themselves with “significant and long overdue” accounts payable, which included outstanding legal fees of over $500,000 and a tax debt of approximately $1.5 million.
Since that time, the company has seen a considerable turnaround. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, SCC generated net income of just over $1 million, up from a nearly $1.7 million loss in the previous year. In the first two quarters of its most recent fiscal year, the company has reported $502,536, and $1,220,798 net and comprehensive income. In September they announced a plan to buy Alberta cannabis producer ANC for $10 million.
A new study has discovered that prenatal exposure to marijuana is linked to poorer thinking skills and behaviors like planning, paying attention, and impulse control in early childhood. These skills, the researchers explained, play a crucial role in how children interacted with others and performed at school.
The study was carried out by researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, with their objective being to investigate the link between prenatal marijuana exposure and aggressive behavior and executive function at age 5.
The researchers used a cohort of 250 children for their study, 50 of whom were White while 155 were African American/Black. Of these, 80 of the children had been exposed to marijuana, with researchers finding that the use of alcohol and other drugs like tobacco during pregnancy was also common in 22-39% of the kids.
The researchers used different evaluations, which included asking caregivers about their child’s typical behaviors. They also measured skills associated with paying attention, impulse control, managing emotions, and solving problems in preschool-aged kids.
The researchers observed the children in a play lab environment, explaining that children exposed to marijuana demonstrated more aggressive behavior.
Standard age-corrected scores for inhibitory control and attention were lower for children who’d been exposed to marijuana in comparison to those who hadn’t been exposed to the drug. This, the researchers noted, explained why they had more difficulty planning, paying attention, and controlling their impulses.
However, based on the status of exposure, no differences were observed in caregiver ratings of behavior and executive function.
The lead author of the study, Dr. Sarah Keim, stated that their findings validated previous studies and supported existing recommendations for patients. She explained that there were many risks attached to using marijuana during pregnancy, despite it being a natural product.
Dr. Keim added that it was not recommended for women to use marijuana to deal with common issues of pregnancy like stress, nausea and sleep issues. Instead, she noted, women needed to consult their health care providers to determine safer options to manage these issues during pregnancy.
The study’s findings were reported in JAMA Pediatrics. Other researchers involved included Peter Fried, Mark A. Klebanoff, Keith Owen Yeates, Joseph Rausch, Kelly M. Boone, Aaron W. Murnan, Abigail Dean, and Daphne M. Vrantsidis.
It is important to note that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Academy of Pediatrics both caution against the use of marijuana during pregnancy because of potential health risks to children and their mothers.
Cannabis firms like Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF) hope that when calls to comprehensively reform federal cannabis policies are heeded, it will get easier to conduct marijuana studies and give different groups of patients advice or recommendations that put into consideration their specific needs and any potential risks they could face if they use medicinal cannabis products.
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BC’s Community Safety Unit, which focuses on enforcement of provincial retail cannabis rules, shut down several unlicensed cannabis stores in the Vernon area this week.
Many details remain unclear, but what is known is that on October 29, CSU officers attended three or four small cannabis stores operating on Okanagan Indian Band (OKIB) land near the town of Vernon. Local media has confirmed the action was taken by the BC CSU.
The BC Community Safety Unit, under the Policing and Security Branch of the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, is responsible for compliance and enforcement under the provincial Cannabis Control and Licensing Act (CCLA), focusing on the illegal sale of cannabis. CSU investigators can carry out compliance and enforcement activities against unlicensed cannabis retailers and other illegal sellers across the province.
A request was made for comment from OKIB leadership on the issue, but no response was provided by press time. Local Media also reported that the raided locations have since re-opened.
“Chief and council have asked the Provincial Community Safety Unit to assist in the enforcement of OKIB’s Cannabis Control Law,” the meeting announcement reads. “OKIB’s Cannabis Control Law was developed in consultation with community and reflects a balance that allows businesses to thrive while providing community members with peace of mind.”
One cannabis store owner operating on OKIB land that was not raided tells StratCann that his understanding is that OKIB leadership had been in recent talks with the BC government about bringing in the CSU to address some stores that were potentially violating OKIB cannabis regulations that require among other things, certain levels of First Nations ownership of stores operating within their territory.
Cory Brewer, who operates two Timix’x Wellness cannabis shops and is the president of the Syilx Cannabis Society, representing members of the Syilx Okanagan Nation, says there have been concerns in the community that some stores have been taking advantage of the ability to operate under the protection of First Nations communities without following community standards.
