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Ted Smith Twelve years after releasing CANNABONDS, sales are officially ending today. Anyone wanting to get the promised quarter ounce of cannabis will have to wait until 3 months after the new laws legalizing cannabis are passed before they can cash it in. For now, the International Hempology 101 Society is very happy to announce […]
(image: Georgia Straight) Vancouver Cannabis Dispensary Licensing System Creates Many Issues Jamie Shaw When Ted Smith asked me to write this, I don’t think he knew how long it would be. Then he asked me to include some of the history around the Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries… I have tried to keep it […]
By Ted Smith After years of hard work by many people, the Cannabis Digest is growing by leaps and bounds. Its potential, though, is still much greater. With so much happening in the cannabis scene, the limits seem boundless. For dedicated readers, the 12-page growth spurt we have just experienced will be obvious and impressive. […]
By Owen Smith Since the Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that consummated our six year constitutional challenge, I’m commonly asked by people how I feel. It’s easy to say that I am very happy with the outcome insofar as it has helped innumerable people that I have never met escape unnecessary suffering. For those […]
(image CKNW) Many of the arguments presented to the BC Court of Appeal were recently repeated in Ottawa before the Supreme Court of Canada. You can watch the footage of the SCC hearing online HERE. The Court shortly after ruled in our favor in a Unanimous 7-0 Decision, read about it HERE By Owen Smith After the morning session […]
By Owen Smith The long road of trials that made up the six year RvSmith constitutional challenge was about as successful as such a legal quest can be. The Supreme Court of Canada delivered a landmark ruling that affirmed patients rights to choose a logically safer form of their medicine. I was found not guilty and the […]
By Ted Smith The war of words just got a little more interesting. One day before calling a federal election, Health Canada announced that a renewed effort will be taken to stop illegal dispensaries and websites from advertising. This puts the Cannabis Digest newspaper square in the forefront of another legal battle with the federal […]
Government Issues Section 56 Exemptions By Owen Smith The landslide 7-0 decision from the Supreme Court of Canada in my favour is now a landmark in the landscape of Canadian cannabis litigation. The facts that we assembled form a fortified field position for further advancements against the forces of cannabis prohibition. While the war wages […]
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws of Canada By Ted Smith Never has there been a more important time for cannabis activists across Canada to work together as much as possible. With so much momentum towards positive change happening, we need to coordinate our efforts to ensure that new regulations governing the […]
By Ras Kahleb “The Ganja Bill is a new dispensation…it is the first Public Act that recognizes Rastafari” Mark Golding – MOJ Since prohibition in Jamaica during the late 1930’s the ganja plant has been associated with madness and criminality. Like many other governments around the globe the Jamaican government in recent past has considered […]