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By Debbie Stultz-Giffin In March of this year, as reported in the Spring Issue of Cannabis Digest, Halifax City Police and the Integrated Street Crime Unit charged medical cannabis patient Bob Dillman and his wife, both from Dartmouth, with possession and production of cannabis. Dillman had fallen into a legal quagmire created by the Allard […]
By Jerry Golick Wouldn’t it be amazing, if the very plant which has been demonized, vilified, and the focus of a veritable vegetative genocide on the part of the nations of the world, turns out to be the very best thing at helping to raise the “wellness” of our global village? Such may prove to […]
By Judith Stamps It is easy for activist movements to fracture along lines of race, gender, class, or culture, and equally easy for them to remain strangers to the mainstream social and economic environments that surround them. It is thus useful, occasionally, and especially on the eve of a federal election in Canada, to consider […]
By Owen Smith The Cannabis Digest has featured a Crossword section in the back pages for the past dozen issues. Follow This link to play the latest Cannabis Digest Crossword Online: Toking Politicians
By Patrick Dewals What was previously known as the Legalise Cannabis Alliance (LCA) was deeply in need of changes that could bring them on more solid ground as a cannabis lobby group. The alliance campaigned for the legalisation of cannabis for medicinal use, as biomass, hemp-based products and recreational drug use. Those purposes were worth […]
By Judith Stamps To the Ladies: A Prologue to Any Useful Account of Women and Cannabis Activism Marc Emery created a few waves this week, prompting responses from women cannabis activists, and from a number of men as well. The context was a Facebook discussion on the April/May 2015 issue of Skunk Magazine, entitled Women […]
By Owen Smith Since the Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that consummated our six year constitutional challenge, I’m commonly asked by people how I feel. It’s easy to say that I am very happy with the outcome insofar as it has helped innumerable people that I have never met escape unnecessary suffering. For those […]
By Judith Stamps Here we are in the season of Home Canning, Harvest festivals, Thanksgiving, Halloween, and the dreaded Federal Election, a festival of sorts that we add once every four years. It isn’t an enjoyable festival, though, and it is hardly an ancient tradition. On some days it is so tedious, so juvenile, and […]
By Patrick Dewals Dewals: Doctor van de Velde how long does the DOMC exist? van de Velde: In 1998, the former minister decided to set up the bureau. But because of the regulatory and legislative work associated with the drafting of a new government agency, it took until 2001 before the office was actually installed […]
This is the first part of a five part blog series concerning the upcoming Federal election. By Beth Cormier and Ted Laver On October 19th Canadians have an opportunity to make our voices heard by voting in the federal election. Whether you live in a swing riding, or one with an incumbent MP who is […]