He says his understanding is that OKIB is also in the process of updating its cannabis regulations, which currently require that a store be at least 51% owned by a Band member. The regulations also include requirements such as those for security cameras, 19+ access only, no onsite consumption, no proximity to schools, etc.
“A lot of band members will take chump change just to let someone that’s not First Nations plop a sea can or something like that on their land and open up using their status card,” Brewer tells StratCann.
He says the distinction is frustrating to himself and others who are indigenous-owned and operating with the support of the community.
“It makes us all look really bad because we’re very particular about who we work with.”
Rob Laurie, a lawyer who represents several First Nations cannabis businesses in the province, including Brewer, says he is seeing law enforcement in BC taking a divide-and-conquer approach—sometimes in coordination with First Nations leadership and sometimes not.
On the same day as the CSU raids in Vernon, the federal RCMP announced a series of raids on Vancouver Island that took place in early October, resulting in six arrests and the seizure of more than 120,000 cannabis edibles from two unlicensed cannabis stores. Specifically, police listed Green Coast Dispensary in Port Alberni, Coastal Storm Dispensary in Lantzville, and five residences on Vancouver Island.
Laurie says the stores they closed appear to be connected to First Nation-owned stores he represents but were decidedly not First Nations owned, while others under the same or similar retail brand that were operating on First Nations land went untouched.
“There seems to be a distinction in the stores that they’re hitting,” Laurie tells StratCann. “They’re splitting the herd between the Indigenous and the non-Indigenous participants.”
Still, Laurie says there doesn’t appear to be much rhyme or reason to the raids. Cannabis shops, some of which he represents, operating on First Nations land in Comox, BC, were twice raided by the CSU earlier this year.
Despite the raids, he says he hasn’t seen any charges related to them, many months later.
“For whatever reason,” Laurie told Stratcann earlier this year, “they are just not taking the same degree of enforcement against the Indigenous operators as they would against non-Indigenous. And I think that’s similar to the test cases with dispensaries in the City of Vancouver, they’re taking a cautious approach because what if they’re wrong? What if the courts agree with the Indigenous community, not the government.”
The province has shared a similar perspective on the subject.
Although the BC Government has long taken the position that BC’s Cannabis Act is a “law of general application” that applies to all of British Columbia, including First Nations’ land, the province’s Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth has said in the past that there is a concern that this interpretation could be “tested” by actions such as enforcement that could be interpreted differently by the courts.
The Ontario government has affirmed their plan to invest $31 million over the next three years to take on illegal cannabis stores.
As part of Ontario’s 2024 economic and fiscal outlook in brief, the provincial government is committing to investing $31 million over the next three years to support the Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Teams (PJFCET). This OPP-led centralized enforcement unit focuses on the cannabis file.
This investment, says the government, would enable the PJFCET to “respond to the challenge of illegal online operators and crack down further on the production, sale and distribution of illegal cannabis in the online and offline space.”
The new economic and fiscal outlook in brief is an affirmation of the province’s previous 2024 budget, which had referenced the $31 million commitment.
Earlier this year, Toronto City Council passed a motion asking the province to undertake a comprehensive review of the Provincial Cannabis Control Act, 2017. The motion says a review is “imperative to ensure the effective regulations and enforcement of cannabis-related matters” in Ontario.
Municipalities need more tools and resources to address these illegal cannabis businesses, the motion read, including “exploring options to strengthen enforcement measures, increase penalties for non-compliance, and improve collaboration between municipalities and provincial authorities.
An unlicensed cannabis store in downtown Ottawa operating as an “Indigenous trading post” according to a sign on the window. Image from StratCann.
The illicit market in Ontario has been growing considerably in the past year, and many retailers and other cannabis industry participants have been calling on the province to do more. By some estimates, several hundred new, unlicensed retailers have begun operating in different parts of Ontario in the past year, with close to 100 in Toronto alone. While some have faced enforcement, many have not, causing frustration for licensed retailers who incur numerous fees in order to operate with the province’s approval.
Toronto cannabis store owner Paul McGovern, a former police officer with Toronto Police Services who stepped down in 2018 to open Vertie Cannabis, told StratCann earlier this year that he believes Ontario needs more of a province-wide approach to enforcement, similar to the approaches provinces like British Columbia and New Brunswick have taken.
McGovern also argues that public awareness is an issue. While store owners might follow this closely, the general public, municipal and provincial lawmakers, and the legal system in general might not. While some in the justice system might still think the landscape is similar to the wave of stores opening in the years before legalization, he says the arguments that might have held up in court then will not now.
“I get the impression that maybe not everybody in the justice system is aware of what’s going on. We’re hyper focused on this in our industry but I don’t think the same is true for the general public or for police agencies. So part of the challenge is helping them understand how different things are today than in, say, 2016.”
