Cannabis News
Dec. 19 2009 - Guelph cannabis club a smoking ‘business’
It’s a controversial operation but quietly so. While it promotes itself and its workings via the internet, it guards its location closely. Even when you’ve arrived at the lobby of the downtown building where it’s situated – for now at least – only a simple sign marks its presence. White plastic letters on a brown board softly announce: Medical Club of Guelph.
Oct. 19 2009 - Feds Won't Pursue Medical Marijuana Users, Sellers Abiding By State Laws
In a big switch from the last administration, the Obama Justice Department won't go after users or suppliers of medical marijuana who comply with state laws.
June 23 2009 - It's (now) the law: pre-summer action in Ottawa
Today was the last day of the federal Parliament's spring session, and that means a number of bills are now new laws. Not as many new laws, though, as the Conservatives wanted.
May 29 2009 - Supreme Court dismisses pot house seizure orders
The country’s top court says a convicted marijuana grower won’t lose her house as crime-related property. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled 5-2 that Judy Ann Craig, convicted of growing pot worth more than $100,000 in her Vancouver home, does not have to give up her house.
May 14 2009 - Regulations Amending the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations
Subsection 41(b.1) of the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR) stipulates that no person shall hold more than one licence to produce. On January 10, 2008, the Federal Court, in coming to a decision in Sfetkopoulos, Dora et al v. AG of Canada(Sfetkopoulos), declared that subsection 41(b.1) is invalid on the grounds that it infringes on section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter).
Read on to see the exact changes.
April 23 2009 - Supreme Court won't hear medical marijuana appeal
The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that effectively loosened Ottawa's control over access to medicinal marijuana.
Feb. 26 2009 - Waiting to exhale; Medical marijuana users wait for policy change
NORML Canada hopes to reshape public policy and attitudes toward marijuana use in Canada, citing economic development, health, and social justice as benefits of these changes.
On the frontline of the effort to change attitudes on marijuana use are medical dispensaries: facilities dedicated to the legal distribution of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
Feb. 13 2009 - Marijuana Vs. Anti-Depressants for PTSD: Marijuana Wins Hands Down
I was asked by a healthcare professional at the Portland VA Hospital if I would help PTSD Veteran Victims to get permits to use legalized medical marijuana. I already had some Veteran patients from WWII, Korea and Vietnam.
Feb. 2 2009 - Medical Marijuana Rules Unconstitutional: BC Judge
A B.C. Supreme Court justice has endorsed a recent federal court decision saying the national marijuana program is unconstitutional.
Justice Marvyn Koenigsberg gave Ottawa a year to fix the medical-marijuana access regulations so compassion clubs or producers can get together and run a common marijuana-growing operation.
Jan. 30 2009 - Pondering pot prohibition
Marc-Boris St-Maurice kicked off the Canadian ‘Resolving Marijuana Prohibition’ tour with a panel discussion at the Ottawa Public Library downtown on Jan. 26.
Jan. 23 2009 - NORML Canada director to speak on 'Reform of Marijuana Laws'
On February 5th the CSA and the Medical Cannabis Club of Guelph are partnering to host a forum on the reform of marijuana laws.
Medical Cannabis Club of Guelph
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