Judith Stamps On December 3 2015, The Arthritis Society, a Canadian national organization, hosted a roundtable discussion in Vancouver BC to identify priorities for medical cannabis research. In the past two years a number of Canadian organizations have held cannabis forums. Among these are The Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids; Liftcannabis.ca, which hosted […]
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Emergency Vaping on Public Transit
Russell Barth Aside from having PTSD and fibromyalgia myself, I am also the 24/7 caregiver for my wife, Christine Lowe, who suffers with epilepsy, PTSD, and the pain that comes from living with epilepsy for 46 years. In the summer of 2014, we received a gift: a vaping pen for vaporizing concentrated marijuana oil often referred […]
Get Out the Cannabis Vote 2015: Part 1
This is the first part of a five part blog series concerning the upcoming Federal election. By Beth Cormier and Ted Laver On October 19th Canadians have an opportunity to make our voices heard by voting in the federal election. Whether you live in a swing riding, or one with an incumbent MP who is […]
Augmented Cannabis Oil
By David Allen M.D. The new vapor pens are all the craze now and can be seen everywhere. Originally designed for vaporizing tobacco and nicotine products these pens are great for vaporizing cannabis oils. These pens vaporize the cannabis oils and leave an almost undetectable odor and can be used in public without little or […]
Cannabis Extracts 2 – Health Canada 1: A Win for Patients!
(image of Ted Smith, Owen Smith and Kirk Tousaw from Times Colonist) It has been almost 5 years since I was arrested as the baker of the Cannabis Buyers Club in Victoria. It has been over two years since we won in the BC Supreme Court, removing the restriction to “dried marihuana” for patients who are […]
Cheech and Chong Uncut
By Ted Smith When it comes to famous potheads, no one is more famous than Cheech and Chong. Indeed for many, these celebrity comedians are the definition of stoners. Getting 15 minutes of their time together is something a big kid like me would never dare to dream of. But I got the video evidence […]
No Victim, No Crime – Georgia Toons
I was watching a documentary recently and they stated, at one point it could be considered a crime to distribute or promote anything that showed an interracial couple in a positive light. Even standing together. WOW I grew up in Toronto – The ‘melting pot’ of Canada 😉 If not the world. We have such a […]