Issue 31 - Winter 2012 January 15th, 2012 by admin

Issue 31 – Winter 2012

CONTENTS Bill C-10 is on Its Way Into Law Updates, Warnings, Suggestions Editorials DEA Crackdown in U.S Phytocannabinoid Therapeutics CBCofC Bakery Trial to Begin Rev: Cannabis and the Soma Solution Hemp Food Versatility East Coast Activism Alison Myrden Cannabis Conventions 2012 All about Pardons Wordsearch / Comics CREDITS Publisher Ted Smith <hempo101@gmail.com> Editor-in-Chief Andrew Brown [...]

Issue 31 - Winter 2012 January 15th, 2012 by admin

Publisher’s Note: 2012: A YEAR OF HOPE, CHANGE AND STRUGGLE

Ted Smith Around the world people are ready for change. This fight for freedom involves daily life-and-death clashes between government forces and citizens no longer willing to stand silent in the face of injustice. In Canada, we are very lucky for the freedoms, rights, and privileges we enjoy, but those come at a price that [...]

DEA Gets Hard on Compassion Clubs

By M. Allister Greene A license gives peace of mind that you are doing everything right and by the books in the eye of the law, but as state and federal governments fight over the jurisdiction of state’s power over the legality of medical cannabis, licenses have become a placebo when what’s needed is a [...]

Issue 31 - Winter 2012, National January 15th, 2012 by admin

Will The Pot Laws Fall Again

By Ted Smith Every once in a while, a court case determines the direction of Canadian society. It is a rare occasion when unique circumstances challenge the courts to strike a balance between individual freedoms and public security. Often precedent helps guide a judge towards generally accepted principals of justice that predetermine rules of evidence, [...]

Issue 31 - Winter 2012, National January 15th, 2012 by admin

Justice Matters: Pardons

By Jesse Stamm Happy New Year! This article will provide an overview of the consequences of having a criminal record. As many of you may well know, having any criminal convictions for a cannabis offence (even if you only received probation as a sentence) can affect your ability to travel to other countries—particularly the United [...]

Issue 31 - Winter 2012 January 15th, 2012 by admin

Catching up With Alison Myrden

By Al Graham It was 2003 when I first heard of Alison Myrden. I know the year because it was just shortly after my first ever Crohn’s flare up, and the year I became involved in the cannabis community. As time went on, I wanted to get better educated about cannabis so started attending events [...]

Publisher’s Note: 2012: A YEAR OF HOPE, CHANGE AND STRUGGLE

Ted Smith Around the world people are ready for change. This fight for freedom involves daily life-and-death clashes between government forces and citizens no longer willing to stand silent in the face of injustice. In C[...]

Issue 31 – Winter 2012

CONTENTS Bill C-10 is on Its Way Into Law Updates, Warnings, Suggestions Editorials DEA Crackdown in U.S Phytocannabinoid Therapeutics CBCofC Bakery Trial to Begin Rev: Cannabis and the Soma Solution Hemp Food Versatilit[...]

DEA Gets Hard on Compassion Clubs

By M. Allister Greene A license gives peace of mind that you are doing everything right and by the books in the eye of the law, but as state and federal governments fight over the jurisdiction of state’s power over the[...]

Will The Pot Laws Fall Again

By Ted Smith Every once in a while, a court case determines the direction of Canadian society. It is a rare occasion when unique circumstances challenge the courts to strike a balance between individual freedoms and publ[...]

Justice Matters: Pardons

By Jesse Stamm Happy New Year! This article will provide an overview of the consequences of having a criminal record. As many of you may well know, having any criminal convictions for a cannabis offence (even if you only[...]

EDITORIAL: Spread Your Support to Stop the War

Andrew Brown Editor Thanks for picking up another issue of the Cannabis Digest. A lot of people work really hard to get each issue out, and we all appreciate when we get the positive feedback from our readers and the kin[...]

Updates, Warnings, and Suggestions

By Gayle Quin Wow, what a summer, and a most beautiful fall! I’m healing well and can’t express my gratitude enough for all love and good vibrations sent throughout my healing journey. I’ve had a lot of help and su[...]

Justice Matters: Search And Seizure

By Jesse Stamm Under Section 8 of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, every person in Canada is guaranteed “the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure.” In the event that police conduct an unreaso[...]

Synchronicity in Whole Plant Medicine

By Owen Smith Abbreviations: D9-THC, D9-tetrahydrocannabinol; D8-THC, D8-tetrahydrocannabinol; CBN, cannabinol; CBD, cannabidiol; D9-THCV, D9-tetrahydrocannabivarin; CBC, cannabichromene; CBG, cannabigerol; D9-THCA, D9-t[...]

UVic Hempology 101′s Letter to VP of Finance

To Whom It May Concern, We believe it is in the best interest of the University of Victoria that the UVSS Hempology 101 Club be granted an exemption from the new smoking policy for the club’s traditional weekly 4:20 ga[...]

Why Organics Matter

By Amie Gravell The question most often asked about organics is why use farming practices that were abandoned for easier, bigger yields? There are a wide range of products now readily available for anyone who wishes to c[...]

David Bratzer For Schoolboard Trustee

By Kyla Williams “Medical Marijuana is an excuse so addicts can get high.” This statement, from a D.A.R.E constable to my son’s fifth grade class launched one of the most difficult periods I have faced yet as a par[...]