Archive for January, 2006
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Monday, January 9th, 2006At 10 am on Thurs Jan 26, 2006, I will be defending myself in front of the B.C. Court of Appeal to argue that the laws prohibiting the sharing of cannabis are unconstitutional and that my rights were violated by police when I was arrested at the University of Victoria on Nov 8, 2000. After [...]
Wife of failed U.S. medical marijuana refugee pleads to stay in Canada
Monday, January 9th, 2006by TERRI THEODORE, Canadian Press, Jan 13, 2006- The wife of a California man who uses marijuana to ease his cancer symptoms wept outside Federal Court on Monday after pleading her family’s case to prevent his deportation. I need to ask the Canadian people for help, because I’m losing the battle against saving my husband’s [...]
Massage Oils and Other Skin Products
Monday, January 9th, 2006By Gayle Quin In over 70 years of prohibition and misinformation, all science has been able to accomplish is to prove cannabis is capable of reversing illnesses, shrinking tumors, stopping people from going blind, reverse liver illness…” Indeed, there may be health benefits in addition to the ‘”proven benefits of medical marihuana, as marihuana levels [...]
Letter from Ted to Susan Fletcher, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch
Monday, January 9th, 2006The following letter is a response to Susan Fletcher’s letter written to us. It was published in the last edition. Susan Fletcher January 3, 2006 Assistant Deputy Minister Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch Thank you for writing back to me after my Feb. 3, 2005 letter. As you anticipated, the response you sent on [...]
7th Annual Cannabis Convention Speakers
Monday, January 9th, 2006Marc Emery Founded Cannabis Culture and Marc Emery Direct in 1995. He ran for Mayor of Vancouver in 1996 and 2002 and is founder and president of the BC Marijuana Party. He opened Hemp BC and the Cannabis Cafe, where he experienced a series of raids in 1996, 1997 and 1998. He started Pot TV [...]
Grant Wayne Krieger v. Her Majesty the Queen
Friday, January 6th, 2006In 1999, Health Canada had a program to allow people to possess marijuana for medical use, but there was no program in place for the provision of marijuana for medical use. Krieger has multiple sclerosis and uses marijuana to ease his symptoms. As a member of a “Compassion Club”, Krieger grew and provided marijuana to [...]
Medical marijuana challenge fails
Monday, January 2nd, 2006VANCOUVER The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed an attempt by Michele Kubby, the wife of former California Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Steve Kubby, to have Canadas medical marijuana regime declared unconstitutional.
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