CANNABIS CULTURE – After 25 years of community service, the Victoria Cannabis Buyer’s Club (VCBC) now faces an eviction order from the BC Solicitor General. The Provincial Community Safety Unit has ordered the buyer’s club (and the 8000 patients they…
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History of Cannabis Tours at Calgary’s Heritage Park
CANNABIS CULTURE – Cannabis connoisseurs in Calgary have a new option for an entertaining, educational and socially-distant evening out, where consumption will be allowed. Cannanaskis, Alberta’s first cannabis tourism operator, is expanding to offer Hi…
Do They Drug Test?
CANNABIS CULTURE – For many the answer is make or break. Imagine you are a job seeker who has been laid off because of the pandemic. You are checking your phone and email constantly as today is the day you learn if you are offered employment from the …
Shemshemet: Cannabis in Ancient Egypt
CANNABIS CULTURE – Up until recent times, many Egyptologists, failed to acknowledge much of a role for cannabis in ancient Egypt beyond that of a source of fiber for ropes, but recent research identifying a plant in the Egyptian texts with fibrous and …
Under the Influence “Marijuana Man” Memorial
CANNABIS CULTURE – With the deepest of broken-hearted sadness, I am very sad to share the news that our beloved friend Greg “Marijuana Man” Williams passed away this Tuesday February 16th. He was not alone. He was held by his friends and loved ones…
Web Series Explores the World of Psychedelic Medicine
CANNABIS CULTURE – A Medicine Hunter and a non-profit organization promoting psychedelic healing will be providing free education on psychoactive plants to the global community. According to a press release by the Multidisciplinary Association of Psych…
Highlights from Grower’s Source Expo 2021
CANNABIS CULTURE – The “passionate fanatics” that have grown pot in their basements for decades were given a voice and an ear at the Growers Source 2021 Expo held in cyberspace due to Covid restrictions. Make no mistake this virtual conference was spo…
One Man’s Journey From Injustice to Advocacy
CANNABIS CULTURE – “You build perseverance, and no one can take that away from you. They can take your money, take your bank account, they can change legislation, but they can’t take away your perseverance. They cannot take away your will,” Earl Carrut…
Cannabis Grower Released from Life-Sentence, Says More Prisoners Should Go Home
CANNABIS CULTURE – “I’m so blessed to be released but there are still a lot (of cannabis prisoners) that are still there,” says Andy Cox — now reunited with his mother, two children, and extended family in Florida after 13 years in federal lock-up. …
Medical Cannabis in Scotland
CANNABIS CULTURE – A look back to the mid 19th Century when cannabis extract (AKA ‘Rick Simpson Oil’) was being administered in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Scotland is making a return to growing cannabis, with medical production starting at Hilltop …