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Top Ten U.S. Drug Policy Stories of 2012

January 28, 2013January 28, 2013Digest AdminComment(0)

Landmark year for cannabis reform In some ways, 2012 has been a year of dramatic, exciting change in drug policy, as the edifice of global drug prohibition appears to crumble before our eyes. In other ways it is still business as usual in the drug war. Marijuana prohibition is now mortally wounded, but there were […]

Canada

Kid Cannabis in Victoria Hollywood north shoots scene at Buyers’ Club

November 4, 2012January 19, 2017Digest AdminComment(0)

They came with big trucks, trailers, and even a food tent. They dominated the parking in front of the Cannabis Buyers’ Club in Victoria, and all down Johnson st. They came with lights and cameras and were looking for some action. The big screen had arrived and wanted to use the club as a location […]

Legal World

US Medical Marijuana Update: Changes being made accross the country

November 4, 2012December 31, 2012Digest AdminComment(0)

  Mitt Romney (mis)speaks out on medi- cal marijuana, the LA dispensary ban is repealed, and the feds keep on grinding away at medical marijuana providers with another conviction in Montana and a lengthy prison sentence in Michigan. And that’s just for starters. Let’s get to it: National On Monday, GOP presidential can- didate Mitt […]

Activism Canada

Libby Leads Battle for Reform : History of Downtown Eastside’s Champion

November 4, 2012December 31, 2012Digest AdminComment(0)

Libby Davies came to Vancouver in 1969 after immigrating to Canada with her family in 1968. She was involved in grassroots community organizations from that time on in Vancouver, with a focus on the Downtown Eastside—she dropped out of university in 1973 to help found the Downtown Eastside Residents Association (DERA) with Bruce Erik- sen, […]

Canada

Clubs Growing in Maritimes Groups talking over where Buyers’ Club left off

November 4, 2012October 5, 2022Digest AdminComment(0)

In this past summer issue of Cannabis Digest, I wrote about the closing of a compassion club that had been in exis- tence for 10 years in Halifax—the Hali- fax Buyers’ Club of Canada. The outlet spearheaded by John Cook has been forced to close up shop due to John’s ill health. Since then many […]

Feature

Issue 34 – Fall 2012

November 4, 2012November 4, 2012Digest AdminComment(0)
Activism

Gayle Quin Medicine Woman

November 4, 2012November 12, 2012Digest AdminComment(0)

You can’t spend much time down at the Victoria Cannabis Buyers’ Club before a wonderful sound catches your ear—the sound of Gayle Quin laughing. It runs through everything, charging it with spirit—another kind of medicine. This is to say that Gayle rarely takes a breath without letting it laugh on the way out, and that […]

Activism World

A Note From the UK Connection : Social clubs bringing acivists together

November 4, 2012November 12, 2012Digest AdminComment(0)

High everyone, from the UK to all CD readers! Noddy here with an update of what is going on in the cannabis move- ment this side of the pond. I also better take this opportunity to introduce myself a little bit,as some of you maybe wonder- ing who I am.I am a 42 year old […]

Canada

Sometimes, Dreams Come True : Victoria Cannabis Buyers’ Club incorporates and takes charge

November 4, 2012Digest AdminComment(0)

  When I started the Victoria Canna- bis Buyers’ Club almost 17 years ago, I dreamed about the organization operat- ing as a nonprofit society out of a store. At the time I was 26, living in a van, and eating at soup kitchens. The plan was to break the law, selling cannabis prod- ucts […]

Legal

BC Municipalities Vote Sensibly

October 21, 2012January 19, 2017Digest AdminComment(0)

At the end of Sept. the Union of B.C. Municipalities voted on a resolution lobbying Ottawa to decriminalize marijuana and study the benefits of taxing and regulating cannabis in Canada. While this affects no real change in the laws, it is a small step that signifies that public leadership in British Columbia has reached a […]

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