Medical Science

CBD: Danger?

Surprising positive and negative CBD drug interactions. The potential harms of cannabis have been overstated and drilled into youth by the medical establishment.  For some people, cannabis can have negative impacts but for the most part it is one of the safest, most effective medicines on the planet.  Ironically, some potential harms from using the […]

Uncategorized

Old Joints Study Needs You

Got aches and pains?   Do you use cannabis?   Want to make $20? A new study being done out of the University of Victoria on patients over 45 years old who are suffering from pain is looking for a few hundred participants.  The survey basically takes about 1 ½ hours and is done entirely online after […]

Activism Canada Feature Politics

Press Release: VCBC Rezoning Application

For Immediate Release: Monday, May 12, 2025 Victoria, B.C.: By Ted Smith A cannabis retail rezoning application for 1625 Quadra Street and the $7,500 fee has been sent to the City of Victoria by the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club. Despite not being in compliance with the Cannabis Act, the VCBC is anticipating city council will […]

Canada Feature Medical Science

Grassroots Harm Reduction Uprooted By Legalization

By Ted Smith Research acknowledging the benefits of compassion clubs over the legal medical cannabis program and the stark, negative consequences of legalization have been recently published in the Harm Reduction Journal.  In the study, Marilou Gagnon and Heather Hobbs explain how compassion clubs have practiced harm reduction for decades, yet they have been left […]

Activism Medical

Press Release: Charter Denied: Compassion Club Ordered To Pay $3.2 Million

For Immediate Release: Tuesday August 6, 2024 Charter Denied: Compassion Club Ordered To Pay $3.2 Million. Victoria, B.C.: A Compliance Order from the Province of B.C., has been issued to the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club demanding the non-profit society pay a $3.2 million fine by September 6, 2024, though a similar fine against founder, Ted […]

Activism Legal Medical

PATIENT GARDENS THREATENED BY CANNABIS REVIEW

Virtually every professional body that deals with medical cannabis regulations would be happy to see the whole medical cannabis system disappear.  With that in mind, Health Canada has produced a public survey intended to gain feedback about the effects of legalization with a question at the end designed to justify doing just that.  While there […]