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In the media
The BCCCS has received a great deal of media coverage including documentaries, T.V. and on-line interviews as well as newspaper and magazine articles. Also see BCCCS press releases.
BCCCS Board Member Featured in Vancouver Sun
The BCCCS is very proud that long-time member and current Director on our board, Dwight Villeneuve, has been featured in the Vancouver Sun in both print and video. Dwight shared his story with the Sun of overcoming many significant challenges to come to a place of providing help to others through his participation with the BCCCS. His story was also broadcast on CHEK-TV locally as well as other regional television stations. Congratulations Dwight!... [...More]
Health Canada Must Include Compassion Clubs in Medical Marijuana Program
Op-ed for the Georgia Straight on the importance of having compassion clubs included in the proposed changes to Health Canada's Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR).... [...More]
Health Canada Announces Proposed Changes To MMAR
Health Canada has announced their proposed changes to the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR), the legal framework by which medical cannabis can be accessed in Canada.
While the proposed changes are a mix of good and bad, Compassion Clubs and the choice of over 30,000 patients across Canada to have dispensaries provide their medical cannabis has been left in the “legal grey zone”.... [...More]
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BCCCS' new introductory video created by Karen Chapman
Vancouver Sun Series Features BCCCS
The Vancouver Sun featured the BC Compassion Club and its members prominently in a recent 4-part series on medical marijuana:
Part 1: An Issue of Health And Safety
Part 2: Medical Marijuana: Relief In A Bottle
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Watch the presentation by Jeet-Kei Leung of the BC Compassion Club Society to the Senate Committee about the impacts of Bill C-15 (Mandatory Minimum Sentencing) on Compassion Clubs. (December 2nd, 2009)
You can read more about Bill C-15 in our Law,...
Providing Subsidized Wellness Services For Over A Decade
The Georgia Straight's featured story on our Wellness Centre, where we've been providing subsidized natural health care to our members for over a decade...... [...More]
Reefer Madness 2, from The Nature of Things
Read about and watch a video clip from from The Nature of Things with David Suzuki, featuring Hilary Black from the BCCCS.... [...More]
CN BC: Pot Plants Are 'Special, They're Medicine'
Quesnel Cariboo Observer, May 24, 2006... [...More]
Seeking Cannabis Compassion
Kelowna Capital News, Fri, 17 Feb 2006... [...More]
The BCCCS: The Original Model In Vancouver, BC
Cannabis Culture Magazine, Nov 7, 2005... [...More]
Should Moms Smoke Pot?
Nanaimo News Bulletin (CN BC) , Sat, 05 Nov 2005... [...More]
Study Favours Pot Smoking In Pregnancy
Victoria News (CN BC), Fri, 07 Oct 2005... [...More]
Marijuana Effective Against Morning Sickness: Study
The Province (CN BC), Thu, 06 Oct 2005... [...More]
MMAR Still Unconstitutional After Latest Amendments
A critique of amendments made in 2004 to Health Canada's medical marijuana program and examination of their failure to address inadequacies in the program.
From Cannabis Culture Online, 25 Jun, 2005... [...More]
Reefer Refugees
AlterNet (US Web), Wed, 06 Apr 2005... [...More]
Corporate Cannabis
The Walrus (Canada), Tue, 01 Feb 2005 ... [...More]
Take 2 Joints and Call Me in the Morning
DrugSense Weekly, Fri, 2 Apr 2004... [...More]
Medical Marijuana: Why - and How
Vancouver Sun (CN BC), Tue, 30 Mar 2004... [...More]
CBC Radio: Questions About Drug Store Pot Plan
Mar 2004. CBC Radio. Audio Only. Medical marijuana advocate Hilary Black is questioning a Health Canada pilot project that will see medicinal pot distributed in pharmacies.... [...More]
Study Examines Medical Pot Use
Ubyssey (CN BC Edu), Tue, 02 Mar 2004... [...More]
Ottawa Won't Prosecute Medical Marijuana Activists
Globe and Mail (Canada), Wed, 28 Jan 2004... [...More]
Up In Smoke: The Illusion of Legal Medical Cannabis
From Living +, Nov & Dec 2003 - An article by Rielle Capler and Hilary Black.... [...More]
Advocacy Group Questions Safety Of Federal Pot,
The Peak (CN BC), Mon, 22 Sep 2003... [...More]
Docs, Pharmacopias & Health Canada's Bunkweed
POT-TV interview (Sept 2003)... [...More]
MDs Uneasy About Prescribing Marijuana
Whitehorse Star (CN YK), Sat, 30 Aug 2003... [...More]
Brownies Anyone?
Globe and Mail (Canada), Tue, 22 Jul 2003... [...More]
MTV Canada
Jul 2003 - BC Compassion Club facilitator Hilary Black, Supreme Court appellant David Malmo-Levine, Vancouver Mayor Larry Campbell and Dr. Ian Martin of Three Bridges Youth Addiction Services talk about pot and the new fake "Decrim" government proposals.... [...More]
Decriminalized Pot Not Enough Help For Medicinal Users
Guelph Mercury (CN ON), Tue, 13 May 2003... [...More]
Activists Blast Proposed New Pot Fines
The Calgary Sun (CN AB), Tue, 13 May 2003... [...More]
