Hempology
cbc-canada.ca
We have locations in Victoria, British Columbia and Halifax, Nova Scotia.
For more information on how to find us call:
(250) 381 – 4220 on the west coast
(902) 497 – 3941 on the east coast
Or email us at: contact@cbc-canada.ca
826 Johnson St.
Victoria, BC,
V8V 1N3
Store Hours
Monday – Saturday: 10am – 7pm
Sunday: 11am – 6pm
Open everyday, including holidays.
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 »
Over 100 years ago, pioneers ventured west and north on this continent in search of a precious metal. Risking everything for the lure of fortune, men would head to the hills in the hope of striking it rich. Now, few people make their living searching for gold unless they work for a large multi-national company.
Of course, mining for minerals is entirely different than growing plants, and comparing the two is not easy. However, few can argue that the Green Gold Rush is upon us and how we proceed will affect how the industry works in 100 years.
One major difference between the green and gold rush is the fact gold is a non-renewable resource, and cannabis is one of the most renewable resources. This is essentially why many large industries worked together to eliminate cannabis from the market last century. It is also the primary reason the plant has survived. Read the rest of this entry »
Medical Marijuana: A Note of Caution
By Dr. Lester Grinspoon, M.D.
Like everyone else who has been working over decades to ensure that marijuana, with all that it has to offer, is allowed to take its proper place in our lives, I have been heartened by the rapidly growing pace at which it is gaining understanding as a safe and versatile medicine.
In addition to the relief it offers to so many patients with a large array of symptoms and syndromes (almost invariably at less cost, both in toxicity and money than the conventional drugs it replaces), it is providing those patients, their caregivers, and the people who are close to them an opportunity to see for themselves how useful and unthreatening its use is. Read the rest of this entry »
LTE:
What seems to be misunderstood by the Member of Parliament is that Clause 39 – 41 of Bill C-10, in effect, amounts to the providing of insulation for organized crime and drug kingpins. This consequence would, for the most part, be triggered by the enactment of the proposed changes to the medical marihuana program by Health Canada.
