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Though the 4th edition of the Hempology 101 textbook has not yet been made available on-line, the 3rd edition has been on-line for years. It is out-dated, as it was written at the turn of the century, but for the most part it is still worth the read. However, when writing the last chapter on […]
Picture this. You are a friend of cannabis. You are you in the midst of a crisis. Maybe you’ve lost your job, or your relationship. Everything seems to be falling apart. You think you could use some counselling. Who do you call? From what I can tell: hardly anyone. In fact, you could have a […]
Here is another video in our series describing information contained in HEMPOLOGY 101: THE HISTORY AND USES OF CANNABIS SATIVA, a little book I wrote. The most obvious reference to cannabis in the Old Testament appears in the Book of Exodus when God instructs Moses to make an anointing oil using kaneh bosom. Given all […]
By Ted Smith Founder, Victoria’s Hempology 101 Society March 19, 1997 Dear Doug Richardson Your quick response to my letter is much appreciated and I apologize for replying so slowly, but such things require the utmost patience and careful attention. I welcome the opportunity to further explain my activities as president of Victoria’s Hempology 101 […]
For four weeks in February of 2012 I witnessed the demystification of Health Canada’s arguments against cannabis extracts in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The main showdown in this constitutional battle was between two scientific wizards, where the struggle for truth finally loosened this healing plant from governments’ steely grip. Two years earlier I […]
By Ted Smith In a recent report, Statistics Canada has revealed numbers that show law enforcement is failing to catch cannabis suppliers, while they continue to focus on the easy prey, pot smokers. Last year police arrested 1% more citizens for possessing cannabis than they did in 2012. However, in the same time period there […]
By Ted Smith In this short video I describe why i believe cannabis is the Tree of Life as referred to in the Bible. If you would like to buy my book, HEMPOLOGY 101: THE HISTORY AND USES OF CANNABIS SATIVA please go to this link. We are slowly creating videos to compliment the entire […]
By Ted Smith When it comes to famous potheads, no one is more famous than Cheech and Chong. Indeed for many, these celebrity comedians are the definition of stoners. Getting 15 minutes of their time together is something a big kid like me would never dare to dream of. But I got the video evidence […]
by Ted Smith From the Cannabis Digest archives: Fall 2004 Relief swept through the room when the judicial stay was quickly read in court record this fall, validating the bold persistence of the Cannabis Buyers Club of Canada over the past 8 years. On Tuesday Sept. 7, 2004, Madame Justice Chaperon agreed with defence lawyer […]
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 […]