By Owen Smith I began my foray into the role of a medical cannabis caregiver at the bakery of the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club in 2008. Previous baking experience and a keen interest in learning about the cannabis plant as medicine made me an ideal candidate. Although I took a pay cut, i learned a […]
Month: November 2014
The Cannabis Movement Must Work Together
by Ted Smith One of the dilemmas in the cannabis movement in Canada has been the tension that is occasionally felt between medical and recreational cannabis users. We must learn to work together more often if we want to see change happen. That does not mean we should all have the same agenda, but we […]
Nanaimo Criminology Professor Explains LEAP
By Blair Hedley John Anderson, a professor of Criminology at Vancouver Island University, was recently made the Nanaimo area speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. I got in touch with him in late November and he told me all about it. To start with, what exactly are a LEAP speaker’s duties? Well, I think […]
A Rant from the Cannabis Digest Editor
A Rant From The Editor By Judith Stamps This is a unique time for public education on the subject of cannabis. The movements toward legalization have achieved more in the past two years than in the previous forty. We’re witnessing an implosion: militarization of the police exposed, the brutality of civil forfeiture exposed, lies exposed. […]
Mandatory Sentencing; Hemp Oil and A Note of Caution – Cannabis Video Digest (EP 008)
Mandatory Minimum Sentences; Hemp Oil; A Note of Caution and more from the Cannabis Digest this week November 1st – 7th, 2014 with Owen Smith Subscribe to the Youtube Channel! Nov 1st by Admin You can now read the entire Issue 42 of the Cannabis Digest Online for Free . http://cannabisdigest.ca/cdfall2014full/ Cannabis Digest Fall […]
Medical Marijuana in the Maritimes
By Debbie Stultz-Giffin Before I begin this article on the history of Maritimers Unite for Medical Marijuana Society (MUMM), I would like to thank Ted Smith for this opportunity to share some of what has and is happening on the East Coast medicinal cannabis front. I will tell you about myself and provide background information […]
Why Hemp Oil Should Be in Every Cupboard
By Diane Walsh Hemp oil: one of the intriguing “potions” that Mother Nature, with her bobbing head and knowing smirk, bestowed on us mere mortals long, long ago. From Earth, is this oil! It’s oil from a smart plant indeed. Into our imperfect and sometimes ill-stricken body systems, it flows—absorbed by the multitudes, over […]
Alaska, Oregon and DC legalize Cannabis
2 American States and a federal district voted in favor of cannabis legalization this week. Following on the heels of the Colorado and Washington State; Oregon, Alaska and Washington DC have now ditched prohibition for a form of legal regulation. The votes of November 2014 will be remembered as a great victory by the cannabis […]
Review: Cannabis and the Soma Solution
By Ted Smith For anyone who believes pot smoking started in the 1960s, I have the book for you. Unraveling the secrets of cannabis that time has hidden, Chris Bennett, in his new book Cannabis and the Soma Solution, has established that the herb was the primary plant medicine used for spiritual purposes in ancient […]
Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Marijuana
By Kirk Tousaw In Nov. 2012, the Harper Conservative government ushered in new mandatory sentencing legislation for certain Controlled Drugs and Substances Act offences. Despite criticism from outside and inside government, and clear evidence that such sentences are harmful to the criminal justice system and society, the ideologically-driven rules are now law and are binding […]