Raj Grover, CEO of High Tide, which operates more than 70 of its Canna Cabana retail cannabis locations in the province, welcomed the new announcement in the budget.
“As Canada’s largest cannabis retail chain with 72 stores + over 700 employees in Ontario, we at [High Tide] welcome the Ontario gov FES commitment to help law enforcement crack down on illegal cannabis promotion/advertising,” wrote Grover in a Tweet. “We look forward to seeing more details as they are released.”
Ontario’s portion of the federal cannabis excise duty, which is 75% of every dollar collected, is expected to be around $379 million in 2024-2025. The province brought in $215 million in 2021-2022, $310 million in 2022-2023, and $344 million in 2023-2024 (interim figure).
The Ontario Cannabis Store brought in $186 million in 2021-2022, $234 million in 2022-2023, $242 million in 2023-2024, and is projected to bring in $225 million in 2024-2025.
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In 2018, Ontario set aside $40 million over two years to help cities manage the implementation and oversight of cannabis legalization. The first $30 million was distributed in 2019, with $10 million set aside for unforeseen costs. Ontario also invested $3.26 million to support municipalities through enhanced enforcement against illegal cannabis operations.
This plan, called the Ontario Cannabis Legislation Implementation Fund (O.C.L.I.F.), was to be used for increased enforcement (e.g. police, public health and by-law enforcement, court administration, litigation), increased response to public inquiries (e.g. 311 calls, correspondence), increased paramedic services, increased fire services, and by-law/policy development (e.g. police, public health, workplace safety policy).
Ontario has distributed four payments from this fund, with cities receiving at least $5,000 each payment. Toronto received just over $3 million for its first payment, $3.7 million for its second, and $1.5 million for its third, and just last month received the fourth and final payment of $747,954 for a total of just under $9 million.
The cost of policing and enforcement has been a major part of municipal budgets all across Canada, with a significant portion of cannabis tax revenue and other related funding going to police, enforcement, fire and emergency services as it relates to cannabis legalization. This is in addition to costs associated with developing and maintaining municipal zoning rules and bylaws.
Toronto Police Services’ (TPS) 2022 operating budget noted that the department had a balance of $3 million in reserve, with an expected $500 million in funds withdrawn that year. It was projected to have just over $1 million in reserve for these funds in 2023 and just over $500,000 in the beginning of 2024.
Those numbers were updated in the 2023 budget to an expected $136,000 after withdrawing nearly $2 million.
When negotiating for a 75% share of all federal cannabis excise taxes collected, provinces argued that the costs of addressing the new cannabis laws in Canada would largely be borne by themselves, cities, and law enforcement.
According to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), municipal administration and local policing costs linked to the legalization of cannabis will total $3-4.75 million per 500,000 residents.
“If voting counted, we would never be granted the liberty.”
Civil War
The United States political map is checkered with red and blue. Rural regions are predominantly conservative, while urban areas are primarily liberal. Most of us are hereditarily and socially influenced from an early age to pledge our allegiance. Long before the American Civil War, authoritarian entities and organizations have strategized ideological, political, religious and social division amongst their constituencies. We eagerly participate in an electoral con, hook, line and sinker. Of course, we would not identify as a victim of partisanship, then we would be acknowledging the naivety of our self-inflicted exploitation. When we engage in two-party politics, we enable our enslavement in a combative duality, preserving eras of civil war.
Time Immoral
Every four years, the political model is the same. Alternative, mainstream and social media spin selective narratives of controversy and indoctrination for populus consumption to ensure our engagement. Journalism has been distorted and engineered into editorially- radicalized propaganda and rhetoric. Instead of investing our own personal research for equitable information, we devour fabricated opinion as fact, projecting our partisan programming upon the opposition. With all the bluster only egocentricity can convey, each side attempts to sway the other to their narrative. Our arrogance and insolence feign our stand for superficial causes. All the while, political parties endorse anger, fear, hatred, hostility, insecurity and toxicity.
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Party Lines
Whether we are conservative or liberal does not matter. In a sports game, two teams don their colors with distinctive strategies. One team is on offense, the other on defense. They both jockey for position, making plays to achieve the advantage. One team wins and the other loses. It is the classic paradigm of duality. The same can be observed in politics. Yet, in the electoral arena, the stakes are higher as the contest is real (or so it may seem.) When we pick a side, we subscribe to a “singularity” of ideology. We debate and reject everything about the opponent. We even deny their very existence, condemning them to irrelevance, irrationality and oblivion. Where party lines begin, acceptance, listening and understanding ends.
