// Who They Are
Canadian cannabis activist, former editor-in-chief of Cannabis Culture magazine (originally Cannabis Canada). Longtime advocate for civil disobedience as a strategy for cannabis legalization in Canada. Has been working on a comprehensive cannabis history of Canada book for 20 years, with the book coming back from the printer at the time of this episode. Ran a referendum in BC to defund police from making cannabis possession charges.
// Notable Quotes
" I'm still encouraging people to open dispensaries. I think it's never been a better time even though some of them are having problems. "
" Politicians have been following us not leading us on this. I don't want to wait for Trudeau to do something, I want to do it ourselves. "
" Civil disobedience is how we're doing it in Canada. The laws themselves are the same as they were when we started. "