We have dedicated this issue of the Cannabis Digest to the inspiration of our publication: Gayle Quin. My love died peacefully in her home on Thursday September 22, 2016 after a long battle with cancer. Long before we were partners she convinced me to start a newsletter to inform the members of the Victoria Cannabis […]
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Publishers Note: Dispense the Digest!
Ted Smith This coming fall, everyone with the Cannabis Digest will be proud to be getting ready to print the publication’s 50th issue. With so much happening in the cannabis scene, it is exciting to have the opportunity to document the changes as we shift from prohibition to legalization. We feel our newspaper has a […]
Updates, Warnings and Suggestions #48
(cover image from Cannabis in Canada: The Illustrated History) Ted Smith Well I may as well start with the most important update. My love, Gayle Quin, is still with us and will be celebrating her 59th birthday on April 16. Although she was sent home to die over 500 days ago, thanks to volumes of […]
Marijuana Musicians Crossword #47
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Cannabis Digest Issue 47 Cover
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Updates, Warnings and Suggestions # 47
Ted Smith On Jan 31, 2016, the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club will be celebrating its 20th anniversary with a potluck party to follow its Annual General Meeting. The organization has come a long way since those days, two decades ago, during which I was supplying cannabis products by delivering to patients from the van in […]
Full Issue – Fall 2015
Full Issue – Fall 2015, Cannabis Digest
Editors Note – Autumn Leaves
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 […]
20 Years of Hempology 101 in Victoria, BC
By Ted Smith In the evening of Weds Sept 2, 2015, the International Hempology 101 Society will be celebrating 20 years of activism in Victoria with its annual march from city hall to the BC Legislature. Activists from around the region are expected to join hundreds of local supporters, as few cannabis organizations have survived […]
My “Job” as Cannabis Digest Publisher
By Ted Smith Most of us identify who we are by what we do for work. Most people with a trade or skill in the cannabis industry have no problem helping others understand what they do by using a simple label like a grower, dealer or employee in a vapor lounge. My work, though, is […]