Global Marijuana March goes into Orbit

Purveyors of pot, plants and pooches were all part of the mash-up at the 20th edition of the Global Marijuana March in Toronto on Saturday afternoon.

Mike, of the Smokes Guide, was outside Queen’s Park before the march with his partner Cindy and their seven-year-old Dalmatian Orbit wagging its tail and wearing fake pot leaves around its collar.

The dog over the past year was having seizures and recently underwent ACL surgery — and had a titanium knee installed after ligament damage in its left hind leg.

The couple have been giving their dog doses of CBD oil to ease its pain.

“CBD oil has been a Godsend for us in two ways with him,” said Mike. “One, we started over a year ago because he was having issues with seizures and within two months those seizures cleared up.”

After the surgery that took place eight weeks ago they upped his dosage of CDB oil.

“We doubled his dosage of CBD  to 200 milligrams a day,” Mike said. “One hundred in the morning and another 100 at night.”

He went on to say the vets were “amazed” at the dog’s progress with “the bone re-growth being faster than they regularly see.”

“So I’m a true proponent now of the cannabis dog and I’d recommend it to anybody having issues,” Mike said.

Smokes plumes lit up the forested north area of Queens Park as people sold edibles, nuggets, shatter and dabs to each other.

Toronto Police officers on bikes were very cordial with all the vendors and only warmed them not to sell to minors.

City bylaw officers were all smiles as they walked through the park before about 500 or so in attendance moved on to march north towards Bloor St. W., extolling the virtues of the legalized plant. 

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