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Paul Lewin discussing magic mushrooms for freedom of thought: The Mushroom Chronicles_ Psilocybin sales outlets popping up everywhere - Capital Current
Paul Lewin discusses psilocybin civil disobedience with the Toronto Star on November 25, 2024: FunGuyz closes storefronts and moves sales of psychedelic mushrooms online
Paul Lewin discusses the importance of psilocybin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1vqRqjMv_k
Paul Lewin discusses how the Charter Challenge could aid in legalizing psilocybin in Canada on CTV in December 2023:
https://london.ctvnews.ca/could-a-local-charter-challenge-aid-in-legalizing-magic-mushrooms-in-canada-1.6690127
Paul Lewin discusses psilocybin court challenge on CTV in November 2023:
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/we-re-trailblazers-magic-mushroom-advocates-aim-to-pave-path-towards-legalization-1.6648535
Paul Lewin discusses magic mushroom shops in Canada on CBC Radio in October 2023:
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-379-cost-of-living/clip/16014260-why-illegal-shroom-shops-popping-mushrooms
Paul Lewin discusses microdosing psilocybin with CBC Radio in April 2023:
Some Canadians are microdosing magic mushrooms for their mental health, but research on benefits is slim
Paul Lewin discusses psilocybin on The Agenda in March 2023:
Should Canada Legalize Medical Mushrooms? | The Agenda
Paul Lewin discusses the Hartle psilocybin case on The News Forum in September 2022:
Challenging the Prohibition of Psilocybin
Paul Lewin discusses psilocybin on CTV News:
Bradford dispensary selling 'magic mushrooms' refuses to stay closed despite police raid
Paul Lewin discusses psilocybin and a section 56 exemption for psilocybin for the City of Toronto on 640 Toronto Radio:
640 Toronto Radio November 28 2022
Paul Lewin discusses the psilocybin dispensary in Toronto on NewsTalk 1010:
Police Will Keep Raiding Toronto Magic Mushroom Dispensary If City Doesn't Step Up
Paul Lewin discussing the flawed psilocybin laws on CBC News:
Police will keep raiding Toronto magic mushroom dispensary if city doesn't step up, says expert
Paul Lewin on Metro Morning discussing psilocybin laws in Canada:
CBC Toronto Metro Morning October 5 2022
Paul Lewin discusses Thomas Hartle’s psilocybin legal challenge:
Lead Plaintiff in Canadian Right To Try Lawsuit Shares His Psilocybin Story
Paul Lewin discusses present and future implications for psychedelic law and the current state of psilocybin decriminalization and legalization in Canada in his interview with Frshminds:
Talking Psychedelics: Paul Lewin of the Cannabis and Psychedelics Law Group LLP
Paul Lewin discusses the safe and secure draft psilocybin regulations proposed to Health Canada by a coalition of stakeholders:
Canada’s Psilocybin Policy Reform Movement Continues to Make Progress Federally
Paul Lewin discusses psilocybin dispensaries with Vice News:
Magic Mushroom Stores Are Open in Canada — But They're Still Illegal
Paul Lewin’s letter to Health Canada on behalf of TheraPsil discussed in The Tyree:
The Fight for Medical Use of Magic Mushrooms Is Moving to the Courts
Paul Lewin quoted on CTV News talking about cannabis convictions:
Fewer than 400 people pardoned under new system for erasing old weed convictions
Paul Lewin comments on why the 'legal' cannabis industry is not held to the same standards as individuals and unlicensed companies:
Regulatory infraction or criminal charge? Licensed companies and individuals are treated very differently when it comes to cannabis laws in Canada
Paul Lewin comments on OrganiGram Holdings Inc.'s plea to shut down the black market on Yahoo Finance News:
Cannabis CEO pleads for Ottawa to shut down booming black market
Lewin & Sagara LLP is listed as Toronto's Cannabis Law Firm in Toronto Life:
Who you gonna call? These pot professionals have kushy jobs
Paul Lewin speaks about how the medical marijuana system is plagued with problems in the Toronto Sun:
Governments have made a mess of pot legalization
Paul Lewin speaking on the prohibition against possessing black-market marijuana in The Free Press:
Illicit cannabis post-legalization
Paul Lewin speak about the raids of illegal cannabis dispensaries in The London Free Press:
http://lfpress.com/news/local-news/pot-dispensary-raid-charges-not-sticking-in-court
Paul Lewin speaks about how the government will handle the cannabis black market in Law Times News:
http://www.lawtimesnews.com/author/shannon-kari/no-dramatic-shift-in-police-treatment-of-pot-15188
Paul Lewin quoted about drug-sniffing dogs and cannabis in Global News:
https://globalnews.ca/news/3863886/what-happens-to-drug-sniffing-dogs-when-marijuana-is-legalized-in-canada/
Paul Lewin quoted about legal cannabis dispensaries in The Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/trudeau-vowed-to-legalize-marijuana-across-canada-by-july-it-hasnt-been-that-easy/2017/10/04/cda4ccb8-a87b-11e7-9a98-07140d2eed02_story.html
Article about illegal marijuana dispensary case in which Paul Lewin is counsel in Leafly:
https://www.leafly.com/news/canada/reasonable-access-this-court-case-could-decide-the-future-of-ontario-dispensaries
Paul Lewin, cannabis lawyer, featured in the Toronto Star:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/04/16/its-high-times-for-torontos-pot-lawyer.html
Paul Lewin quoted about the numerous raids on cannabis dispensaries in the Ottawa Citizen:
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/charges-tossed-against-more-than-a-hundred-budtenders-at-pot-shops-in-toronto
Paul Lewin speaks in the Toronto Star regarding the raid of four marijuana dispensaries:
