Public hearing will be scheduled before bylaw approval Whistler is taking steps to curb a potential proliferation of medical marijuana facilities in the resort on the eve of nationwide changes to the system. On Tuesday council started the process of approving a new zoning amendment bylaw that will limit medical marijuana production to the existing facility in Function Junction. Mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden said in all her years at the council table, she never expected to see a bylaw like this up for consideration. [continues 481 words]
Corridor Grow Op Opens for "Limited Number" of Medical Marijuana Patients The numbers of medical marijuana growers and users are fast on the rise and one local grower is banking on this booming business for his B.C. bud. Statistics just released to Pique by Health Canada suggest that more medicinal marijuana growers are getting ready for legislative changes to the industry in the next two years. One Sea to Sky grower has convinced others of the potential of pot. Together with his investors, he has set up a small grow op facility in the Sea to Sky corridor, producing a couple of pounds of legal medical marijuana per cycle - about every two months - for a "limited number of patients" as allowed by Health Canada. [continues 1348 words]
NEW research into marijuana use and car crash injury suggests the drug does not cause accidents, it is more the personalities of the risk takers who use it. A five-year study, to be published later this year, shows habitual users who get stoned more than seven times a week are 10 times more likely to die in a crash than occasional users who drive under its influence. "What we actually found was that habitual marijuana use is a strong predictor of a car crash," University of Sydney research fellow Stephanie Blows told the Australian Epidemiology Association's annual conference at the University of WA yesterday. [continues 358 words]
