I‘ve been intrigued by the Centre section of NSLC Cannabis since legalization. The verb conjures the kind of #successfulstoner energy I’m trying to emulate: A mindful dope-smoke inhale that envelopes an overactive imagination, sensitivity/anxiety and hamster-wheel thoughts, whose exhale releases a more present, clarified and laid-back self. As a medical patient, getting baked/blitzed/greening out is […]
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How cannabis legalization caused an illegal weed boom
Liz and Hannah are known to their customers as The Girls. On a Sunday afternoon, in their apartment in Halifax, they wear ladybug socks, stir candy cane hot chocolate and answer the door to conduct a mellow drug deal. “What can I get you?” Liz asks a new customer, who was referred to The Girls […]
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One cannabis multi-tool to rule them all
Brett Evans is the inventor of the DoobTool, a multi-tool and cannabis case, which he says is the first of its kind. Among the DoobTool’s 10 tools with 20 different uses are a scent-proof case, a roach clip and a grinder card. The sleek $39.99 gizmo launched in September 2018, about a month before legalization, […]
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Pot designed to Enhance things
Tangerine Dream’s deep purple buds glow an Emerald City green, and once its blue box package is impatiently cursed/shred open, a tangy torrent of juicy Christmas-morning clementines mists the air. I’m trying to write about it right now after half a pinner, but instead I’m lip synching for my life to the This Is Allie […]
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4 tips for handling the high holidays
Welcome to the first big holiday season of Canada’s post-Prohibition era. OK, maybe after Halloween, but that usually doesn’t involve breaking bread with problematic relatives or all the pressure that December jingle-jangles in our faces. Cannabis is now a perfectly legal addition to parties, and an excellent tool to combat seasonal stress. But that doesn’t […]
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Gone with the Unwind
I have had a lot of criticism, eye-rolling and even anxiety about legalization. And still do. Yet I’ll admit (from my privileged stance) walking into the Portland Street NSLC and seeing CANNABIS in huge official letters brought tears to my white lady eyes. It happened! It’s legal! The stores have an airport-security neutrality about them […]
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Chelsea Handler shares her passion for pot with Halifax
A Civilized conversation with Chelsea Handler Sunday, October 7, 8pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, 6101 University Ave $63-$98 Willie Nelson—now more of a white-haired stranger—laughs as he passes Chelsea Handler a blunt. “Pot is like sex,” he chuckles. “Some is better than others, but it’s all good.” This is the fourth Episode of Handler’s 2016 Netflix […]
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Public takes debate on Halifax’s new cannabis bylaws to social media
Last Tuesday the city passed a set of bylaw amendments that banned all smoking—of “tobacco, cannabis or another substance that is intended to be smoked or inhaled”—on municipal property. Smoking cigarettes and joints on the street, sidewalk or near a park will be punishable by $25 to $2,000 in fines. The municipal bylaws restrict outdoor […]
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How can I get a pot prescription when I don’t have a family doc?
QHi Lucy,I live in Nova Scotia, and would like to get a medical prescription for cannabis. I do not have a family doctor, nor have I had one for almost 10 years since the previous one retired. For the past six or seven years I have been on disability support due to chronic pain (and […]
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Under pressure: a chill smoke-up goes down a dark path
Remedy fits right in with the student vibes of the Quinpool area, constantly peppered with nervous young Dal dudes asking the budtenders, “What’s strongest” or “What do you like best?” I predict this “act cool” bro-stammer will elongate our cider-buying time at post-legalization NSLC checkouts, but the Remedy staff are a helpful and charismatic crew […]
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Halifax in the weeds on cannabis regulation
This city needs a lot more muscle if it wants to control the legalized drug game. On Tuesday, Halifax council voted to create a municipal framework for cannabis to help fill in some of the blanks on what exactly the municipality’s role will be once the plant is legalized for recreational use this fall. Councillor […]
