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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, […]
Brent H. Clone Corner Riddle me this Riddle me that, how do I get my plant roots to act? We all love this plant and what it can do, yet what seems like an easy endeavour can become troublesome when propagating cuttings from mother plants. Here are some tips to follow that will make all […]
THE NEW WAR ON EDIBLES, or HEY, HAVEN’T WE DONE THIS ALREADY? There was much to celebrate last fall when on September 8, 2016, the Victoria, BC City Council decided, by a vote one-short of unanimous, to grant licenses to the city’s cannabis dispensaries. One of the best-liked features of this decision was the Council’s […]
How to access mail order service from Victoria Cannabis Buyers’ Club By Julia Veintrop For the people who are unable to access a Licensed Producer or would rather go to a dispensary, being able to sign up, place an order, make a payment, and get a trackable parcel mailed to your door can mean the […]
Helen Davids New Research Shows Patients with a Choice Opt for Cannabis over Prescription Meds Research undertaken by the University of British Columbia and University of Victoria has shown that given the choice, those suffering from chronic pain, and those taking medication for mental health conditions, would choose cannabis over their medication. Lead author of […]
Cannabis Digest is happy to bring you weekly episodes of the Cannaisseur with Caelan Walton, but you don’t have to wait, visit the youtube page and subscribe for more videos. In the seventh episode of The Cannaisseur we’re going to delve into the racist roots of cannabis prohibition in North America and find out why Canada […]
A 1972 report on cannabis first commissioned, and then rejected, by drug war hawk, Richard Nixon, was titled Marijuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding. That sounds about right for Justin Trudeau’s Cannabis Act, Bill C-45, which might better be called, Cannabis: A Signal of Willful Ignorance. Why ignorance? To begin, its use of oppressive penalties is […]
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 […]
Shattering the Stereotypes A Look into the Medicinal Uses of Cannabis Concentrates It’s been called the “Tequila of Marijuana“(1) the “Crack of Cannabis” and “Marijuana on Steroids.“(2) New concentrated forms of cannabis have become the latest demon for the languishing purveyors of prohibition, used to conjure dread and alarm. They follow the path of the […]
Debra Harper “A significant percentage of patients (42%) reported accessing cannabis from illegal/unregulated sources in addition to access via LPs, and over half (55%) were charged money to receive a medical recommendation to use cannabis, with nearly 25% paying $300 or more.” International Journal of Drug Policy We hear how well Licensed Producers (LP’s) are […]