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"Regulating Compassion: An overview of Health Canada's medical cannabis policy and practice" The first comprehensive review of Health Canada's controversial medical cannabis program, as well as the community-based dispensaries that are currently the main source of medical cannabis medicines and access in Canada.
Lucas, P.G. (2008). Harm Reduct J. Jan 28;5:5.


PRESS RELEASE: Health Canada 1500% Cannabis Mark-Up Increases Suffering of Critically Ill Canadians, April 16, 2007


Guidelines for the Community-Based Distribution of Medical Cannabis in Canada May 2006: Written by Rielle Capler (BCCCS) and Philippe Lucas (VICS), the following guidelines carefully balance client autonomy, the diversity of individual dispensaries, local community concerns, and adherence to municipal, provincial and federal laws, all within the context of Canada's current cannabis policy. These have been endorsed by the majority of Canada's established compassion clubs and societies."


draft refund letter for PPS cannabis: The following is a draft refund letter for exemptees who ordered the PPS cannabis to use in order to either get a refund or to stop them from sending a collection agency after us


March 20, 2006: Letter from Mayor Lowe to Tony Clement (requesting "an immediate review of current (medical cannabis)policies and regulations to determine where improvements can be made to ensure a better quality of life for those Canadians in need of medical assistance." )


Survey of medicinal cannabis use among childbearing women: Patterns of its use in pregnancy and retroactive self-assessment of its efficacy against 'morning sickness', Rachel E. Westfall, Patricia A. Janssen, Philippe Lucas, Rielle Capler, Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice (2006) 12, 27­33

Faces of Compassion

"Faces of Compassion" is a video morphing project by Stephanie Thanase (www.yentashiva.com) that illustrates the incredible diversity of the members and staff of the Vancouver Island Compassion Society, who although different and individual in so many aspects, share a common bond through their use of medicinal cannabis and the services of the VICS.

 

VICS Tincture/Cannamist Recipe - includes instructions to convert THCA into THC


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