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Month: August 2015

Activism Blog Canada Medical

What is Rick Simpson Oil or RSO?

August 29, 2015April 15, 2016Owen SmithComment(0)

As originally seen on liftcannabis.ca By Owen Smith For years, Rick Simpson and phoenixtears.ca have spread the message through the internet that cannabis can be used to treat cancer, to anybody willing to take the necessary risks. Although Rick’s work has been a recent public revelation, the technique he uses to make his oil have […]

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20 Years of Hempology 101 in Victoria, BC

August 26, 2015August 3, 2016Ted SmithComment(0)

By Ted Smith In the evening of Weds Sept 2, 2015, the International Hempology 101 Society will be celebrating 20 years of activism in Victoria with its annual march from city hall to the BC Legislature.  Activists from around the region are expected to join hundreds of local supporters, as few cannabis organizations have survived […]

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NORML’s Canada Election Project

August 24, 2015August 3, 2016Digest AdminComment(0)

By Paul Lewin On October 19, 2015 Canadians will vote in the most important election in the history of cannabis in Canada.  NORML Canada is usually non-partisan.  We are proudly non-partisan.  However, this election is different.  In this election the Liberals are formally supporting cannabis legalization.  This is a bold, unprecedented position for a major […]

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Cannabis Digest Summer 2015 – Issue 45 Full

August 20, 2015August 20, 2015Digest AdminComment(0)

Cannabis Digest Issue #45

Activism Blog Canada Full

My “Job” as Cannabis Digest Publisher

August 19, 2015August 19, 2015Ted SmithComment(0)

By Ted Smith Most of us identify who we are by what we do for work.  Most people with a trade or skill in the cannabis industry have no problem helping others understand what they do by using a simple label like a grower, dealer or employee in a vapor lounge.  My work, though, is […]

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Literature on Cannabis, Addiction and Related Matters

August 17, 2015August 3, 2016Judith StampsComment(0)

Cannabis, Addiction, and Other related Matters: Catching Up With Some Recent Literature By Judith Stamps We are, I believe, in the midst of a renaissance in cannabis literature.  In today’s blog I focus on three books published in 2014: High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and […]

Activism Blog Canada Legal Medical

RvSmith Fundraising Wrap-up

August 14, 2015August 3, 2016Owen SmithComment(0)

By Owen Smith The long road of trials that made up the six year RvSmith constitutional challenge was about as successful as such a legal quest can be.  The Supreme Court of Canada delivered a landmark ruling that affirmed patients rights to choose a logically safer form of their medicine.  I was found not guilty and the […]

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Health Canada VS Cannabis Digest

August 12, 2015August 3, 2016Ted SmithComment(0)

By Ted Smith The war of words just got a little more interesting.  One day before calling a federal election, Health Canada announced that a renewed effort will be taken to stop illegal dispensaries and websites from advertising.  This puts the Cannabis Digest newspaper square in the forefront of another legal battle with the federal […]

Activism Blog Canada Full Medical

Licensed Producers Get Some Sympathy

August 11, 2015December 22, 2015Jerry GolickComment(0)

by Jerry Golick Only in Canada, eh? You know, despite how it seems de rigueur for all “real” pro-cannabis activists to hate those money-grubbing, corporate, greedy, licensed medical cannabis producers, I’ve got to admit that I am starting to feel sorry for them. On the one hand, their costs to set up and maintain their […]

Activism Blog Canada Politics

Cannabis and the Federal Leadership Debates

August 10, 2015April 15, 2016Judith StampsComment(0)

By Judith Stamps Last Thursday, August 6, 2015, the leaders of Canada’s four major political parties participated in a debate hosted by MacLean’s Magazine.  Canada has just entered its 42nd federal election campaign; the election is set for Monday, October 19.  It’s an important election for the cannabis community; patients hope for a better deal […]

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