BCCCS 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.

Documentaries:

Reefer Madness 2, from The Nature of Things with David Suzuki, 1998
Crimes of Compassion, Canada 2001. Director: Jennifer Pickford
Anot her good medical cannabis documentary:
Waiting to Inhale, USA 2005, Director: Jed Riffe (note: the BCCCS is not featured in this documentary, but it is very relevant to the work we do).

Interviews:

Questions about drug store pot plan (Mar 2004)
Docs, Pharmacopias & Health Canada's Bunkweed - POT-TV interview (Sept 2003)
MTV Canada (Jul 2003)
City TV Breakfast Television (Jan 2003)
2nd National Conference of the Clinical Application of Therapeutic - POT-TV InterviewCannabinoids.(May 2002)
Hilary Black on Shaw Cable (April 2002)
High Society: Compassion Club Special - Interview with POT-TV (Feb 2001)

Articles:

CN BC: Pot Plants Are 'Special, They're Medicine', Quesnel Cariboo Observer, May 24, 2006
Seeking Cannabis Compassion, Kelowna Capital News, Fri, 17 Feb 2006
The BC Compassion Club Society, Cannabis Culture Magazine, Nov 7, 2005
Should Moms Smoke Pot? Nanaimo News Bulletin (CN BC) , Sat, 05 Nov 2005
Study Favours Pot Smoking In Pregnancy, Victoria News (CN BC), Fri, 07 Oct 2005
Marijuana Effective Against Morning Sickness: Study, Province, The (CN BC), Thu, 06 Oct 2005
MMAR Still Unconstitutional After Latest Amendments, Cannabis Culture Online, 25 Jun, 2005
Reefer Refugees, AlterNet (US Web), Wed, 06 Apr 2005
Corporate Cannabis, Walrus, The (Canada), Tue, 01 Feb 2005
Take 2 Joints and Call Me in the Morning, DrugSense Weekly, Fri, 2 Apr 2004
Medical Marijuana: Why - and How, Vancouver Sun (CN BC), Tue, 30 Mar 2004
Study Examines Medical Pot Use, Ubyssey (CN BC Edu), Tue, 02 Mar 2004
Ottawa Won't Prosecute Medical Marijuana Activists, Globe and Mail (Canada), Wed, 28 Jan 2004
Up In Smoke: The Illusion of Legal Medical Cannabis - Living +, Nov/Dec 2003
Advocacy Group Questions Safety Of Federal Pot, Peak, The (CN BC), Mon, 22 Sep 2003
MDs Uneasy About Prescribing Marijuana, Whitehorse Star (CN YK), Sat, 30 Aug 2003
Brownies Anyone? , Globe and Mail (Canada), Tue, 22 Jul 2003
Decriminalized Pot Not Enough Help For Medicinal Users, Guelph Mercury (CN ON), Tue, 13 May 2003
Activists Blast Proposed New Pot Fines, Calgary Sun, The (CN AB), Tue, 13 May 2003
Pot Law Hurts Sick: Critic, Toronto Sun (CN ON), Tue, 13 May 2003
Compassion Clubs - Decriminalized Pot Not Enough, Associated Press (Wire), Mon, 12 May 2003
Senators pay a visit to the Compassion Club, Vancouver Sun, Friday, November 09, 2001
A step ahead of the law, "Compassion Club" sells marijuana to patients referred by MDs, Canadian Medical Association Journal, CMAJ October 19, 1999; 161 (8)