Category: Cannabis Abroad
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Canadian Cannabis Companies Search for Workers Ahead of Legalization
Canadian marijuana companies are on a hiring spree, looking to fill an array of roles as they gear up for the legalization of recreational cannabis later this year. The workforce is booming, said Alison McMahon, who runs Cannabis At Work, a staffing agency focused on the burgeoning industry. Right now, she's recruiting for positions in…
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Women Lead the Way at Canadian Cannabis-Testing Facility
It has been said that Canada’s burgeoning cannabis industry is largely dominated by men, so when the Georgia Straight learned about a cannabis-testing lab run by a team of women, the publication sent a reporter to check it out. At Northern Vine Labs in Langley, British Columbia, resident scientists Katherine Maloney, Claire Maloney (the two are cousins), and Jaclyn…
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Mom Begs Doctors to Give Severely Epileptic Daughter Cannabis Oil
A desperate mother in Preston, England, has begged doctors to give her 2-year-old daughter cannabis. Jenna Heary hopes that the drug could help cure little Olivia's epileptic seizures, according to The Sun. She hopes to get her daughter onto a trial in the hope that it might make her "just that little bit more comfortable",…