Canada Ontario’s weed regulator to enhance oversight following audit discrepancies Ontario's Auditor General found from Sept. 2019 to July 2020, cannabis stores had 84,228 fewer units on hand than recorded in their inventory systems Nick LabaDecember 8, 2020
Canada Alberta’s regulator leads country in enforcement transparency Canopy was fined $36K for sending 'well-intentioned' care packages to retailers in April that stayed open during early days of the pandemic Michelle GamageNovember 25, 2020
Canada Vancouver Cannabis Substitution Project assumes ‘Doobie Van’ operations Founder Neil Magnuson says his harm-reduction society won't give up — even after being raided and evicted from its storefront Michelle GamageNovember 21, 2020
Enforcement Decriminalizing drugs in Oregon ends thousands of arrests, expands treatment Following a successful ballot measure this week, Oregon became the first state to downgrade simple possession to a civil offence Suzannah WeissNovember 6, 2020
Canada Legitimize the grey market, policy expert says Ottawa should audit the personal medical cannabis growing regime and allow medical growers to sell to the legal market: David Clement of the CCC Jared GnamOctober 26, 2020
Enforcement Illicit ‘life-saving’ Vancouver dispensary at risk of shutdown The Serious Hope Society is asking Ottawa for an exemption from federal cannabis law. Its landlord and city staff might shutter it before one... Michelle GamageOctober 8, 2020
Enforcement Global NGO network outlines 20 ways to make cannabis industries equitable Current legal markets have been captured by corporations and fail to address the racist war on drugs, the International Drug Policy Consortium warns Jared GnamSeptember 24, 2020
Canada Amnesty director calls for racial equity assessment in Canada As part of its legislated review of the Cannabis Act, the country should account for the impacts of enforcement on racialized communities Nick LabaSeptember 11, 2020
Enforcement ‘Enough is enough’ says U.S. policy summit on prohibition harms National Cannabis Policy Summit talks unequal enforcement, equity and how prohibition harms the entire country Michelle GamageSeptember 10, 2020
Analysis 10 steps to fix the Cannabis Act Cannabis lawyer Harrison Jordan has 10 recommendations to make the act 'really kick ass from a good public policy perspective' Michelle GamageSeptember 4, 2020