E97 – The Godfather of Cannabis Two Point Oh! - Owen Smith - Part 1

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In this episode, Kirk learns how the law was on the side of righteousness when Owen Smith found himself in front of the Supreme Court of Canada defending a desire to help the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club, a longstanding compassion club. In the first part of a longer discussion, listeners gain insights to his six-year legal journey which ends with him becoming a medical cannabis industry advocate and influencer. His cannabis story started with family, but it was a faulty exhaust fan and loud music which moved the Victoria Police Department to deliver, “rock star treatment” during his arrest for creating cannabis edibles. He explains how a legal technicality brought him to the Supreme Court, while the Canadian court system actually supported his efforts creating cookies for medical cannabis patients.

Owen Smith LinkedIn

UTNDR - https://utndr.com/

R. v. Smith, 2015 SCC 34, [2015] 2 S.C.R. 602 https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15403/index.do?q=Cannabis

Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club-Instagram - @vcbcig

Music by:

Peter Tosh - Reggaemylitis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAsAaNmHGSU

Additional Music:

Desiree Dorion

desireedorion.com

Marc Clement

marcclementmusic.com

Transcripts,

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