Gayle Quin Medicine Woman
You can’t spend much time down at the Victoria Cannabis Buyers’ Club before a wonderful sound catches your ear—the sound of Gayle Quin laughing. It runs through everything, charging it with spirit—another kind of medicine. This is to say that Gayle rarely takes a breath without letting it laugh on the way out, and that […]
A Note From the UK Connection : Social clubs bringing acivists together
High everyone, from the UK to all CD readers! Noddy here with an update of what is going on in the cannabis move- ment this side of the pond. I also better take this opportunity to introduce myself a little bit,as some of you maybe wonder- ing who I am.I am a 42 year old […]
Smoking Out Toronto : Activists fighting for the right to smoke in Canada’s biggest city
This summer, the Toronto cannabis scene has been like no other. Almost every week there is some event, show, or court case held somewhere in and around the city. While these don’t always make the news, this past summer saw two situations that went mainstream. These would be the Superior Court Case of Matt Mernagh, […]
Sometimes, Dreams Come True : Victoria Cannabis Buyers’ Club incorporates and takes charge
When I started the Victoria Canna- bis Buyers’ Club almost 17 years ago, I dreamed about the organization operat- ing as a nonprofit society out of a store. At the time I was 26, living in a van, and eating at soup kitchens. The plan was to break the law, selling cannabis prod- ucts […]
EDITORIAL: Protect Your Family From Prohibition
Here we are heading back into the season of holidays. We just celebrated Thanksgiving, now comes Halloween, Remembrance Day, the “insert your faith December celebration,” and New Year’s Eve. Regardless of whether you take much stock in these, they are days that you can use to reflect. As we spend these days with our families […]
Publisher’s Note: Hempology 101 Expanding Quickly
By Ted Smith By the time you read this, I will have passed the club off to the newly formed society and will be making my living selling the textbook and other Hempology 101 products. It is a dream come true turning the club into a fully functional non-profit society. It is also a dream […]
Updates, Warnings, and Suggestions
By Gayle Quin This has been truly one of the most amazing summers of my life. Not only do I feel healthier than I ever have before, but the synchronicity happening all summer has been astounding. Ted and I have been on two book tours, and to one music festival, selling his text book. The […]
BC Municipalities Vote Sensibly
At the end of Sept. the Union of B.C. Municipalities voted on a resolution lobbying Ottawa to decriminalize marijuana and study the benefits of taxing and regulating cannabis in Canada. While this affects no real change in the laws, it is a small step that signifies that public leadership in British Columbia has reached a […]
Native American Rights to Sacrament
The long battle to religious freedom By M. Allister Greene The fight for religious freedoms in the U.S. is one that is best represented by the struggles, court battles, and individuals that have tried to live in many different levels of a traditional Native American life. The difficulty is after hundreds of years of […]