Activism Canada Feature Politics

Press Release: VCBC Rezoning Application

For Immediate Release: Monday, May 12, 2025 Victoria, B.C.: By Ted Smith A cannabis retail rezoning application for 1625 Quadra Street and the $7,500 fee has been sent to the City of Victoria by the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club. Despite not being in compliance with the Cannabis Act, the VCBC is anticipating city council will […]

Canada Feature Medical Science

Grassroots Harm Reduction Uprooted By Legalization

By Ted Smith Research acknowledging the benefits of compassion clubs over the legal medical cannabis program and the stark, negative consequences of legalization have been recently published in the Harm Reduction Journal.  In the study, Marilou Gagnon and Heather Hobbs explain how compassion clubs have practiced harm reduction for decades, yet they have been left […]