Health Canada Continues to Bully Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club cannabisculture.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cannabisculture.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
“Really this is historic … No other organization in Canada has so well documented the current status of the legal system and how it doesn’t work for patients,” said club founder Ted Smith. Operating since 1996, the non-profit sells a range of products, including many homemade baked goods, salves, capsules and gummies, to more than 8,000 clients, whom Smith describes as mostly older people who are using cannabis to deal with health concerns such as cancer, diabetes, arthritis, chronic pain and mental-health problems. Unlike recreational dispensaries, the unlicensed club requires prospective members to provide proof of a chronic condition with a doctor’s signature.
VICTORIA On the eve of its 20th anniversary in the same location, a last-minute reprieve has saved the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club from eviction. But the fight to survive is far from over, according to the club. “Initially, it was shock and disbelief” says founder Ted Smith after hearing the news of the reprieve. “It’s been very stressful thinking of what would happen if we had to lose this location, Smith says. So now we’re happy to be able to stay here but we also know that there can and still will likely be a fight ahead.”
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VICTORIA The days may be numbered for a cannabis compassion club that has been providing marijuana-based products to its members in Victoria for more than 20 years. The unlicensed cannabis retailer has been raided a number of times and is now facing a new threat in a push to shut it down. The owner of the building on Johnson Street that has been home to the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club may be prosecuted if the store remains open. “The Community Safety Unit, a branch of the Solicitor General, has threatened our landlord if we are allowed to continue operating,” said Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club founder Ted Smith. “With fines or possible jail time coming to him if something isn’t done. He had no choice.”