Law, Politics and News Resources

1. Canadian Compassion Clubs and Dispensaries
2. Canadian Cannabis Activist Organizations
3. US Medical Cannabis Dispensaries and Activist  Organizations
4. International Cannabis Organizations
5. Drug Policy Reform Groups

• C.A.L.M. - Cannabis As Living Medicine. Toronto, Ontario
• Canadian Buyers' Club of Canada - Victoria, BC - Halifax, NS
• London Cannabis Compassion Centre - London, Ontario 
• London Compassion Society - London, Ontario
• Montreal Compassion Centre - Montreal, Quebec
• Nelson Compassion Club - In the Kootenays, BC
• Toronto Compassion Centre - Toronto, Ontario
  
• Vancouver Island Compassion Society -Victoria, BC

• Canadians for Safe Access - Canadians for Safe Access (CSA) is an action-oriented, grassroots campaign of patients, supporters and suppliers working at the local, provincial and national level to change the unjust laws that prevent Canadians from accessing therapeutic cannabis.
• Canadian Cannabis Coalition - National umbrella organization dedicated to facilitating access to a safe supply of cannabis through research, education and advocacy.
• Cannabis Culture - International magazine devoted to the legalization of marijuana. The magazine often includes articles about the medicinal use of cannabis.
• CannabisFacts.ca - Essential information for an informed debate about cannabis policy.
• Cannabis Health Journal - a magazine dedicated to medical cannabis issues
• CannabisLink.ca - Canadian trends, information and resources connected to cannabis. Includes a comprehensive directory of Canadian cannabis, drug information, commercial and seed bank sites and government information.  
• Conroy & Company - BC lawyer John Conroy has done much work for the Compassion Club, its members and its suppliers. His site includes a number of medical marijuana court decisions.
• Freedom Tour- a hemp-based, rollerblading pilgrimage dedicated to revealing and ending the harms of drug prohibition, restoring our civil liberties, and ensuring a future rich in renewable resources for generations to come.
• Island Harvest -  Comprehensive medical marihuana information, complete with the new downloadable Health Canada application forms.
• Medical Marihuana.ca - We're here to help you find information about the new legal use of medical marihuana in Canada, and how you can apply to possess, use and grow marihuana in compliance with Health Canada's new guidelines.
• Medical Marijuana Mission - The Government of Canada has given Alison Myrden a prescription for marijuana that she can't fill - help her obtain a legal supply.
• Mommy's Funny Medicine - A children's book that explains a parent's need for medical marijuana. Written and illustrated in Ottawa by two legal medical marijuana patients. 
• NORML Canada - The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws in Canada
• POT-TV - Sreaming video news, commentary, documentaries and features. Updated daily.
• The Hemp Canadian - Informative web site run by an Ontario medical marijuana activist.
   

• Americans for Safe Access - Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is an aggressive media and grassroots campaign designed to force Attorney General Ashcroft and the Bush Administration to back off its anti-medical marijuana campaign and to grant states the right to choose and govern medical marijuana laws.
• Californians For Compassionate Use - News and information from the group that wrote Proposition 215.
• Compassion Center - Implementing the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program. Serving patients and care providers with education and support services in Eugene, Oregon.
• Green Cross Patient Co-Op - Medical marijuana buyers' club in Washington state.
• Kubby Files - This site chronicles former California gubernatorial candidate Steve Kubby's struggle to beat his arrest for using and growing medical marijuana.
• Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center - Provides support for medical marijuana users in the Los Angeles area.
• Marijuana Medicine Evaluation Centers - Company with physicians on staff serving medical marijuana patients in California, including detailed treatment plan, patient verification, marijuana id cards and medical support.
• Marijuana Policy Project - This Washington-based organization has a campaign to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. Many resources for activists.
• Medical Marijuana Magazine - Peter McWilliams, author of Ain't Nobody's Business if You Do, now runs this informative website. McWilliams uses cannabis to help with AIDS wasting syndrome.  
• NORML - NORML is the oldest and most prominent American legalization group. Like MPP, they also have an ongoing medical marijuana campaign. Check out their listing of Cannabis Patients' Cooperatives and Support Groups.
• Oakland County Buyers' Cooperative - Non-profit buyers' club in California.
• Wo/Man's Alliance For Medical Marijuana - WAMM is a California patient collective providing medical marijuana at no charge to those in need.

• Institute of Medical Marijuana - The Institute provides medical marijuana to patients out of its office in the Netherlands.
• UK Cannabis Internet Activists  - The Website of the British Legalise Cannabis Campaigns

• Alternet.org Drug Reporter - For the past 15 years, lawmakers have pursued tough-on-drugs policies in an effort to create a "drug free America," plowing billions of dollars into prosecuting and imprisoning drug offenders. Is it working? Not according to many drug policy observers of each political stripe, who claim the war on drugs has been a complete, and extremely costly, failure.
• Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy - A group of Canadian lawyers, researchers and other experts working to reform the nation's drug laws.
• Common Sense For Drug Policy  -    A non-profit  organization dedicated to expanding discussion on drug policy by resonating the voices of those raising questions about existing law and educating the public about alternatives to current policies
• Creative Resistance Against Drug Prohibition - A social justice movement committed to ending the war on drugs
• DRCN Drug Library  - The world's largest online drug policy library  
• Drug Policy Alliance - This site features full-text articles from the academic and popular press focusing on drug policy from economic, criminal justice, and public health perspectives. We also host an ongoing seminar series.  
• Drug Reform Coordination Network -  The central Internet resource for drug reform activism. Learn why prohibition is a failure, and what you can do to help end the disastrous Drug War.
• DrugSense - Moving the debate on drugs from insanity to humanity. Drug Sense Weekly newsfeed.
• Drug War Facts - Read the drug war facts with your web browser, download selected chapters or the whole Factbook in Adobe PDF format, or have the chapters sent to your email
• Educators for Sensible Drug Policy
• International Harm Reduction Association
• Judges Against the Drug War - Produced, directed and maintained by the Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics
• LEAP - Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. Current and former members of law enforcement who support drug regulation rather than prohibition.
• Managing Pain — A Project of Common Sense for Drug Policy  - Pain management: where healthcare and drug control policies intersect.
• Stop the Drug War - raising awareness of the consequences of drug prohibition
• Students for Sensible Drug Policy - Students for Sensible Drug Policy is committed to providing education on harms caused by the War on Drugs, working to involve youth in the political process, and promoting an open, honest, and rational discussion of alternative solutions to our nation's drug problems.
• Veterans for More Effective Drug Strategies - Group formed as the US plans to expand military involvement in the Colombian drug war.