The long legal journey has begun for the owner-operator of a Kamloops, B.C., compassion club, the Canadian Safe Cannabis Society, as he challenges the legality of Canada's marijuana laws.
CANNABIS CULTURE - This story begins back in March 2011, when an idea had just struck my business partner Ryan Steplock and I. Former Cannabis Culture editor and all-around superactivist Dana Larsen had inspired us to open a medicinal dispensary in the Greater Vancouver Area. Once I met Dana, and I explained my ambitions to him and received his blessing, we had a plan. We were going to open a dispensary.
Finding a Place
A U.S. Iraq war victim who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder was the first customer in Denver to legally purchase recreational marijuana today.
CANNABIS CULTURE - The operators of Burnaby's raided medical marijuana dispensary have been handed conditional discharges by the Provincial Court of British Columbia.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Despite the remarkable efforts of thousands of volunteers, the Sensible BC campaign to decriminalize marijuana fell short of its target, collecting 2/3 of the signatures needed to put the issue on the ballot.
The Crown is appealing a B.C. Supreme Court decision that allows patients authorized to use medical marijuana to drink it in tea or bake it in their brownies and cookies.