UVSS Reeferendum
By admin | February 21, 2012
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The Healing Side of Cannabis
By admin | February 21, 2012
The Healing Side of Cannabis
By Danielle Pope – Monday Magazine
Published: February 15, 2012 9:00 AM
Updated: February 17, 2012 3:15 PM
Victoria’s Cannabis Buyers Club speaks to life free of pain, stigma around a drug that heals and the trial that could change it all
Gayle Quin was 13 the first time she learned that smoking weed helped her. She suffered from debilitating menstrual cramps and intense bleeding, a condition that would later be diagnosed as dysmenorrhea. But back when Quin was a young girl, such conditions and medicines for those ailments were far from being realized with modern science.
Now, 40 years later, there are moments when Quin, 54, wonders if we’ve advanced at all. She still suffers from judgment when she tells a doctor she uses cannabis to aid her increasing number of conditions. Due to this, Quin says she hasn’t had a doctor in years — finding one that openly accepts cannabis as a treatment form is rare. And those doctors that do are overbooked with patients and waiting lists. Read the rest of this entry »
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Legalize marijuana, former B.C. attorneys-general say
By admin | February 16, 2012
Legalize marijuana, former B.C. attorneys-general say
Four former B.C. attorneys-general — Colin Gabelmann, Ujjal Dosanjh, Graeme Bowbrick and Geoff Plant — are calling for the legalization of cannabis.
“No, I’m not smoking anything,” Dosanjh cracked when contacted.
“It’s just time – 77 per cent of Canadians are telling us it’s time to change the law.”
The former provincial justice ministers, who cross party lines, on Tuesday joined a growing chorus of academics, four Vancouver mayors, the Health Officers Council of B.C., the Liberal Party of Canada and others who say the 89-year-old marijuana prohibition has failed. Read the rest of this entry »
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Four Former Attorney Generals Call For Legalization Of Marijuana
By admin | February 16, 2012
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International Medical Marijuana Week!
By admin | February 9, 2012
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IMMW Teds T-Shirt Auction!
By admin | February 9, 2012
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2012 Hempology Silent Art Auction
By admin | February 9, 2012
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IMMW Scavenger Hunt
By admin | February 9, 2012
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IMMW Movie Night
By admin | February 9, 2012
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Victoria woman’s chronic pain relieved by cannabis cookies, court told
By admin | January 27, 2012
Victoria woman’s chronic pain relieved by cannabis cookies, court told
By Louise Dickson, timescolonist.com January 25, 2012
A Victoria woman who suffers from chronic pain told a court Wednesday that her family doctor refused to help her obtain approval from Health Canada to use medical marijuana.
“She was against it. She said ‘I don’t want to be a drug dealer,’” Sandra Large testified from her wheelchair at Owen Edward Smith’s trafficking trial in B.C. Supreme Court.
“It made me angry. I think a doctor’s purpose is to help patients.”
Smith, 29, the head baker for the Cannabis Buyers’ Club of Canada, has launched a constitutional challenge against Health Canada’s medical-marijuana access regulations.
He was charged on Dec. 3, 2009, with possession for the purpose of trafficking THC and unlawful possession of marijuana after the manager of an apartment building complained to police about a strong smell wafting through the building. Police obtained a search warrant and discovered that the suite was being used as a bakery. Officers recovered substantial quantities of cannabis-infused olive and grapeseed oil, as well as pot cookies, destined for sale through the club. Read the rest of this entry »
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