Canada’s Cannabis Journal since 2010
by Ted Smith You better inhale, you better not cough Keep it all in and then you’ll get off Cannabis is growing in town (CHORUS) He’s growing a lot and growing it fast Gonna get out while the hydro lasts Cannabis is growing in town He’s setting all his lights […]
What’s up Doc?; Strain Science; The Hemp Electric Car and more from the Cannabis Digest this week December 6th – December12th, 2014 with Owen Smith Subscribe to the Youtube Channel! NOTES/LINKS Saturday Dean Schwind I once overheard a young #doctor say to another on an elevator ride, “So, I said to the nurse, […]
by Ted Smith After decades of attempts by inventors around the world, George Schlichten announced the successful creation of a decorticator in the summer of 1917. Just one year after the fact hemp hurds could be used for paper was discovered, this seemed to give hemp the boost it needed to retain its place as […]
By Ted Smith Many years ago we started writing cannabis carols and published a small colouring booklet full of our favourite songs. Until last year a group of us would march around downtown Victoria singing cannabis carols and hot-boxing City Hall. Unfortunately that tradition has died out and we will no longer be trying to […]
By Ted Smith In 1916, the USA Department of Agriculture published Bulletin #404, announcing to the world an important new discovery in hemp processing. This discovery should have lead to a huge wave of interest in hemp, but ironically it was the trigger that lead to Reefer Madness as I will discuss in a later […]
By Diane Walsh If you are an investor and have a firm eye on the hemp industry in Western or Central Canada, this might just be the ideal time to jump in with both feet. Alberta Knee Deep in Hemp Alberta appears poised to be a leader for hemp firms which are diversifying processing and […]
By Diane Walsh Hemp oil: one of the intriguing “potions” that Mother Nature, with her bobbing head and knowing smirk, bestowed on us mere mortals long, long ago. From Earth, is this oil! It’s oil from a smart plant indeed. Into our imperfect and sometimes ill-stricken body systems, it flows—absorbed by the multitudes, over […]
(Ted Smith and Gayle Quin) There is no better time for the average cannabis smoker to come out of the closet than Halloween. This can be done in any number of ways, even if you do not have a cannabis event to attend. The possibilities are endless. One does not even need to consume cannabis […]
By Gayle Quin High there folks. I hope you have had a great summer. It has been a blur for me. Can you believe it? We are at issue #42! Bigger and better than ever. So my sincere thanks to everyone who has written, advertised, drawn and helped distribute our little paper. But the biggest […]
By Ted Smith There is little doubt the most important crop in the founding of America was hemp. Used for canvas and rope on the British sailing ships, importing hemp fibre was critical to the ambitious monarchs of the UK. Growing hemp to support the British navy was so valuable that from 1631 to the […]