Archive for April, 2010
Where to pick up the Cannabis Digest
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010THE DAILY SHAW TV
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010April 21, 2010 — LOCAL PROGRAMING
Cannabis for Health forum here Sunday
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010Comox Valley Echo http://www2.canada.com/comoxvalleyecho/news/community/story.html?id=a80f847c-4962-4032-9618-e80f57e069f2 Cannabis for Health forum here Sunday Comox Valley Echo Published: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 The North Island Compassion Club (NICC) is holding a Cannabis for Health Forum on Sunday April 25, 1-4 pm at the Florence Filberg Centre in Courtenay. Admission by donation (CDN$ and cw$) or free. Presenters include Ted [...]
The Hemperor, Jack Herer has Died
Friday, April 16th, 2010The Hemperor, Jack Herer has Died Bonnie King Salem-News.com The global cannabis community mourns the loss of the great Jack Herer. Jack Herer The one and only Jack Herer will be missed forever. (SALEM, Ore.) – The sad news has been confirmed. Jack Herer, author of Emperor Wears No Clothes and renowned around the world [...]
CANNABIS DIGEST, COOKIE TRIAL AND 4/20
Friday, April 16th, 2010CANNABIS DIGEST, COOKIE TRIAL AND 4/20 Victoria, B.C.: A press conference will be held at the home base of the Cannabis Buyers Clubs of Canada at 11am on Monday April 19 to announce the publication of the Cannabis Digest in a newspaper format, provide an update on the bakery trial that is going ahead after [...]
‘War on drugs’ backfiring badly: UBC report
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010‘War on drugs’ backfiring badly: UBC report Roundup of gang bosses blamed for bloody turf battles By Suzanne Fournier, The Province March 23, 2010 Canada’s “war on drugs” has done nothing to stop the supply of street drugs and is actually increasing drug-related violence. This is among the controversial findings of a University of B.C. [...]
Hemp and Company is Vancouver Island’s “Retailer of the Year”
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010Hemp and Company is Vancouver Island’s “Retailer of the Year” On April 1, 2010 Hemp and Company was honoured as Vancouver Island’s “Retailer of the Year” at the Business Examiner”s 2009 Vancouver Island Business Excellence Awards. Hemp and Company is a Victoria retail clothing merchant, which specializes in using textiles from natural fibres (hemp, organic [...]
‘Compassion club’ providing medicinal marijuana shut down by police
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010Advocates for looser pot restrictions are pointing to the raid as a sign of the ineffectiveness of the federal medicinal marijuana program Joshua Dvorkin, who injured his spinal cord when he fell during an epileptic seizure, has a licence to smoke marijuana to manage pain. Della Rollins for The Globe and Mail Anthony Reinhart Published [...]
Happy Hemp-a-versary…
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Happy Hemp-a-versary… today, 1 year ago, the United State of America had a federal proposition introduced to re-legalize industrial hemp. Let’s go America, you can do it!!!!! According to Wikipedia,” The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009 is a bill that was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Ron Paul (R-Texas) and Barney [...]
C.A.L.M. raided – med. cannabis in Toronto
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Press Release from CALM: Wednesday, March 31 51 DIVISION POLICE TARGET MEDICAL CANNABIS PATIENTS At approximately 3 p.m. this afternoon, 51 Division officers raided a medical cannabis resource and support centre. C.A.L.M. has provided support for patients with debilitating illnesses that range from AIDS, cancer, glaucoma and MS for years. The police arrested 9 individuals [...]