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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008from CANNABIS DIGEST #18 A reminder that the Club has new hours! Mon-Sat: 10am-7pm, Sundays, Christmas Day and New Years Day: 11am-6pm. The International Hempology 101 Society will be celebrating its 13th Anniversary on Sept. 3. We meet at Centennial Square, 7pm, and march to the Legislative Buildings for a photo shoot. Come get your [...]
VICS RULING EXPECTED SOON
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008by Ted Smith from CANNABIS DIGEST #18 The trial of Mathew Beren, lead cultivator of the Vancouver Island Compassion Club, should receive a favourable decision this fall when B.C. Supreme Court Justice Koenigsberg is expected to finally make a ruling. After being arrested in May 2004, Beren and the VICS have argued every possible point [...]
Letter from Health Canada to Ted Smith
Thursday, June 12th, 2008If you would like to see the earlier letters between me and Health Canada see the Cannabis Digest issues #5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 16. June 3, 2008 Dear Mr. Smith Thank you for your letter dated December 4, 2007 sent to Honourable Tony Clement, regarding the research program and your request [...]
COURT WAS RIGHT TO PROTECT PRIVACY WITH BAN ON RANDOM SEARCHES
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Wed, 07 May 2008 Review, The (CN ON) COURT WAS RIGHT TO PROTECT PRIVACY WITH BAN ON RANDOM SEARCHES As controversial as the decision might be, Canada’s Supreme Court got it right when it ruled recently that specially trained police dogs randomly searching backpacks was a violation of privacy rights. In a 6-3 decision, the [...]
GROW-OP TEAM SUSPENDED OVER CLAIM OF THEFT
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Thu, 08 May 2008 Province, The (CN BC) GROW-OP TEAM SUSPENDED OVER CLAIM OF THEFT Langley Township’s marijuana grow-op busting team has been suspended in the wake of an allegation of theft against one of its members. “One of the members took something that shouldn’t have been taken and it was inappropriate,” said Langley Township [...]
CANNABIS GOES BACK TO CLASS B DESPITE DRUG EXPERTS’ VERDICT
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Thu, 8 May 2008 Times, The (UK) CANNABIS GOES BACK TO CLASS B DESPITE DRUG EXPERTS’ VERDICT Cannabis will be upgraded to a Class B drug next year even though the head of the Government’s advisory body says that the change is neither warranted nor likely to achieve the desired effect. Jacqui Smith, the Home [...]
DRUG CASE DROPPED DUE TO COURT DELAY
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Fri, 02 May 2008 Comox Valley Echo (CN BC) Author: Marcel Tetrault DRUG CASE DROPPED DUE TO COURT DELAY Charges have been dropped against two men accused of trafficking pot because of an excessive delay in bringing the case to trial. Arthur Dean Nelson, a 34-year-old Surrey man, and Daniel Jacob Wood, a 25-year-old man [...]
THREE ARRESTED DURING GRASS-ROOTS RALLY
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Sun, 04 May 2008 Calgary Sun, The (CN AB) Author: Katie Schneider THREE ARRESTED DURING GRASS-ROOTS RALLY Cops nabbed three people for possession of marijuana yesterday among hundreds of hemp lovers rallying to liberate the drug and put an end to pot arrests. As many as 500 Calgarians gathered at city hall for the annual [...]
COUPLE LEFT ‘SQUATTING’ IN THEIR HOME
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Sun, 04 May 2008 Province, The (CN BC) Author: Susan Lazaruk COUPLE LEFT ‘SQUATTING’ IN THEIR HOME Say City Wants Them To Pay $5,000 For Search For Grow-Op That Wasn’t There When Selina Prevost and her husband returned home recently to find a notice tacked to their front door advising them Coquitlam city inspectors would [...]
EXPERT TESTIFIES CANNABIS HELPS SLOW AGING
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Fri, 2 May 2008 Nelson Daily News (CN BC) Author: Sara Newham EXPERT TESTIFIES CANNABIS HELPS SLOW AGING Holy Smoke Trial: University Professor Brought in to Help Prove Case for Defense in Drug Trafficking Trial B.C. Provincial Court heard Thursday that cannabis is safer than aspirin and can restore the balance in people’s bodies to [...]
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