The Canadian government has banned MDPV (methylenedioxypyrovalerone), a synthetic stimulant commonly found in "bath salts" drugs. The ban went into effect last Wednesday, the same day it was announced by Health Canada.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Sensible BC, the activist group behind a new campaign to decriminalize marijuana in British Columbia, will host a Public Forum on Sensible Cannabis Policy in Victoria on Monday, September 24.
A panel of medical and legal experts — including former B.C. attorney-general Geoff Plant — will try to convince the Union of B.C. Municipalities to support the decriminalization of marijuana and its regulated sale.
With three western American states mulling legalized marijuana and the Union of B.C. Municipalities set to debate it, a new group wants the province to stop enforcing the federal criminal ban on pot.
It would be easier on Danny Auger’s already thin wallet if he just took a prescribed painkiller to deal with the chronic pain he suffers from nerve damage, due to a horrific 2009 construction accident that almost completely severed one arm.
CANNABIS CULTURE - A new campaign called Sensible BC aims to decriminalize cannabis possession in BC and create a provincial commission to study full regulation and taxation of cannabis.
At the New Innovations In Cannabis Education medical marijuana dispensary at 907A 12th Street, the sign on the door reads, "The N.I.C.E. Dispensary is currently open as an info centre, no medicinal products on site. Please feel free to come in for more info on the many benefits and uses of cannabis."