The Powers that Be
Elite bloodlines rule the world. They control banks, corporations, the entertainment industry, financial institutions, media outlets, the medical industry, military forces, scientific communities and universities. They invest in lobbyists to influence politicians to protect their investments. They are sociopaths who oppress and suppress society to manipulate the global population. If we do not see this by now, we are simply not paying attention. When we discover alternative media, it often triggers our reactivity, compelling us to claim, “conspiracy theory!” This allows us to defend our cognitive dissonance, denial, fear and uncertainty when we encounter contrary information that conflicts with our beliefs. When we reject diverse ideologies, it does not mean they are not true.
“Voting is the acquiescence of our personal power.”
Conspiracy Theorist/Smearist
“Conspiracy theory” is a term authoritarian entities and organizations invented to discredit and demonize those who question and/or resist totalitarian agendas to exploit the global population for profit and power. In the last decade, social interest in alternative media has gone “viral.” Theories that were once dismissed as sacrilege are progressively being accepted for their truth. A recent distinction I observed from current events is the term, “conspiracy smeary.” This is when a proven “conspiracy theory” is distorted and propagandized to spread false narratives for ideological, political, religious and/or social influence, manipulation and weaponization. This has further condemned conspiracy theory into a mere deception of perception.
A Lost Cause
During the seminal establishment of the United States, the vision of democracy was sound. As with many ideologies, what has manifested from the necessity for freedom is the blasphemy of sovereignty. Politicians have rarely, if ever, served the people they were sworn to empower, protect and represent. With all the loyal dependency we can muster, we sacrifice our personal power for a savior to free us from the very oppression we enable with our engagement. Whether the slogan is “We are not going back!” or “Make America great again!” our reliance upon the rhetoric of politicians only leads to our enslavement. Democracy is a lost cause, simply because it does not exist, nor has it ever endured totalitarian egocentricity.
A Crime against Humanity
Social movements model their demonstrations with occupation. Imagine if we stood for and inhabited ourselves with the same passion! Protests are reactive events, caused by the extreme inequities of authoritarian organizations. Rallies are a social simulation to provoke negative responses. In essence, it is a social science experiment to preoccupy “radical” movements with their own reactivity. This is the strategy the political system employs. Stimulate an electoral environment into a fever pitch of negativity with ambiguity, conflict, debate, deception, fanaticism, fear, manipulation and prejudice. Then kindle the flames of contention until both sides defeat each other with their opposing indifference. Politics are a crime against humanity.
A Shift of Empowerment
In the previous article, I shared about the essential shift we all can experience in our transition from engagement to empowerment. The spirit of sovereignty is not with who and what we engage, yet in how we empower ourselves. There is a fine line between democracy and dictatorship, which history has proven with countless illustrations. Democracy inspires mutual acceptance, contribution, relativity and understanding. Whereas dictatorship imposes control, fear, hatred, indoctrination and intolerance. Our shift into empowerment begins when we align with, express and embody our soul. It is not an easy endeavor to manifest transcendence within the linear parameters of social reality. Freedom is found in our empowerment to transform.
Transformation and Transcendence
The ideology to which we subscribe often becomes our fixed way of being. Whether it is political, religious, social or otherwise, our belief, expression, identity, status and worth cannot be quantified by the declaration of our personal partisanship. Yet, we tend to emulate our social indoctrination as who we are. We opt to endorse candidates who will inevitably deceive and exploit us. This provides us the ideal excuse for the comfort and ease of our personal evasion. Every experience we encounter is an opportunity for us to shift from exalting others to empowering ourselves. Our transformation and transcendence are both sourced by the universe. Our essential choice is our soul.
The Transcendent Party
Recently, I was making observations with a friend about politics. Neither of us resonated with either party. I half-jokingly declared, “I belong to the Transcendent Party.” In my experience, pledging to any organization without personal discernment is not only social conformity, but also the definition of a “cult.” No matter how much faith, hope and trust we bestow upon ambitious, charismatic, confident and passionate candidates, it will never equal the empowerment we experience when we discover and embody these qualities within. Our universal shift begins when we select ourselves as the representative with whom we are inspired. Beyond the pandemonium of the political divide, transcendence is the freedom only our soul can provide.
Last year, when Delaware legalized cannabis, legislators approved the opening of 30 retail cannabis stores across the state. However, despite licenses being expected this year and stores potentially launching by 2025, available locations for shoppers to purchase cannabis legally are declining.
