Supporters of the International Hempology 101 Society will gather Weds Sept 7 to celebrate 21 years of activism in Victoria, B.C. with an annual march from city hall to the provincial legislature. With so many things to celebrate, this festive event features costumed cannabis mascots and a large cloud of smoke on the front steps […]
Month: September 2016
Study: More Americans Using Cannabis, Finding it Less Harmful
A new study has found a dramatic increase in the numbers of Americans who use cannabis, and also found that attitudes towards cannabis have shifted over time to reflect a wider acceptance of its use. The study — published in the British medical journal The Lancet Psychiatry — analyzed survey data from 596,500 adults gathered every […]
The BC Independent Cannabis Association
Judith Stamps The BC Independent Cannabis Association: A Preface to Strategies for the Provincial Campaign Historical alternatives are the ghosts that haunt established practices. For the cannabis plant, that alternative has always been the free and varied marketplace; a network of small, medium and large growers and producers; a craft industry; and an array of […]
The Time I was a Judge for a Cannabis Cup
Owen Smith When I heard that a 15,000 person festival venue had been built just ten minutes from my house I was very excited. Small communities like Lake Cowichan that have long relied on extracting natural resources like old growth lumber seem now to be investing in tourism, using there still beautiful temperate rain forests […]
New Brunswick Lends Hand to Medical Cannabis Industry
The provincial government of New Brunswick announced this week that it is looking to the cannabis industry to provide an economic boost to the region, which it sees as being capable of creating thousands of jobs over the course of the next several years. New Brunswick’s economic policy advisor Susan Holt on Wednesday said that the […]