Issue 32 – Spring 2012
The Time has Come for C-10
Stop the Violence B.C.
Mulcair, Marijuana, and the NDP
Vaping in the “Big Smoke”
Cookie Trial Chips Away at MMAR
Criminal Trials or Clinical Trials
Fabric for the Conscious
Women Rise Against Prohibition
Fabric for the Conscious
by Diane Walsh Industrial hemp has been with human civilization since before 7000 B.C. But fast forward, for a moment, to the middle ages and the start of the Renaissance. Back in high school, a hippie history teacher ma[...]
Criminal Trials or Clinical Trials
By Owen Smith In the winter edition, I pursued the historical records of medical cannabis use around the world. For much of its documented medical history cannabis preparations and applications have taken advantage o[...]
Cookie Trial Chips Away at MMAR
By Ted Smith A huge sigh of relief swept through the courtroom when Justice Johnson quickly announced the Marijuana Medical Access Regulations were unconstitutional on the morning of Fri. Apr. 13, 2012, in the case of Ow[...]
Vaping in the “Big Smoke”
By Al Graham From where I’m sitting, it looks like cannabis is becoming more prevalent in our daily lives. It has become part of regular television, with programs such as Weeds and Weed Wars, and it’s part of our clo[...]
Mulcair, Marijuana, and the NDP
By Dana Larsen Hello my friends, here are some thoughts about the drug policy reform movement, the New Democratic Party, and Thomas Mulcair. First off, I backed Peggy Nash’s leadership bid, and worked hard to elect [...]
Stop the Violence B.C.
By Kyla Williams Winter has been a strange season for drug law reform in Canada. Years of battling a minority Harper government on its multiple inceptions of mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent cannabis offenses h[...]
Issue 32 – Spring 2012
CONTENTS Bill C-10 Rushed Through Updates, Warnings, Suggestions Editorials Stop the Violence B.C The New Face of the NDP Toronto Vapour Lounges The Bakery Trial Crumbles MMAR Hempology 101 on Campus Science in the Ba[...]
The Time has Come for C-10
By Amie Gravell “In the interest of democracy I ask: How can members represent their constituents on these various areas when they are forced to vote in a block on such legislation and on such concerns? We can agree wi[...]
Native American’s Culture and Religion
By M. Allister Greene Less than 500 years ago, this land had tens of millions of people, from thousands of different cultures that lived from the Arctic to the tip of South America, and spread from one coast to the ot[...]
Spreading the Herb on Campus
By Ted Smith With a slim margin of 52 percent in favour and 48 percent opposed, the University of Victoria Hempology 101 Club has received the support of the student body to move the weekly Wednesday 420 meetings back to[...]
EDITORIAL: The Clear Green Skies
Andrew Brown Editor It’s pretty amazing being able to sit back and watch the wall of prohibition self destruct. Well, perhaps it isn’t all self destruction, rather decades of dedicated activism persistently pointing [...]
Issue 31 - Winter 2012
Catching up With Alison Myrden
By Al Graham It was 2003 when I first heard of Alison Myrden. I know the year because it was just shortly after my first ever Crohn’s flare up, and the year I became involved in the cannabis community. As time went on, I wanted to get better educated about cannabis so started attending events [...]
EDITORIAL: Spread Your Support to Stop the War
Andrew Brown Editor Thanks for picking up another issue of the Cannabis Digest. A lot of people work really hard to get each issue out, and we all appreciate when we get the positive feedback from our readers and the kind stores who carry and distribute the newspaper. It helps to keep us going. I [...]
