Category: Politics

Interview with brave Mykayla

NORML Canada interviews 8-year-old medical pot user Mykala a brave girl who is treating her leukaemia with cannabis extract oils and juicing, at the CHAMPS Expo 2014. MORE INFO: Brave Mykala  NORML Canada

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Ross Rebagliati on Press for Truth

Dan Dicks of Press For Truth sits down with Olympic Gold Medalist Ross Rebagliati to talk about the circumstances in which he lost and regained his gold medal and how that subsequently led to the formation of “Ross’ Gold” a Canadian medical cannabis company which […]

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DopeChef does Champs Expo

DopeChef Does Toronto Champs Cannabis Expo By Matt Mernagh – Friday, June 6 2014 Toronto videographer DopeChef and I did some spontaneous video segments together during Toronto Champs cannabis expo a few weeks back and he’s just released the footage. The segments offer a glimpse of some of the […]

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CHAMPS EXPO Shawn Tedder of Gold Stars

Dopechef gets some words with Shawn Tedder at the Gold Stars Team – John Turmel booth during Champs Expo 2014. Topics incude medical marijuana, price of pot, weed vending machines, BC, John Conroy court injunction, Justin Trudeau, John Turmel, Free Marc Emery, licensed producer consulting, […]

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CHAMPS EXPO Grassroots California

Ryan Ruga Connolly from Grassroots California talks to Dopechef about the top caps and apparel coming out of Denver by way of LA, flagship store at 2209 Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado   Topics include: Legal cannabis in Denver, relationship with NORML, Method Man, legalization […]

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Interview with Julia about Peter McWilliams

Dopechef interviews Julia of PeterMcWilliams.org in honour of author and activist Peter McWilliams, featuring an appearance by Junior Bear plus footage of Julia’s speech at CHAMPS Cannabis Expo 2014 in Toronto, Canada PeterMcWilliams.org Special thanks to CHAMPS Canada

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CHAMPS EXPO ElectroPig Von Fökkengrüüven

Overgrow the WORLD Dopechef interview with ElectroPig Vön Fokkengrüüven at the CHAMPS Cannabis Expo May 24th 2014 Topics include definition of the term legalize, overgrow the World public plantings of hemp seeds, politics Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister Harper, precious metals, & more… Overgrow the World […]

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Legalize Canada

Remo the Urban Grower interviews Jay from Legalize Canada Video source UrbanRemo About LEGALIZE CANADA  After years of dominance amidst vote splitting on the right, the Liberal government in Ottawa was replaced by a Conservative one in 2006. Their position on marijuana is clear: no […]

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CHAMPS EXPO Darryl Hudson of Peace Naturals

Matt Mernagh interviews Dr. Darryl Hudson, PhD., Chief of research and quality assurance with the Peace Naturals Project, at the Cannabis Champion’s booth during the Champs Canada expo with some sample canisters of K-Farms medicinal cannabis. Peace Naturals Video recorded on May 25, 2014. Matt […]

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Alan Young at NORML Canada National Conference

NORML Canada’s National Conference opening keynote speech by Alan Young, Vice President of NORML Canada and a successful lawyer in pivotal marijuana cases, speaks at the Champs Canada expo at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Video recorded on May 24, 2014 Video source: NORML Canada

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Smoking Weed with the President of Uruguay

Full length VICE documentary (28 mins) At the end of 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to fully legalize marijuana. VICE correspondent Krishna Andavolu headed over to Uruguay to check out how the country is adjusting to a legally regulated marijuana market. […]

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American Weed: Mile High Showdown

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire! Find out what happens when a small town must decide whether or not to legalize a budding industry. Rocky Mountain Medicine special episode. Featuring the stories of the Cop, the Patient, and the Grower, in a potentially billion dollar industry. […]

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CHAMPS EXPO John Conroy closing remarks

