Tracy Lamourie This issue marks my one year anniversary writing this column, so let me start it by thanking you all for coming along on this journey with me. The last 12 months have been interesting ones in the canna world, to say the least, and as we look ahead to spring and summer 2017, […]
Tag: 420
Ottawa’s Unique 420 History
Russell Barth The first 420 celebration in Canada was held in Vancouver in 1995, and some time shortly after that, Ottawa held it’s first informal 420 gathering in Major’s Hill Park, immediately across the street from the eyesore of a US Embassy on Sussex Drive. These early gatherings were small: a few hundred people, no […]
Ted Smith Draws Curtain After 22 Years Of Activism
Twenty two years ago, at the tender age of 25, I started to attend Hempology 101 meetings and was infected with a passion that has fueled me in a course that would change Canadian history. That passion brought me together with the most incredible woman I have ever met, a woman who died at home […]
July 1st is Cannabis Day
On July 1st, come celebrate an alcohol-free Cannabis Day with Hempology 101 and Cannabis Digest. Join us on the front steps of the Blanshard Courthouse in Victoria, BC for REACH FOR THE POT, Canada’s Cannabis Gameshow. Be there for 4:20 as one High Host (Ted Smith) asks two Stoned Teams 10 rounds of Fun Cannabis […]
Cannabis Digest Full Issue #48 – Spring 2016
Read the Full Spring Issue of the Cannabis Digest quarterly journal with stories from Dr. David Allen, Russell Barth and Chris Clay for free online today.
New Short Documentary: Growing Opportunities
Aaron Morin Growing Opportunities is a film by five VIU Media Studies students about Vancouver Island dispensaries and how municipalities there are dealing with them, so to speak. The proliferation of medical cannabis dispensaries in Nanaimo prompted police action early in December last year. Nanaimo city hall was approached by those in the city’s medical […]
Is April 20 Ready To Become An International Holiday?
Ted Smith As the United Nations gathers a Special Assembly on global drug policy in New York City, cannabis enthusiasts around the world will celebrate the changing landscape the entire day of April 20. With victories big and small to celebrate in almost every country on the globe, there has never been so much hope […]
Weed Out Punishment for Athletes Using Medicinal Marijuana
Weed Out Punishment for Athletes Using Medicinal Marijuana Jason Heit When will the sports governing bodies recognize medical marijuana as an alternative to prescription painkillers? Failed drug tests for marijuana consumption have been a consistent problem in sports. Sports leagues and governing bodies like the NFL, NBA, UFC, Athletic Commissions, World Anti-doping Association, International Olympic Committee and […]
Updates, Warnings and Suggestions # 45
By Ted Smith Well it has been a very exciting spring for us at the Cannabis Digest. A victory party was held at Gayle Quin’s property after the June 11 Supreme Court of Canada victory, giving supporters a chance to celebrate with her, Owen Smith, Kirk Tousaw, myself and many other activists. The joy could […]
Updates, Warnings and Suggestions # 44
By Ted Smith It has been a busy winter preparing for the Supreme Court of Canada trial and there is much relief that it is over. At least the hard work is over and now we are preparing to celebrate when the decision comes down. Owen Smith has gone from our head baker to a […]










