Saturday 30 April 2016

Victoria releases report about marijuana related business regulation. 


Senate Approves Medicinal Cannabis For Ill Children



After nearly four hours of debate and eight failed Republican amendments that would have changed the state’s medical-marijuana program, the Senate voted 23-11 late Friday to allow seriously ill children to participate.

Full story courtesy of Fairfield Citizen

Image courtesy of By Original uncropped image from Laurie Avocado (Cropped version of [1]) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Monday 25 April 2016

At ISLAND RELEAF we mandate cannabis information and education.  Subscribe to our YouTube channel for an ever-expanding collection of marijuana news and documentary film - with a bit of fun thrown in for good measure!

Friday 22 April 2016

ISLAND RELEAF welcomes all canna-enthusiasts to our new Pinterest account.  We have plenty of marijuana related pins to share.  Stop by and give us a follow!

Thursday 21 April 2016

Wednesday 20 April 2016

Spring of 2017 Will Bring Cannabis Legislation in Canada




There now is a timeline in marijuana legislation in Canada following speech at the United Nations by Canadian Health Minister Jane Philpott. 

Full story at The Financial Post.

Image courtesy of By Tanjongbungah123 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Monday 11 April 2016

Pesto with a punch - marijuana edibles from Vancouver's top pot chef Watermelon and CBC News.  Not all marijuana consumers care for dried flowers and prefer to have their cannabis as a food source.

Campbell River Cannabis Dispensary Raided

Police raided a cannabis dispensary on Wednesday, one of two that opened in Campbell River only last week.  Read the story at The Campbell River Mirror.

Wednesday 6 April 2016

ISLAND RELEAF Medicinal Cannabis MENU


ISLAND RELEAF Menu is open for browsing.  Check out the selection of dried cannabis, oils, budder, capsules, tinctures, shatter and more, currently available in our Nanaimo, BC shop.

ISLAND RELEAF Medicinal Cannabis MENU

Tuesday 5 April 2016

Synthetic Marijuana



Synthetic cannabis sit in the grey area between what is legal and what is not.  Producers keep one-step ahead of drug laws with these chemical creations, a dangerous brew that can have tragic side effects.

Dirty drugs such as these packets are another reason for regulation and decriminalization of cannabis.

Learn more about synthetic marijuana from Drugfacts.

Photo by US Drug Enforcement Agency  [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons,