A South-Surrey based movement to put pressure on the federal government to bring affordable and accessible medical marijuana to patients has added a local MLA to its movement. Gordon Hogg, MLA for Surrey-White Rock has come out with a joint statement with the B.C....
Concentrated cannabis extracts, also known as Cannabis oils because of their sticky and viscous appearance, are increasingly mentioned by self-medicating patients as a cure for cancer. In general, preparation methods for Cannabis oil are relatively simple and do not require particular instruments. The purpose of...
It’s not the “did you inhale†question many politicians have been asked, but a lobby group will be questioning want-to-be politicians on their position over a regulated marijuana market in British Columbia. Stop the Violence BC — a coalition of police, doctors, lawyers, politicians...
The arrest of 12 people who fraudulently obtained licences to grow medical marijuana has highlighted loopholes in the Marijuana Medical Access Program that the government is attempting to address—to the concern of many authorized users of the program. Police arrested the 12 individuals in...
A metro Vancouver district council is moving to nip a problem in the bud by regulating where medical marijuana can be grown. A newly drafted Maple Ridge, B.C., bylaw proposes that commercial medical marijuana production be permitted only in agricultural zones in an effort...
Fires, floods, terrified neighbours, the whiff of weed driving customers away. These are problems that have come with the huge number of medical marijuana grow-ops that have flourished secretly throughout British Columbia over the past year. At the start of 2012, there were...
As Peter Melanson sees it, he went into business to help others. “It just gives me goosebumps to help somebody feel better,†said Melanson, sitting in an east Hamilton living room that's filled with children's books and toys. “By helping somebody by doing something...
A new draft policy paper from the B.C. branch of the Liberal Party is calling on the government to end prohibition of marijuana in Canada and is providing answers on job creation and government tax and licensing revenues should the province go the way of...
Starting in 2014 people needing medical marijuana will only be allowed to buy the drug from licensed producers. The Federal Government says this is a change that will make it more difficult for growers to abuse the system....
The federal government is expected to unveil its new regulations for the medical marijuana program in the next few weeks and the expected changes have some doctors and other stakeholders worried. Health Canada took the unusual step of releasing its proposals months ago. It...