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Cannabis Activists Working Together; Decarboxylation; M.U.M.M. and more from the Cannabis Digest this week November 8th – 14th, 2014 with Owen Smith Subscribe to the Youtube Channel! LINKS/NOTES Nov 8th Debbie Stultz-Giffin Debbie Stultz-Giffin tells the story of M.U.M.M. Maritimers Unite for Medical Marijuana . http://cannabisdigest.ca/medical-marijuana-maritimes/ Medical Marijuana in the Maritimes – Cannabis Digest […]
By Owen Smith I began my foray into the role of a medical cannabis caregiver at the bakery of the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club in 2008. Previous baking experience and a keen interest in learning about the cannabis plant as medicine made me an ideal candidate. Although I took a pay cut, i learned a […]
Hempcrete; Standardizing Cannabis Extracts; Gayle Quin and more from the Cannabis Digest this week October 26th – 31st, 2014 with Owen Smith Subscribe to the Youtube Channel! Oct 26 Gayle Quin “Sincere thanks to everyone who has written, advertised, drawn and helped distribute our little paper and to all of you devoted readers who keep […]
Lisa Kirkman Battles in Alberta; Life After Cannabis Legalization; The NDP’s Marijuana Mistake and more from the Cannabis Digest this week October 18th – 24th, 2014 with Owen Smith Subscribe to the Youtube Channel! Links/Notes Oct 18th By Dean Schwind Lisa “MamaKind’ Kirkman takes on the Alberta Health Services in one of the many […]
(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 […]
A Post Prohibition World; The Social Impact of Legal Medical Marijuana and more from the Cannabis Digest this week October 11th – 17th, 2014 with Owen Smith Notes/Links Oct 11 UK Drug Policy Slow to Shift By Mark Knowles Mark Knowles keeps us up to speed with #Cannabis in the #UK . http://cannabisdigest.ca/uk-drug-policy-slow-change/ UK […]
the Saga of Medical Marijuana in Washington State; Cannabis Faiths; Vaporizer Wisdom and more from the Cannabis Digest this week Owen Smith brings you the Cannabis Digest News from September 27th to October 3rd, 2014 Notes & Links September 27th By Calli Walton To some, religion can be a tender subject. And why […]
Figure 1. The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Schedule 2, Cannabis What exactly is ‘dried marihuana’? In April of 2012, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Robert Johnston struck the term “dried marihuana” from the Medical Marihuana Access Regulations, refining the language to refer to all products listed as Cannabis in schedule 2 of the CDSA (figure […]
Smith Vs. the Drug Approval Process By Ted Smith Recently the federal government announced it was appealing the Owen Smith trial to the Supreme Court of Canada. A 2-1 ruling by the BC Court of Appeal struck down the medical cannabis regulations for being unconstitutional in August, giving the crown little choice but to appeal […]
For Immediate Release Thurs Sept 11, 2014 Victoria, B.C.: The federal crown has decided to go to the Supreme Court of Canada to determine whether patients should have access to cannabis extracts, appealing the Aug 14 BC Court of Appeal decision in the Smith case. No date has been set yet. For many […]