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On Tuesday Oct 4, the International Hempology 101 Society held its Annual General Meeting at the Green Ceiling, thanks to our sponsors Skunkbeard and Panda. Aside from the elections it was not much different from our regular monthly board meeting, which is always open to the public. With so much happening in our field, […]
Welcome to Issue Fifty of Cannabis Digest, a tribute to ten years of perseverance on the part of the CD team, and to the paper’s originator, Gayle Quin, who passed away peacefully on September 22, 2016. It should be seen as a tribute, too, to Gayle’s life partner, Ted Smith who, for fifty seasons, has […]
We have dedicated this issue of the Cannabis Digest to the inspiration of our publication: Gayle Quin. My love died peacefully in her home on Thursday September 22, 2016 after a long battle with cancer. Long before we were partners she convinced me to start a newsletter to inform the members of the Victoria Cannabis […]
Ted Smith In my first few years of being a cannabis activist I learned a great deal about the wide range of potential uses the cannabis plant could have if not for prohibition. Being a seventh generation Canadian on both sides of my family, but the first not to grow up a family farm, I […]
Ted Smith Questions – Minimizing Harms of Use This is my answer to the first of five surveys the federal government task force has created to guide them as they introduce laws to legalize cannabis. Over the next 4 weeks I will be posting my responses. Everyone has until August 28 to fill in these […]
Ted Smith Well it has been a very busy spring for cannabis activists across Canada. Starting with April 20 celebrations, which were highlighted when Canada’s Minister of Health informed the United Nations that our country was going to introduce laws legalizing cannabis in one year’s time, this spring has been full of excitement. There is […]
Ted Smith For over 5 years, since having her right breast and part of her armpit removed full of cancer, Gayle Quin continues to survive in large part due to the healing properties of cannabis. Though she has been using cannabis to deal with various medical issues since the age of 13, there is no […]
Cannabis Digest publisher Ted Smith has accomplished a great deal as a cannabis advocate: from founding the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club, to hosting the largest student club at the University of Victoria, to runnning 4K in a 10 ft. tall pot leaf costume in under an hour. He has led numerous legal challenges against bad […]
Ted Smith This May long weekend marked 20 years since I have had a drink of alcohol, a decision that I believe saved my life from one of misery and woe. Having dedicated my life to cannabis, quitting drinking was an easy decision to make for many reasons and one I cannot imagine regretting. There […]
This article previously appeared at Absolute Underground Interview with Ted Smith Who are are we talking to today and what are you best known for? Ted Smith Founder of the oldest medical dispensary in the world, the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club, author of HEMPOLOGY 101: THE HISTORY AND USES OF CANNABIS SATIVA, publisher of the […]