Archive for August, 2011
Health Canada Helps Celebrate Hempology 101`s 16th Anniversary
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011For Immediate Release Aug 24, 2011 Health Canada Helps Celebrate Hempology 101`s 16th Anniversary Victoria, B.C.: Multiple events will mark the sweet sixteenth birthday of the International Hempology 101 Society on Sept. 7, 2011. Traditionally, on the first Wed. every Sept., the University of Victoria Student Society Hempology 101 Club gets together at 4:20pm to [...]
CTV: Health Canada debating future of medical marijuana
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011MMJ: No Imminent Threat To State Employees
Sunday, August 7th, 2011http://www.cannabisnews.org/united-states-cannabis-news/medicalmarijuana/mmj-no-imminent-threat-to-state-employees/ MMJ: No Imminent Threat To State Employees The Justice Department is now downplaying its threat to prosecute state employees who regulate or license purveyors of medical marijuana. Recall the April 14 letter from U.S. Attorneys Jenny Durkan in Seattle and Michael Ormsby in Spokane to Gov. Chris Gregoire regarding the medical marijuana bill then [...]
Doors still open despite raid
Sunday, August 7th, 2011http://www.burnabynow.com/health/Doors+still+open+despite+raid/5209835/story.html Doors still open despite raid Medical supplies: Staff at the dispensary has continued to sign up new members despite a raid last week by RCMP. Shown here during the dispensary’s opening in April are Ryan Steplock, Britney Anne and Jordan Kuyvenhoven Burnaby’s medical marijuana dispensary is still signing up members after being raided by [...]
McGinn signs law regulating medical marijuana shops
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/McGinn-signs-law-regulating-medical-marijuana-1614293.php McGinn signs law regulating medical marijuana shops Medical marijuana dispensaries will be regulated in Seattle like any legal business under a new law signed Wednesday by Mayor Mike McGinn. The law requires medical marijuana shops to obtain business licenses, abide by building codes and follow public-health regulations. For example, they would have to obtain [...]
Ted Smith Access Television Pt1
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011Shaw TV’s “Island Justice” with host Roger Batchelor
Compassion Club in Courtenay still helping people
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_north/comoxvalleyrecord/news/126215053.html Compassion Club in Courtenay still helping people By Scott Stanfield – Comox Valley Record Published: July 26, 2011 5:00 PM Police seized several pounds of marijuana and arrested two people last week at the North Island Compassion Club. It was the second bust this year at the Sixth Street establishment in Courtenay, the first [...]
Compassion Club shut down by Police
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011http://bc.rcmp.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=50&languageId=1&contentId=20043 Compassion Club shut down by Police 2011-06-23 15:20 PDT Chilliwack, BC: On June 21, 2011, the Chilliwack RCMP was notified, through a tip that was received by the City of Chilliwack, of a marihuana Compassion Club known as “Be Kind Medical Clinic” was operating out of a business store front at 46144 Yale Road. [...]
Burnaby medical marijuana shop raided by RCMP
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Health/2011/07/29/potbustRCMPBurnaby Burnaby medical marijuana shop raided by RCMP A medical marijuana dispensary was raided by the RCMP in Burnaby yesterday, the latest in a string of crackdowns against B.C. pot distributors this summer. Federal police agents made three arrests and seized marijuana, patient files, personal computers, and business documents during yesterday’s noon-hour raid of Metrotown [...]
New marijuana dispensary proposed for Langley
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/126726678.html New marijuana dispensary proposed for Langley The Langley Medical Marijuana Dispensary that was shut down by police will be revived under new management and a different “member-driven” structure. Randy Caine made the announcement Tuesday night at a public meeting with more than 100 supporters at the Douglas Recreation Centre.