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 […]
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No Victim, No Crime – Georgia Toons
I was watching a documentary recently and they stated, at one point it could be considered a crime to distribute or promote anything that showed an interracial couple in a positive light. Even standing together. WOW I grew up in Toronto – The ‘melting pot’ of Canada 😉 If not the world. We have such a […]
Survey of the Endocannabinoid System in Medical Schools
A Survey of American Medical School’s Acceptance of the Science of the ECS (Endocannabinoid System) By Dr. David Allen, Nathan Stewart, Sioux Colombe and Ron Mullins Introduction The discovery of the endocannabinoid system (ECS) is the single most important scientific medical discovery since the recognition of sterile surgical technique. As our knowledge expands, we […]
How Black Pepper relieves Cannabis Anxiety
By Owen Smith While working at the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club I was able to teach some of the members about Black Pepper. While benefiting from the medicinal effects of THC, these patients suffered from bouts with anxiety while medicating. Most patients who have tried this simply took a few sniffs of the black pepper to receive an […]
Local Kid Cannabis Gets No Credit
By Ted Smith for the Cannabis Digest Rarely does an opportunity to act in a feature film fall into your lap. It is almost impossible then to be asked to virtually play yourself in the movie, even getting to introduce yourself, using your real name in your own place of business. An illegal business, to […]
Updates, Warnings and Suggestions, Issue 41
By Gayle Quin What a beautiful spring we have had. Thanks, Mother Nature, for making up for a horrible winter. My heart was full of empathy for all of you living in the East. I hope your summer shines bright on your gardens and on your lives. I have greatly missed seeing all of the […]
Doctors against the Drug war
image: Dr. David Allen shakes hands By Owen Smith Cannabis Digest Blogger Dr. David Allen is a retired heart surgeon who moved to California after there medical cannabis referendum passed and started a medical office that recommended cannabis to patients. He left his fifty-acre property in Mississippi in the care of his sister and […]
Labels – Georgia Toons
It occurred to me, how so many are still very ‘concerned’ about labels and not the ones they should be. I recently had someone talk to me – he was ‘asking for a friend… ‘, really – and the friend has a child who is experiencing grand mal seizures. Well, apparently he is thinking […]
Health Risks of Marijuana Use (James Geiwitz, Ph.D.)
Health Risks of Marijuana Use by James Geiwitz, Ph.D. September 19, 2001 Contents 1.0: INTRODUCTION 2.0: THE TOXICOLOGY OF THC 2.1: Genetic Effects 2.2: Pregnancy and Offspring 2.2.1: Pregnancy 2.2.2: Birth defects and brain development 2.3: Hormonal Systems and Reproductive Capabilities 2.4: Immune System 2.4.1: Suppression versus enhancement 2.4.2: Humans and disease 2.5: THC and […]
Cannabis in Costa Rica – Part 5 – Conclusion
A future for Cannabis in Costa Rica As we move into July, the Costa Rica Medicinal Cannabis Movement signature gathering campaign has surpassed 100K and are now seeking more in case of invalid or duplicate signatures. Costa Rica has only had one successful referendum in the past. The citizens decided by vote that […]