https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2017/03/29/toronto-police-raid-four-pot-dispensaries-tuesday.html
Paul Lewin quoted in The Globe & Mail discussing Toronto Police and medical cannabis dispensaries victimized by armed robbers:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/owners-of-torontos-illegal-pot-shops-not-reporting-violent-robberies-police/article33701557/
Paul Lewin speaks on cannabis dispensary robberies and the difficulties associated with reporting these incidents to Toronto Police Services in the Toronto Star:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/01/01/customer-calls-police-after-ossington-dispensary-allegedly-robbed.html
Paul Lewin quoted in The Globe & Mail regarding federal government using the criminal law power to regulate the dispensary marketplace:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/advocates-owners-say-toronto-pot-shop-policing-inconsistent/article32477915/
Paul Lewin speaks about cannabis legalization on The Agenda with Steve Paikin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMzrp9Rge28
Paul Lewin is quoted in The Globe & Mail regarding cannabis dispensary regulation:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto-cannabis-entrepreneurs-vow-to-fight-proposed-fines/article30073418/
Paul Lewin is quoted in VICE Magazine regarding the raids on medical cannabis dispensaries in Toronto:
http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/toronto-cops-raid-pot-dispensaries-in-city-wide-crackdown
Paul Lewin speaks to Now Toronto on why medical marijuana should be legalized:
https://nowtoronto.com/news/med-pot-blowback/
Paul Lewin speaks on the legalities of vapour lounges:
http://cannabisdigest.ca/visiting-vapor-lounges-toronto/
A collection of articles on Paul Lewin and his marijuana activism in Cannabis Culture:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/tag/paul-lewin
Paul Lewin and his client, Matthew Mernaugh, fight a criminal charge for possession of medical marijuana on CBC News:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/marijuana-ruling-lights-path-to-legalization-1.1083191
Paul Lewin speaks to the Toronto Star regarding destruction of medical pot:
http://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2014/03/17/medical_marijuana_growers_warned_to_destroy_pot_or_face_police.html
Vice article on the constitutional challenge launched by Paul Lewin and his client, Matt Mernaugh:
http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/meet-the-man-who-almost-made-weed-legal-in-canada
Paul Lewin speaks at The Toronto Freedom Festival on Pot.tv.
http://www.pot.tv/video/2011/05/11/attorney-paul-lewin-speaks-toronto-freedom-festival/
Paul Lewin and his client, Matt Mernaugh, take medical marijuana case to Supreme court in the Toronto Sun:
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/02/12/ontario-man-to-take-medical-marijuana-case-to-supreme-court
Paul Lewin speaks to The Pioneer about marijuana laws:
http://www.qnetnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Feb26-InFocus-pg6.pdf
Paul Lewin speaks to Global News regarding how smoking cannabis should be a religious right for his clients, The Church of the Universe:
http://globalnews.ca/news/108756/toronto-group-fails-to-convince-judge-pot-smoking-a-religious-right/
Interview with Matt Mernaugh regarding his court challenge, represented by Paul Lewin:
http://www.truenorthtimes.ca/2014/02/16/exclusive-interview-canada-weed-legend-toronto-mayoral-candidate-matt-mernagh/
Paul Lewin speaks to Yahoo News about first medical marijuana clinic opening in P.E.I.:
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/plans-p-e-first-medical-050000587.html
Paul Lewin's case representing Matt Mernaugh is discussed in NiagaraThisWeek.com:
http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news-story/3313797-judge-slams-pot-laws/
Paul Lewin discusses the federal government's appeal of Ontario court ruling making possession of marijuana legal:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/canada/110420/canada-medical-marijuana-pot-dope-smoking
Matt Mernaugh speaks to The Coast on taking his medical marijuana case to supreme court with lawyer Paul Lewin:
http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/is-medical-marijuana-going-to-pot/Content?oid=2992790
Matt Mernaugh speaks to Stop the Drug War about his medical marijuana case with lawyer Paul Lewin:
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2011/apr/13/ontario_court_overturns_canadas
Article in The Toronto Observer about Paul Lewin's medical marijuana case:
http://torontoobserver.ca/2008/11/26/marijuana-charges-disappear-in-a-puff-of-smoke/
Paul Lewin speaks to CTV News regarding federal appeal of his case on medical pot:
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-appeals-ontario-ruling-on-medicinal-marijuana-1.633653
Paul Lewin speaks to The Daily Press about how people with illness should be entitled to medical cannabis:
http://www.timminspress.com/2013/02/12/ontario-man-to-take-medical-marijuana-case-to-supreme-court
Paul Lewin tells The Guelph Mercury that the government isn't being reasonable about regulating medical cannabis:
http://m.guelphmercury.com/news-story/2769517-guelph-man-active-in-setting-up-medical-marijuana-network
Paul Lewin speaks to Durham Region News regarding the negative impression some municipalities have of commercial marijuana production:
http://m.durhamregion.com/news-story/3513578-growing-industry-of-medical-marijuana-creates-sticky-situations
Paul Lewin represents client with HIV who is prohibited from growing marijuana for medical purposes:
http://www.rave.ca/en/news_info/230697/canada