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(article previously posted at InsidetheJar) Travis Lane Part one in a series on the Task Force Report. It has been a couple of months since the final report from the federal task force on cannabis legalization was released. After a lengthy delay for translating, it was released right before the holiday season, which means that much […]
Debra Harper (Article originally appeared at Canevolve) When I got on the internet in 1998 it seemed like such magical times – Matt Elrod started a listserve in 1996 for Canadian activists known as CMAP [1] where we shared news articles and wrote letters to the editor. Hemp just become legal in Canada in May […]
Twenty two years ago, at the tender age of 25, I started to attend Hempology 101 meetings and was infected with a passion that has fueled me in a course that would change Canadian history. That passion brought me together with the most incredible woman I have ever met, a woman who died at home […]
(Article first appeared at CanEvolve) Debra Harper The people who run dispensaries in Vancouver, Toronto and elsewhere, claim there is a need for their services. On the other side, most municipalities claim the need doesn’t exist because people can buy from Licensed Producers (LP’s). If we were introducing cannabis to society for the first time, then […]
Read the Full Winter Issue of the Cannabis Digest quarterly journal for free online today. Including stories from Russell Barth (Ottawa), Tracy Lamourie (Toronto) and Kristen Mann (Alberta). http://issuu.com/cannabisdigest/docs/cd_51_full_final?e=8594593/44796894 Pick up a free physical copy in cannabis oriented stores today. Contact our advertising department to make an inquiry about becoming a distributor and featuring your business in our […]
Ending my fantastic career as a cannabis activist by interviewing the mayor of Victoria, Lisa Helps, has been a perfect encore performance. After 22 years of struggling, this very friendly conversation about the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club, the city licensing dispensaries, smoking lounges and April 20 clearly shows how far our movement has progressed in […]
A Tale of Two Seeds Kristen Mann For years we have been looking forward to the legalization of this amazing plant but let us not forget that low THC cannabis (hemp) is already legal to grow in Canada and has been since May 1998. However, if you or I wanted to grow a bit of […]
Back again by popular demand of the Cannabis Digest readership, the Winter Issue #51 features a Weedy Word Search puzzle. Find some of the many Canadian Cannabis Advocates from this mix of letters. If you don’t have a Cannabis Digest newspaper; you can Print the Puzzle, but be sure to ask your local headshop or dispensary to […]
How To Take Advantage Of Charity Donation Tax Credits For Cannabis Related Businesses And Their Supporters Julia Veintrop with the support and verification of Randy York, RCA. At the end of the day, either personally or through your business, we are all paying taxes to the government. If you have to pay that money anyways, […]
Tracy Lamourie It would be almost impossible in this space to do justice to all that has happened in 2016 in Ontario – and to talk about everything that everyone in this amazing Cannabis Community is planning for 2017 – so I’m not even going to try. Instead, I’m going to give you a glimpse […]