Several cities and towns in the state have used a provision in the legalization law to ban marijuana retail outlets, along with testing, cultivation, and manufacturing facilities. Sussex County has enforced bans in towns such as Bridgeville, Seaford, Millsboro, and Dagsboro. Beach towns like Milton, Rehoboth, South Bethany, Dewey, Bethany, Lewes, Fenwick Island, and Ocean View have also opted out of allowing cannabis businesses.
Additionally, Middletown, Delaware’s fourth-biggest city, has passed a total ban on cannabis businesses, while Newark has made an exception for its Main Street shopping area. Dover, the second-biggest city in the state, is also considering limitations on where marijuana stores can operate.
Sussex County Council is utilizing another legal provision that enables counties to regulate aspects such as the number and location of cannabis businesses. The council has restricted cannabis stores to C3-zoned areas, which are designated for heavy commercial use. However, the law also prohibits any cannabis businesses from being within three miles of municipalities, churches, schools, or drug abuse treatment centers.
This zoning restriction effectively results in a ban on retail marijuana stores in the county since all of the C3-zoned areas are within three miles of restricted areas, leaving no viable locations for these businesses.
Meanwhile, in Wilmington, the mayor’s office issued a statement in September outlining its approach to cannabis businesses. Cannabis entrepreneurs would have little trouble opening their enterprises in different parts of the city if there were no local prohibitions.
The mayor, however, has expressed his intent to restrict cannabis businesses from operating near schools or neighborhoods. The proposal initially sought to ban these businesses within 100 feet of schools or residential areas. Permitted zones would include manufacturing districts, downtown retail areas, and commercial centers. However, the restricted zone was extended by the city’s planning commission to 300 feet, but it will be reviewed again this month before the council makes a final decision.
In New Castle County, the only current restrictions being considered are that cannabis stores cannot operate within 1,000 feet of places like schools, daycare centers, churches, parks, government offices, or drug treatment centers.
State Representative Ed Osienski, who sponsored the cannabis regulatory and legalization bills, has expressed frustration with the actions taken by most local governments. He stated that the original intent of the law was to treat cannabis stores similarly to liquor stores, which are common throughout the state.
Meanwhile, Robert Coupe, Delaware’s cannabis commissioner, has remained focused on processing license applications while staying neutral on the local zoning issues. Coupe acknowledged the difficulties created by these local restrictions, especially in Sussex County, but also noted that New Castle and Kent counties seem to be imposing fewer hurdles for cannabis retailers.
While the situation in Delaware is still very much in flux, industry actors like SNDL Inc. (NASDAQ: SNDL) from around the country that hoped for widespread access to adult-use marijuana products by adults wishing to consume those products could be getting concerned by the restrictive actions of local authorities with regard to potential locations for cannabis businesses.
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Announcing the Winners of the 3rd Annual 2024 Canadian Cannabis Championship
Edmonton, Alberta – October 30, 2024
Grow Up Conference and Expo is pleased to announce the winners of the 3rd Annual Canadian Cannabis Championship, held on September 29th and 30th at the Edmonton Convention Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. This year’s championship highlighted the finest Canadian cannabis in both the Flower and Vape categories, celebrating the craftsmanship, innovation, and expertise in the industry.
Flower Category Winners
The competition on September 29th featured an impressive lineup of 13 talented growers from across the country. The winners for the Flower category are:
1st Place: Golden Gauth by Origine Nature
2nd Place: Ripped Off Runtz by Mauve et Herbes
3rd Place: Frosted Fruit Cake by Royal Harvest
Vape Category Winners
On September 30th, the spotlight shifted to vaping, showcasing the highest-quality products and formulations. The winners in the Vape category are:
1st Place: Fantasm by IRIS Labs
2nd Place: Dab Bods – Dab N Go Original Z Badder by Stigma Grow
3rd Place: R2 Honey Oil by Retro Cannabis
These exceptional products were evaluated by a panel of industry experts, who assessed entries based on flavor, aroma, potency, and overall quality. The championship provided an opportunity for growers and producers to demonstrate their talent, dedication, and passion for cannabis cultivation and product development.
Additional Note
We would also like to acknowledge that the pre-roll and hash categories were not evaluated during this year’s championship due to limited capacity. These categories will be reintroduced and judged at our 4th event in Toronto, allowing us to highlight even more outstanding products.
Acknowledgment of Sponsors
We extend our sincere gratitude to our sponsors, whose support was instrumental in the success of this year’s Canadian Cannabis Championship:
Grow Up Conference and Expo remains a leading platform for recognizing the expertise and innovation within the cannabis community. We look forward to continuing to celebrate the best in cannabis at future events, and we thank everyone who contributed to making this year’s championship a memorable experience.
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