MONTREAL - For one of Canada's largest legal cannabis companies, the vote in Parliament this week to legalize recreational marijuana use represents a broad opportunity to develop new products, including marijuana infused drinks. The hope, said Adam Greenblatt, a manager with the company, Canopy Growth, "is that in five years time people will be drinking cannabis drinks at a cocktail party as if drinking a good wine." Matteo Rossant, 21, a business graduate at Concordia University in Montreal, also envisions an expansive future, one in which he sells maple syrup, lollipops and jelly treats made with cannabis. [continues 1041 words]
With its open-air marijuana stalls festooned in psychedelic colors and its freewheeling, self-governing structure, the Christiania neighborhood in Copenhagen has been for decades emblematic of Danish liberalism and tolerance. On Friday morning, however, a symbol of hippie hedonism came crashing down - at least temporarily. At about 9 a.m., hundreds of residents began dismantling the drug market on Pusher Street in the heart of the city, where men in masks usually peddle marijuana and hashish from stalls. Video footage showed residents hauling away plants and using saws, drills and bulldozers to demolish the stands. Signs saying "no photography allowed" were ripped down. [continues 737 words]
U.K. Group Offers Tips On Managing Addiction MANCHESTER, England, - Sitting in a drug counseling center's waiting room, Elizabeth Forrest giggles as she scans a comic book explaining "how to roll a perfect joint" in nine easy steps. "THIS IS hilarious," the 25-year-old heroin addict says, pointing to a cartoon warning that smoking too much marijuana can be fattening. The sketch shows an overweight man eating from a dog-food bowl as his pet barks in disapproval. The comic book, "Everything You Wanted to Know about Cannabis, An Insider's Guide," is one of dozens published by Lifeline, a nonprofit drug-counseling group in the United Kingdom, that give tips on how to smoke pot or drop acid and still look and feel good. "How to Survive Your Parents Discovering You're a Drug User" counsels teens not to stash pot in coat pockets since that's the first place parents will look. A Lifeline's guide to cocaine warns against snorting off the groove of an old vinyl LP record because "it is somewhat wasteful." [continues 1093 words]
MANCHESTER, England -- Sitting in a drug counseling center's waiting room, Elizabeth Forrest giggles as she scans a comic book explaining "how to roll a perfect joint" in nine easy steps. "This is hilarious," the 25-year-old heroin addict says, pointing to a cartoon warning that smoking too much marijuana can be fattening. The sketch shows an overweight man eating from a dog-food bowl as his pet barks in disapproval. The comic book, "Everything You Wanted to Know about Cannabis, An Insider's Guide," is one of dozens published by Lifeline, a nonprofit drug-counseling group in the United Kingdom, that give tips on how to smoke pot or drop acid and still look and feel good. "How to Survive Your Parents Discovering You're a Drug User" counsels teens not to stash pot in coat pockets since that's the first place parents will look. A Lifeline's guide to cocaine warns against snorting off the groove of an old vinyl LP record because "it is somewhat wasteful." [continues 1093 words]
British Drug-Outreach Group Prints Pamphlets for Addicts; Forget About 'Just Say No' MANCHESTER, England -- Sitting in a drug counseling center's waiting room, Elizabeth Forrest giggles as she scans a comic book explaining "how to roll a perfect joint" in nine easy steps. "This is hilarious," the 25-year-old heroin addict says, pointing to a cartoon warning that smoking too much marijuana can be fattening. The sketch shows an overweight man eating from a dog-food bowl as his pet barks in disapproval. [continues 1192 words]
