CANNABIS CULTURE - Vancouver newspaper editors love marijuana. Or maybe they just love putting reefer-related stories on their front covers to sell more copies. Either way, we aren't complaining!
Obviously, pot is a popular issue in our town these days and it's great to see so much coverage from the mainstream and not-so-mainstream press.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Canadian Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau's support for marijuana legalization is making headlines, but he isn't the first Trudeau to chew on the idea of reforming Canada's marijuana laws.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Marc Emery needs your help. The Canadian marijuana advocate, currently serving a five-year prison sentence in the US after being arrested for his political activism, has been approved by the US federal government for a transfer to serve the rest of his time in Canada.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Five years of court wrangling came to a sudden end when Supreme Court of Canada denied our leave to appeal, effectively throwing medical marijuana patients into the arms of Harperites and their jailers.
Eight years ago today, on July 29th 2005, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Vancouver Police raided my store in downtown Vancouver and had me arrested while in Halifax for a medical marijuana event. I faced extradition to the United States and life in federal prison, along with my employees Greg Williams and Michelle Rainey. I was extradited on May 20th 2010 for a five-year plea deal, and I'm told Canada has changed since I've been imprisoned here.