Tag: canada

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November 13, 2013
11/13/2013
MMAR Coalition Against Repeal Benefit Concert Tonight

MMAR Coalition Against Repeal Benefit Concert Tonight

A benefit concert is being held for MMAR Coalition Against Repeal featuring the Rascalz at Fortune Sound Club in Vancouver, BC at 7pm tonight.
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November 12, 2013
11/12/2013
Tour Comes To DC To Speak Out Against Failed Drug War

Tour Comes To DC To Speak Out Against Failed Drug War

The “Voices of the Victims” tour is in Washington, D.C. today, calling for an end to the failed drug war.
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October 31, 2013
10/31/2013
Pro-Legalization Cop Files Complaint Against Department

Pro-Legalization Cop Files Complaint Against Department

Constable David Bratzer, President of the Canadian branch of LEAP, filed a complaint against his chief for discrimination based on political views.
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October 28, 2013
10/28/2013
Translating the Mistruths of Prairie Plant Systems

Translating the Mistruths of Prairie Plant Systems

An excellent article on Cannabis Culture translates the whitewashed response of Prairie Plant Systems CEO to recent criticism about their irradiated schwag grown in contaminated mines.
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October 24, 2013
10/24/2013
Huffington Post: Canada’s Marijuana Popular in Asia

Huffington Post: Canada’s Marijuana Popular in Asia

Tokers in Vietnam prefer the US or Canada’s marijuana to their locally grown tropical sativas, paying up to 10x the price for western bud.
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October 21, 2013
10/21/2013
Sensible BC CannaBus Tours British Columbia

Sensible BC CannaBus Tours British Columbia

The Sensible BC CannaBus is touring British Columbia collecting signatures to decriminalize cannabis. The campaign still needs over 300,000 signatures.
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October 4, 2013
10/04/2013
Study: Drugs Cheaper and More Prevalent Despite Prohibition

Study: Drugs Cheaper and More Prevalent Despite Prohibition

Law enforcement-based efforts criminalizing the possession of illicit substances have largely failed to reduce drug production, potency, or access, according to an assessment of global drug interdiction...
By: NORML
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October 1, 2013
10/01/2013
Canada’s New Medical Marijuana System Begins Today

Canada’s New Medical Marijuana System Begins Today

Canada’s MMPR (Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations) begin to take over the medical marijuana system today. Under the new regulations only large corporate entities may grow the...
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September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
Canada Grants Monopoly To Historically Terrible MMJ Producer

Canada Grants Monopoly To Historically Terrible MMJ Producer

Prairie Plant Systems once held a monopoly over commercial MMJ in Canada. The product they produced received an enormous number of complaints, even after being delayed by...
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August 28, 2013
08/28/2013
George Takei Commends Trudeau’s Admission of Cannabis Use

George Takei Commends Trudeau’s Admission of Cannabis Use

George Takei, famous for his role as Mr. Sulu in the original Star Trek series, recently commended Canadian politician Justin Trudeau for admitting that he uses cannabis:...
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August 21, 2013
08/21/2013
Canadian Police Chiefs Want Tickets for Marijuana Possession

Canadian Police Chiefs Want Tickets for Marijuana Possession

013 Canada’s police chiefs are ready to quit arresting people for marijuana possession. Meeting in Winnipeg over the weekend, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police passed a resolution...
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August 20, 2013
08/20/2013
Billboards Raising Awareness, Support for Sensible BC

Billboards Raising Awareness, Support for Sensible BC

Three billboards have popped up to raise awareness and recruit supporters for a Sensible BC petition to decriminalize and legalize cannabis in the province. The petition would...
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August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
Man Tweets for Weed at Work; Job Goes Up in Smoke

Man Tweets for Weed at Work; Job Goes Up in Smoke

An auto shop worker in Toronto decided to use twitter to ask someone to deliver him some weed at work, a tweet which the York Regional Police...
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August 1, 2013
08/01/2013
My Favorite Strains:  Island Sweet Skunk

My Favorite Strains: Island Sweet Skunk

With so many different strains of medical marijuana currently available in Colorado medical marijuana dispensaries, it is understandably overwhelming to many first time patients that may not...
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July 29, 2013
07/29/2013
Canada Liberal Party Leader Says Legalize Marijuana

Canada Liberal Party Leader Says Legalize Marijuana

Canada’s opposition Liberal Party head Justin Trudeau has called for the legalization of marijuana, putting himself and his party on a collision course with the ruling Conservatives...
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July 12, 2013
07/12/2013
BC Decriminalization Petition Approved, Signatures Needed

BC Decriminalization Petition Approved, Signatures Needed

Cannabis reform activist Dana Larson has been granted approval by Elections BC to begin collecting signatures for a cannabis decriminalization petition. The “Sensible Policing Act” would forbid...
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July 11, 2013
07/11/2013
US Approves Marc Emery’s Transfer Home to Canada

US Approves Marc Emery’s Transfer Home to Canada

The US government has approved a prisoner transfer application for Marc Emery, the Canadian marijuana activist serving a five year sentence in the US for selling marijuana...
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July 3, 2013
07/03/2013
Lawyer Sues Health Canada for Patient’s Home Grows

Lawyer Sues Health Canada for Patient’s Home Grows

John Conroy, a Canadian lawyer from Abbotsford, is bringing legal action against Health Canada for cancelling licenses which allow Canadian medical marijuana patients to acquire their medication...
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July 1, 2013
07/01/2013
Sensible BC Prepares for Decriminalization on Canada Day

Sensible BC Prepares for Decriminalization on Canada Day

Sensible BC was out in full force earlier today, turning Canada Day into Cannabis Day. The group was recruiting volunteers and spreading the word for their upcoming signature...
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June 28, 2013
06/28/2013
Canada Changes Medical Marijuana Regulations

Canada Changes Medical Marijuana Regulations

Previously in Canada, medical marijuana patients needed to provide proof of qualifying medical conditions to Health Canada, which would then issue them a card allowing them to...
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