A Post Prohibition World; The Social Impact of Legal Medical Marijuana and more from the Cannabis Digest this week October 11th – 17th, 2014
with Owen Smith
Notes/Links
Oct 11
UK Drug Policy Slow to Shift
By Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles keeps us up to speed with #Cannabis in the #UK
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http://cannabisdigest.ca/uk-drug-policy-slow-change/
UK Drug Policy Slow to Shift – Cannabis Digest
cannabisdigest.ca
Scotland has one of the worse records for “drug associated crime” in Europe; maybe a legalization model could have been implemented. We will never know
Oct 13
By Judith Stamps
Judith Stamps attends the SensibleBC conference and talks about lessons learned.
http://cannabisdigest.ca/marijuana-post-prohibition-world-reflections-mark-hadens-views/
Marijuana in a Post Prohibition World: Reflections On Mark Haden’s views – Cannabis Digest
Oct 14
Top 5 Social Impacts of Legal Medical Marijuana
By Dieter Macpherson
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http://cannabisdigest.ca/legal-medical-marijuana-5-social-impacts/
Legal Medical Marijuana – 5 Social Impacts – Cannabis Digest
cannabisdigest.ca
Legalizing Medical Marijuana can have profound positive impacts not only on a person, but a society
Oct 15
WILD WEST: Contrasting Clubs and L.P.’s
By Ted Smith
Ted Smith outlines the four ways to obtain medical #cannabis in Canada and the struggles of medical #marijuana distributors
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http://cannabisdigest.ca/wild-west-contrasting-clubs-lps
The Wild West: Contrasting Clubs & LP’s – Cannabis Digest
Oct 16
5 Reasons Doctors Don’t Sign Pot Prescriptions
By Owen Smith
The Royal college of Physicians and Surgeons in #Canada suggests that “#doctors should be able to sign a declaration whereby a patient meets broad criteria for accessing #marijuana for medical use rather than a document akin to a prescription, to deal with issues of liability for clinicians.”
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http://cannabisdigest.ca/5-reasons-doctors-dont-sign-medical-marijuana-prescriptions/
5 Reasons Doctors Don’t Sign Pot Prescriptions – Cannabis Digest
Oct 17
An Interview with Marc Emery
By Ted Smith
“That moment, opening the door and coming through was like going through a time/space portal, from a world of black & white into a starburst of colours.”
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http://cannabisdigest.ca/flying-high-interview-marc-emery/
Flying High Again: An Interview with Marc Emery – Cannabis Digest
cannabisdigest.ca
“Soon after Marc Emery was released from prison I bugged him to grant me an interview … Here is what he had to…
