Cannabis Digest Issue 39 – Full Issue

Extract Trial – Dr. David Pate – Cannabis Botanist

(image: bubbleman fresh headies) By Owen Smith Our key expert witness during the extract trial in 2012 was Dr. David Pate. His expertise in cannabis botany would help the court understand how and where the cannabis plant produces its’ medicinal compounds. This would help us show that the restriction to dried marihuana is arbitrary and […]

Grassroots Harm Reduction Uprooted By Legalization

By Ted Smith Research acknowledging the benefits of compassion clubs over the legal medical cannabis program and the stark, negative consequences of legalization have been recently published in the Harm Reduction Journal.  In the study, Marilou Gagnon and Heather Hobbs explain how compassion clubs have practiced harm reduction for decades, yet they have been left […]

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 […]