[NEWS] Five marijuana links: Ontario Cannabis Store, Toronto usage, mental health, history, edibles

[rfmcdonald]

• The question of what will become of the Ontario Cannabis Store, apparently dormant and with only four locations picked a few months before opening, needs to be answered. Global News reports.


• Joseph Hall reports on a new study, map included, demonstrating that cannabis usage in Toronto is concentrated in wealthy regions of the city. (That arrests happen elsewhere is, sadly, not surprising.) The Toronto Star has it.


• Michael Mui reports on how cannabis usage has been linked with mental health issues, including psychotic outbursts and even schizophrenia. The Toronto Star has it.


• Catherine Carstairs at The Conversation examines how, over the 1960s and 1970s, the baby boomers took marijuana from obscurity to mainstream recognition.


• Sylvain Charlebois at The Conversation looks at the issues facing the food industry, and government regulators, as cannabis edibles strain to get onto the market.