by Ted Smith Well it appears as though I will be writing the “Updates, Etc.” article in each issue now, taking over from my love, Gayle Quin, who is struggling with her health. She will continue writing a personal note with each issue. (Ted and Gayle coloured Issue 42 of the Cannabis Digest) This newspaper […]
Pitt Meadows—the most ban happy town in the west—has succeeded in passing the first Canadian bylaw banning caregivers from growing marijuana for patients in their homes, or on farms. Original reports of the bylaw indicated the ban would be on growing legal marijuana entirely within its jurisdiction’s agricultural and residential zones, but the final […]
For four weeks in February of 2012 I witnessed the demystification of Health Canada’s arguments against cannabis extracts in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The main showdown in this constitutional battle was between two scientific wizards, where the struggle for truth finally loosened this healing plant from governments’ steely grip. Two years earlier I […]
