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B.C. Exports Marijuana Expertise Worldwide

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Vanc.Sun VANCOUVER – A different kind of brain drain is under way in B.C. as marijuana growers share their billions of dollars worth of skills with a worldwide audience. “We think they’re exporting their expertise,” said Supt. Paul Nadeau, director of the RCMP’s national drug branch. “We’ve heard of it on an international scale.”

Something to Think About

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

The number of new heroin users in the Swiss state of Zurich rose more than 10 times from 1975 to 1990 before falling 82 percent by 2002, researchers at the Psychiatric University Hospital in Zurich said in the study. The government introduced a more liberal policy in 1991.  “The medicalization of opiate dependence changed the [...]

Dr. Hornby Teaching Cannabis Chemistry At Hempology

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

Another guest speaker will come to the weekly UVSS Hempology 101 class to provide free, public education on Weds. Feb. 7, 2007 at 3:30 pm in #061 of the Elliot Building at the University of Victoria. Dr. Paul Hornby will be giving a lecture on the chemical structure of the cannabis plant and various methods [...]

Operation Pipe Dreams

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

by Veronica Horn Tommy Chong –actor, comedian, guitarist and director was born in Edmonton, Alberta on May 24, 1938. We all remember Tommy Chong as the easy going, pot-loving character he has portrayed in film and TV. He is best known as half of the stoner duo, Cheech and Chong. However due to the Bush [...]

8TH Annual Cannabis Convention; Sun. Feb. 11/07

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

VICTORIA, B.C. : The 8th Annual Cannabis Convention on Sun Feb 11 could have one of the most exciting line-ups of speakers ever gathered together at the University of Victoria to talk about the plant and the problems of the drug war. This year will feature former RCMP officer and past director of security of [...]

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