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FIRST REPORT ON CANNABIS ACT RELEASED

For immediate release Oct 11, 2023 Victoria, B.C.:  The independent panel chosen by Health Canada has just released the LEGISLATIVE REVIEW OF THE CANNABIS ACT: WHAT WE HEARD REPORT, which will be followed shortly by recommendations to the federal Minister of Health and Minister of Mental Health and Addictions.  It is expected that Victoria Cannabis […]

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Health Canada Expert Panel Meets With Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club

For Immediate Release Thursday June 8, 2023 Victoria, B.C.:  Health Canada chose an Expert Panel to review the Cannabis Act five years after it was brought into effect. We held a meeting with the panel and members and staff of the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club yesterday to discuss the benefits of storefront access like our […]

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Exemption Denied: Health Canada Shuts Door on Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club

For Immediate Release Friday June 2, 2023 Exemption Denied: Health Canada Shuts Door on Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club Victoria, B.C.:  Despite multiple letters of support from the City of Victoria, a series of letters from drug policy experts and over 300 patient testimonials; Health Canada has denied a request from the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club […]

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Victoria, BC MP Laurel Collins Supports the VCBC

For Immediate Release November 16, 2022 Victoria, B.C.:  Another strong letter of support for the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club to get an exemption from the Cannabis Act has come from the Victoria federal Member of Parliament, Laurel Collins. The VCBC has been advocating for an exemption from the Cannabis Act for years in order to […]

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RECREATIONAL MARKET READY TO DISMANTLE MEDICAL CANNABIS MARKET

With most recreational producers and retailers in the cannabis sector struggling to make a profit, there is very little incentive to save the medical cannabis program amongst them.  It is hard to blame the recreational cannabs industry for wanting the business, given how various levels of government are making it very difficult to turn a […]

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HEALTH CANADA AND DOCTORS FIGHT AGAINST MED POT PROGRAM

Ever since the first judge decided cannabis had medical benefits that patients had a constitutional right to access, Health Canada and doctos have fought tooth and nail to discredit, diminish, dismiss, and undermine the acceptance of this plant as a legitimate medicine.  From the mid 1990’s, doctors have been fighting the medical cannabis program and […]

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PATIENT GARDENS THREATENED BY CANNABIS REVIEW

Virtually every professional body that deals with medical cannabis regulations would be happy to see the whole medical cannabis system disappear.  With that in mind, Health Canada has produced a public survey intended to gain feedback about the effects of legalization with a question at the end designed to justify doing just that.  While there […]

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COMPASSION CLUBS BELONG AT THE HEART OF MEDICAL CANNABIS PROGRAM

Long before there was a medical cannabis program, patients across Canada relied on local groups of compassionate advocates who provided high-quality, low-cost products.  Instead of including these medicinal providers in the regulations for medical use, or years later when cannabis was made legal, Health Canada has dismissed these groups as non-compliant.  Now that the federal […]

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COULD LEGALIZATION TRUMP MEDICAL POT?

Cannabis Review Threatens Patient Gardens: A delayed review of the Cannabis Act asking Canadians a limited selection of questions has finally begun, including questions designed to justify shutting down the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR).  This review allows citizens to respond to several survey questions, or add other comments, until Nov 21.  […]