Blunt Battle In BC Capital: Victoria Is Licensing Dispensaries But Stomping on Safe Consumption Sites In the future, it will seem absolutely absurd to everyone that cannabis products could be sold legally in stores, but somehow consuming them, even a pot cookie, remains a federal crime. Yet somehow, despite being wise enough to create otherwise […]
Activism
What Really Happened to BuzzOn
Russell Barth For the past year, BuzzOn co-founder Wayne Robillard has been hearing wild rumours about himself. People email him, call him, and talk to him in person, telling him that they had heard he was arrested, that BuzzOn had been raided, and worse. None of which was true, of course, but Ottawa, like many […]
Updates, Warnings, Suggestions: Issue 50
On Tuesday Oct 4, the International Hempology 101 Society held its Annual General Meeting at the Green Ceiling, thanks to our sponsors Skunkbeard and Panda. Aside from the elections it was not much different from our regular monthly board meeting, which is always open to the public. With so much happening in our field, […]
My Four Years at the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club
Evan Laine On June 6th, 2012, Ted Smith asked me to come into the Cannabis Buyers Club of Canada. I had been asking Ted to hire me for half a decade. Every year on April 20th, I would bring him my latest cannabis infused creation. I would offer him muffins, cookies, brownies, or vegetarian pot-pie […]
UVic Hempology 101 Club Aims For Higher Status
After 21 years of actively educating students about cannabis, the University of Victoria Student Society Hempology 101 Club is attempting to improve its ranking from a regular student club to a constituency organization. If students vote to support this upgrade, the UVSS Hempology 101 Club gains access to more funds, a seat at the […]
Cannabis Health Radio: Victoria’s Newest Program in Public Education
WHO? Ian Jessop, and Corrie Yelland. Ian Jessop has been a radio journalist and political communications specialist since the early 1970s. A graduate of the Columbia School of Broadcasting, he was legislative reporter at CKNW in Vancouver in the 1980s; press secretary for Premier Van Der Zalm; and director of communications for the BC Liberal […]
VIDEOS from the 2016 Cannabis Hemp Convention
This week I am recording videos from the International Cannabis Business Conference in Vancouver, documenting the presentations of some of the world’s premiere researchers, scientists and advocates of cannabis’ many gifts. By sharing these videos we can help advance general understanding of this plant and perhaps quicken the progress of cannabis policy reform around the world. […]
The 2016 Spirit Plant Medicine Conference
Cannabis, specifically THC, is among a class of plant compounds that is commonly demonized for its mind altering effects. Our understanding of the effects of psycho-active plant molecules on our minds is greatly under-developed due to the criminal prohibitions on their use and study. With cannabis leading the way into legal regulation and acceptance, other psycho-active […]
Celebrations Of Life For Gayle Quin November 5 and 6
Friends and family of Gayle Quin will be gathering in Victoria the weekend of November 5 and 6 to celebrate her life. She peacefully passed away in her home on Thurs Sept 22 after a long fight with cancer. Several events are being planned, giving everyone a proper chance to say goodbye and meet some […]
Twenty One Years Of Marches, Hotboxes and Cannabis Education
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 […]