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BCCCS Safe & Effective Use of Medicinal Cannabis Pamphlet
A pamphlet that you can print out on legal size paper that summarizes all the basics about safe and effective use of medical cannabis. Includes info on active ingredients, strains, modes of ingestion, dosage, side effects and saftey.... [...More]
Guidelines for the Community-Based Distribution of Medical Cannabis in Canada
This document, created in collaboration with the Vancouver Island Compassion Society, is currently the most comprehensive collection of best-practices currently in place in Canada's major medical cannabis dispensaries.... [...More]
BCCCS Operational Standards for the Distribution of Medicinal Cannabis
This BCCCS publication outlines membership requirements, overall distribution methods, and gives some info on safe and effective use of medicinal cannabis.... [...More]
BCCCS Consensus Manual
This manual has been assembled to provide staff, board members, and members with a common basis for developing and utilizing effective group decision-making techniques. It describes the decision-making process to be utilized within the Society’s Board of Directors, Core Group, Staff Circle, Standing and Special Task Circles, and in other group decisions.... [...More]
BCCCS Submission to Health Canada Regarding Proposed Changes to the MMAR
In response to proposed changes to the federal medical marijuana program announced in June, the BC Compassion Club Society submitted its report about the important role that qualified dispensaries can have in meeting patient needs under the federal program. Download and read our full report to Health Canada here.... [...More]
Top 10 Reasons To Choose The BCCCS As Your Medical Cannabis Dispensary
#1 Integrity:
As Canada's original medical cannabis dispensary, we have served over 6,500 members with serious illnesses since 1997. We are the model Compassion Club, setting the standard for best practices across the nation. We have been praised by judges, law-makers and health care professionals...
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Download The New BCCCS Booklet
Our new 20-page booklet with details on our services, becoming a member, our wellness centre services, effective use of cannabis, a legal/political summary on medical cannabis in Canada, our organization's story, how to become a supporter and more...... [...More]
A Review of the Cannabis Cultivation Contract between Health Canada and Prairie Plant Systems
The following is a review of the contract terms and negotiations between Health Canada and Prairie Plant Systems for the three contract extensions beginning January 2006 and ending September 2007. It is intended to inform stakeholders (i.e. medical cannabis users, Canadian taxpayers, and political representatives) of the costs of the federal government’s medical cannabis program and to highlight areas of concern in order to ensure transparency and accountability. It does not address the quality of the cannabis produced by PPS.... [...More]
British Columbia Compassion Club Society's Response to Health Canada's Proposed Amendments to MMAR
The MMAR programme was established to remedy the unconstitutionality of the Cannabis prohibition laws, which force Canadians to choose between their liberty and their health, by providing a legal route for those who use cannabis medically. Since its inception in 2001, the programme has failed to meet that goal.
Moreover, this programme has been found unconstitutional in the courts. The latest amendments to the MMAR programme continue to evade the court ordered remedies and their responsibility to Canadians.... [...More]
A Roadmap to Compassion: The Implementation of a Working Medicinal Cannabis Program in Canada (BCCCS, VICS, CSA)
This document identifies many of the roadblocks Canadians have been facing with the MMAR program, and proposes solutions to overcoming them. These solutions focus on the already existing and successful medical cannabis distribution system in Canada, the compassion societies. It was produced collaboratively by Canadians for Safe Access, the B.C. Compassion Club Society, and the Victoria Island Compassion Society.... [...More]
The VICS/BCCCS recommendations to OCMA Stakeholders Advisory Committee
The BC Compassion Club and the Vancouver Island Compassion Society's 9 recommendations to the Office of Medical Cannabis Access (OCMA) Stakeholders Advisory Committee regarding the MMAR program.... [...More]
Joint letter from BCCCS/VICS - Recommendations
To Health Canada, the OCMA, our elected and appointed representatives, In light of the recent Ontario court decisions that found the Marijuana Medical Access Regulations to be unconstitutional for only providing the “illusion of access” to medicinal cannabis to those with a legitimate need, Health Canada finds itself in the position to make real and effective reforms to the MMAR...... [...More]
BCCCS Shocked by the Recent Actions of Health Canada
Letter to Health Minister Anne McLellan, 2002.... [...More]
BCCCS Response to Health Canada's Proposed Medical Marijuana Access Regulations
The British Columbia Compassion Club Society (BCCCS) greatly values this opportunity to offer input into the future regulations of medicinal cannabis. In our four years of experience with the practical application of medicinal cannabis distribution, we have gathered much information regarding all aspects of cannabis. We are pleased to share our experience and knowledge toward the creation of a compassionate and rational regulatory framework.... [...More]
