By Ted Smith This year marks 18 years of gathering at City Hall in Victoria B.C. on April 20 to smoke copious amounts of cannabis. With an expected crowd of 2,000, it is one of the largest annual protests held in the provincial capital. Many wonder how it got so big. The beginning of meeting […]
By Paul Lewin On October 19, 2015 Canadians will vote in the most important election in the history of cannabis in Canada. NORML Canada is usually non-partisan. We are proudly non-partisan. However, this election is different. In this election the Liberals are formally supporting cannabis legalization. This is a bold, unprecedented position for a major […]
Cannabis in the Common Era In the first part of this series on Cannabis Extracts in History I looked at references from Before the Common Era or 1CE. In China, where we find the earliest advancements in cannabis/hemp production (5000 BCE), physicians beginning with Hoa-Tho (200 CE) prescribed cannabis mixed with wine as an analgesic […]
