Eating Cannabis as Medicine By Owen Smith In the last article I explored some of the many cannabis products emerging from the inventive and inspired medical cannabis community. The collective ingenuity of cannabis focused organizations continues to improve this vital health service for terminally ill patients. Clubs like the CBC of C in Victoria represent […]
Month: July 2011
Obama Changes Tune
By M. Allister Greene In the Presidential Election of 2008, many cannabis using, and canna-friendly, voters elected Barrack Obama on the train of hope and change. Some of these voters expected an over-night reform of laws, and assumed that legalization of cannabis was soon to follow. Obama who has never really denied his use of […]
The Con(servatives) After the Election
By Amie Gravell The Conservative party of Canada spent the maximum amount of money that regulations allow to win the May 2 election. Twenty-one million dollars, it seems, is the cost of a majority government. So what has Mr. Harper done with his majority? Well, in the two months since the election, the government has […]
Big Name Panel Calls Global Drug War a “Failure”
By Phillip Smith The global war on drugs is a failure and governments worldwide should shift from repressive, law-enforcement centered policies to new ways of legalizing and regulating drugs, especially marijuana, as a means of reducing harm to individuals and society, a high-profile group of world leaders said in a report issued in June. The […]
EDITORIAL: It’s all About Freedom
Andrew Brown Editor There is a power struggle going on in Canada, and most of the world for that matter, about the right to use cannabis. We have a conservative government that wishes to see all use made illegal, we have a majority of the population agreeing that “pot should be legalized,” and a court […]
A Note From The Publisher
Ted Smith Publishing a newspaper printed on trees goes against any of the most important reasons I became involved in cannabis activism 16 years ago. When I first arrived on the west coast of Vancouver Island in fall of 1994, I was stunned by what I saw. It was not the beauty of the Clayquoet […]
Updates, Warnings, And Suggestions
By Gayle Quin Spring was wonderful! With the long lasting winter, the blossoms were anxious to show their splendour. And with a seed bank open in town this year, there are many new happy, hopeful gardeners. Let’s hope for a great growing season! Court is moving along as court does—slowly but surely. The preliminary court […]
Pot Laws Fall…Again
By Matt Mernagh It was like winning the World Wrestling Federation heavy weight title or the Stanley Cup. The winning feeling was truly so overwhelming that I didn’t know how to respond. The sensation lasted for days. I think I did pretty good responding to the flood of media coverage. Canada’s legalization court ruling even […]
Issue 29 – Summer 2011
Contents Pot Laws Fall Updates, Warnings, Suggestions Editorials Big Names Say Drug War is Failure Post Election Canada Obama and Broken Promises Cannabis as Medicine Health Canada Pulls Plug on Growing Cannabis as Cancer Treatment 100 Mile House Hemp Marc Emery Update Internet Activism CannabisandCivilization/BeKind Treating Yourself Expo Team 420 Wordsearch / Comics
Issue 33 – Summer 2012
CONTENTS Trial by Fire Updates, Warnings, Suggestions Editorials Sensible B.C Mernaugh Trial John Cook, Medicine Man The Taxman has Come The U.S. Pot Vote Cannabis Resin Extraction The Church and Cannabis Native American Fight for Sacrament Wordsearch / Comics CREDITS Publisher Ted Smith <hempo101@gmail.com> Editor-in-Chief Andrew Brown <editor@hempology.ca> Associate Editor Ryan Fink Graphics Editor Owen […]