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BCCCS In Action
Over the years, the BCCCS has received a great deal of media coverage, produced many resources, and continues to do advocacy and public outreach work.
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May 22nd, 2011
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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May 4th, 2011
The BC Compassion Club Society (BCCCS) is celebrating a ruling for one of its members, Gary William Simpson, now living in Ontario, in a victory for the rights of medical cannabis patients. After a five-year journey of appeals, Mr. Simpson has been awarded reimbursement for the cost of his medical marijuana from the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB), the Workers Compensation body of Ontario.... [...More]
April 22nd, 2011
Last Wednesday, the BCCCS addressed the 420 rally in Vancouver, speaking to over 10,000 people, primarily in the 18-24 age group of who only 1 in 3 voted in the last election. As events would have it, it was 4:10pm by the time I got on, there was a thick sea of people and the energy was absolutely primed!!!! ... [...More]
April 8th, 2011
BCCCS members donated $554 to help send a 100-strong contingent of MMAR exemptees from all over Canada to Parliament on January 31 2011 to protest the suffocating conditions around medical cannabis in Canada.
Only a third of the group was allowed into the Parliament building after standing in the freezing cold surrounded by police. Each patient had to go through a body scanner before being let in.... [...More]
March 8th, 2011
#1 Integrity:
As Canada's original medical cannabis dispensary, we have served over 6,500 members with serious illnesses since 1997. We are the model Compassion Club, setting the standard for best practices across the nation. We have been praised by judges, law-makers and health care professionals...
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March 3rd, 2011
March 3, 2011
The BCCCS has sent an open letter to the Liberal Party of Canada and all its MPs expressing our thanks for their recent public condemnation of Bill S-10, and their statement of intention to vote down the hugely regressive and harmful bill, which would see mandatory prison sentences for cannabis cultivation starting at 6 plants.
In a press statement issued last month, the Liberal Party announced that “it will oppose
Bill S-10 over concerns that the bill disproportionately targets youth and would cause an... [...More]
January 13th, 2011
You may have seen media recently talking about a supposed confrontation between BCCCS and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).... [...More]
January 10th, 2011
The latest issue of the BCCCS' newsletter "The Compassionate Voice" featuring news on our latest activities, as well as recent research studies and other health care information.... [...More]
November 14th, 2010
Welcome! We are exceptionally pleased to unveil our newly revamped website, adding a host of new features and making information easier to find and access. This has been made possible by utilizing the wonderful open-source Content Management platform called Drupal, which features many tools for non-profit and advocacy groups. Please have a look around and enjoy!
We also invite you to sign up to become a bcccs supporter and be kept in the loop about our most exciting news, research and campaigns!... [...More]
October 2nd, 2010
Download the latest issue of the BCCCS official newsletter, The Compassionate Voice, for more news on our latest activities and announcements.... [...More]
October 1st, 2010
Members and supporters of the BC Compassion Club Society will be holding rallies in Vancouver on Saturday, October 2 at 12.30pm, as part of a nation-wide Day of Action against Bill S10.... [...More]
May 4th, 2010
The BC Compassion Club celebrated our 13th Birthday on May 1, 2010. Members & staff got together for a photo shoot outside the BCCCS Wellness Centre before opening for the day... See the full photo gallery... [...More]
May 3rd, 2010
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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,...
February 24th, 2010
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]
December 12th, 2009
In December, the BCCCS went to Ottawa to provide expert testimony on the damaging effects the Conservatives' proposed Bill C-15 would have on medical marijuana patients and Compassion Clubs. If passed, Bill C-15 would impose mandatory prison sentences for drug offences, including cannabis cultivation, starting at 5 plants.... [...More]