(image: HighTimes) By Owen Smith Patients, caregivers, advocates and now licensed producers are pressuring for the regulation of cannabis extract products. Canada’s prohibition on cannabis based medicinal extracts was struck down in British Columbia in 2012 and is under increasing pressure nationally as seriously ill Canadians are in need of the cleanest most effective form […]
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The Wild West: Contrasting Clubs & LP’s
The struggles of medical marijuana distribution in Canada By Ted Smith Describing Canadian medical cannabis distribution as the wild west show might seem like a stretch to some, but to those in the field there has never been as much interest, excitement, opportunity and disappointment as we are witnessing right now. The Green Rush is […]
Synthetic THC Pills or Whole Plant Cannabis?
The importance of having CBD with your THC By Owen Smith The recent discovery of cannabinoid receptors in the human body presents exciting new targets for medical research, yet only confirms what patients have been saying for decades, whole plant cannabis works for them. Seriously ill people who have run the gamut of conventional medicine […]
The Healing Side of Cannabis
By Danielle Pope – Monday Magazine Gayle Quin was 13 the first time she learned smoking weed helped her. Now, 54 and a cancer survivor, Quin works with the Cannabis Buyers Club of Canada to help others gain access. — image credit: Danielle Pope Victoria’s Cannabis Buyers Club speaks to life free of pain, stigma around […]
Guide to Choosing a Medical Cannabis Dispensary – CAMCD
The VCBC is proud to announce its participation in the Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries (CAMCD) certification program. CAMCD has developed a strong set of standards for certification that help assure policy makers, stakeholders, and local governments that patients best interests are being served. The VCBC has always strived to be a transparent, accountable, […]
The Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club: A Study in Home Rule
The Victoria Cannabis Buyer’s Club (VCBC), Vancouver Island’s senior medical marijuana dispensary, is located on a quiet section of Johnson Street at the edge of downtown Victoria, BC. Its storefront window bears a perpetual ‘Under Renovations’ sign. Aside from this, the dispensary, lodged in an old red brick building, has nothing to mark its […]
Breaking The Law
For many of us objecting to the prohibition of cannabis is not enough. In order to use the herb most of us have to break the law. This can have serious consequences for some, yet for many of us challenging the laws by smoking in public, growing, trafficking or speaking out has become a way […]