Canada’s Cannabis Journal since 2010
The 1960s counterculture fostered movements for organic food, natural childbirth, civil rights, participatory democracy, and new concepts of community based on non-violence, non-commercialism and unfettered joy. Activists of this era created change by altering frames of reference, frames that determined how they and others understood the world. They invented consciousness-altering events: street theatre, […]
John Conroy: Master of the Courtroom; Cannabis Internet Activism; the Supreme Court Extract GoFundMe and more from the Cannabis Digest this week November 22nd – 28th, 2014 with Owen Smith Subscribe to the Youtube Channel! NOTES/LINKS Nov 22nd Al Graham John Conroy leads the MMAR Coalition Against Repeal that has saved patients […]
By Al Graham From where I’m sitting, it looks like cannabis is becoming more prevalent in our daily lives. It has become part of regular television, with programs such as Weeds and Weed Wars, and it’s part of our clothing industry, as many people have a shirt, a jacket, or some other article with a […]
Goto the GOFUNDME page Extracted Cannabis oil should be available to Canadian Patients. Since I was arrested in 2009, I have led a constitutional challenge with Kirk Tousaw, Ted Smith and the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club for medical cannabis patients to use edible or topical products. We were successful in the BC Supreme Court, […]
I was raised in some of the most socially and politically conservative parts of Canada. As a child and young adult, I was well educated in the harms associated with illicit drug use. I had no reason to believe that those lessons were based on bad information. I kept my distance from drugs and had […]
(image: marijuanagrowershq) By Amie Gravell The question most often asked about organics is why use farming practices that were abandoned for easier, bigger yields? There are a wide range of products now readily available for anyone who wishes to choose organic. From food to clothing to personal care products, there are an ever growing number […]
The Right to Grow; Extract Interveners and Baker Basics and more from the Cannabis Digest this week November 15th – 21st, 2014 with Owen Smith Subscribe to the Youtube Channel! LINKS/NOTES Nov. 15th Matt Mernagh Canadian Cannabis Champ Matt Mernagh weighs in on the Right to Grow our own Medicine . http://t13.6ec.mytemp.website/right-grow-medicine/ The […]
By Ted Smith By the end of the 1800s, hemp had fallen from the top of the fibre world. Cotton, flax, jute and other crops had chipped away at the dominant position hemp held in agricultural world trade. Ironically, the strong fibers in the hemp plant made it difficult to harvest and process, something economically […]
(image: credit) By Diane Walsh Solid political support behind optimistic Congressional bills in the U.S. House and Senate and the “Farm Bill,” along the successful initiatives in Washington, Colorado, Alaska, Oregon and Washington DC legalizing marijuana, spells game change. California has taken the lead in looking to register industrial hemp farmers. Kentucky is not far […]
Churches struggle to accept cannabis while some call to end drug war Cannabis and I did not cross paths, in any real way, until I was in my mid-twenties. Like a child who had just discovered the truth about Santa Clause, I had to compare notes with my peers despite the taboo. As a former […]