RAW FOOTAGE Full closing remarks on by John Conroy, QC, President of NORML Canada during CHAMPS Canada expo, May 25th 2014. MMAR DPL/PPL Coalition Against Repeal ‘Vote for legalization in 2015’ Special thanks to CHAMPS Canada expo // Erb4herb // NORML Canada

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CHAMPS EXPO MMAR Coalition Against Repeal

Dopechef hears from Justin of the Coalition Against Repeal, fighting for the right to grow for all sick patients with a federal court challenge on the go. Topics include support MMAR Colition, medical marihuana, home grows, licensed producers, court challenge fundraiser, save our gardens, the […]

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Matt Mernagh does CHAMPS EXPO

May 25th 2014 | The Cannabis Champion takes a walk across the trade show floor during the inaugural CHAMPS Canada Expo, enjoy 25 minutes of high society at Canada’s premiere cannabis convention CLICK IMAGE FOR LARGER VIEW  Featuring appearances by Thaddeus of Med Man Brands, […]

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Ricki Lake’s Quest for Medical Marijuana

Ricki Lake’s Quest To Legalize Medical Marijuana May 28, 2014 ET Special Correspondent Jay Williams sits down with Ricki Lake for a one-on-one interview about her new controversial documentary project, Weed The People, for which she also serves as Executive Producer. Ricki is currently using her celebrity to […]

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Cannabis as a Performance Enhancing Drug

RAW FOOTAGE of Ross Rebagliati’s speech on ‘Cannabis as a Performance Enhancing Drug’ during the NORML Conference part of the Champs Canada Expo on May 25th 2014 in Toronto. Ross Rebagliati talks about his use of cannabis and athletics, politics, olympic drug testing, and his […]

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Pot TV live Champs Expo special at Vapor Central

Friday May 23rd 2014 POT TV broadcasts Cannabis Culture News live from Vapor Central in downtown Toronto during the CHAMPS EXPO hosted by Cannabis Culture editor Jeremiah Vandermeer and featuring couch side interviews with Erin Goodwin, Jodie Emery, Dana Larsen, Amy Anonymous, and Enrico Bouchard […]

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Inside the Cannabis Factory

New federal regulations in Canada make way for the large-scale legal production of marijuana. Video profile of Tweed Inc. producing medical marijuana in Smith Falls, Ontario, interviews with President of Tweed, Chuck Rifici, and Mayor of Smith Falls, Dennis Staples. Tweed: One Hershey Drive Video source […]

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Step by step: Processing medical marijuana

Below are excerpts from the Ottawa Citizen posting by James Bagnall ‘From high-tech to pot: the business that might be the next big thing’  showcasing the step-by-step process of Tweed Marijuana inc. Tweed lists 23 marijuana variants in its online store, although the company expects to […]

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Conversation with a former marijuana smuggler

Brian O’dea smuggled 75 tonnes of marijuana into the United States during the 1970’s and 1980’s. After struggling with an addiction to cocaine he decided to get out of the drug trade. Three years later the DEA arrested him and Brian was sentenced to 10 […]

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B.C.’s former top cop now advising legal grow-ops

B.C.’s former top cop Kash Heed a medical marijuana grow-op consultant By Emily Jackson Metro Contributed/Kash HeedA file photo of Kash Heed from his days as police chief in West Vancouver. The man responsible for shutting down hundreds of marijuana grow-ops in Vancouver and arresting record numbers […]

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Councillor Mammoliti supports legalization

Toronto City Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti appeared on the Deancast #9 podcast hosted by Dean Blundell, in a hard hitting interview discussing his role in Mayor Rob Ford’s inner circle, drug addiction and treatment, racism, brain surgery, red-light districts on Toronto island, Doug Ford for Mayor, and legalization […]

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Marijuana legalization forecast in 1985

Legalization of Marijuana Right on Schedule Posted on May 8, 2014 by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I know someone who attended your 1985 Conference in Princeton. He said you illustrated the huge volatility, and forecast there would be the Crash in 1987 and 1989. He said you forecast […]

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