TORONTO HEMP COMPANY (THC) - INFORMATION
Information provided for research purposes only of course - not in any way a substitute for professional medical or legal advice!
Confirmed Events:
For Cannabis-related events, please consult our Forums
(for completely unrelated Toronto and area events and info check our Toronto page)
Top Stories: (our favorites are in bold)
For other recent articles, please visit our Forums.
For our full collection of articles, visit our Archives.
For thousands of related articles, please consult the Media Awareness Project.
2007/11/14 - (TCC/Etc.) - Canadian Press - Pot Activists Hail Court Victory, But Crown Says It's Non-binding
2007/05/02 - (TCC/Etc.) - Toronto Star - The Personal Dope On Medical Marijuana
2007/04/26 - (THC/Etc.) - NOW Magazine - Hash Mob Smokes Up Dundas Square
2007/04/23 - (THC/Etc.) - United Press International - Canadian Group Celebrate's Marijuana's Day
2007/04/21 - (TCC/THC/Etc.) - Toronto Star - Protest Smokes Up The Joint
2007/04/21 - (TCC) - Toronto Star - 2 Hurt In Wheelchair Ramp Collapse
2007/04/21 - (TCC) - Toronto Sun - Accident Mars Marijuana Gala
2007/04/20 - (TCC/Etc.) - Guelph Mercury - More Than Just Stoners At Pot Events
2007/04/15 - (THC) - UWO Gazette - UWO Drug Dealers
2007/04 - (THC/TCC/Sacred/Kindred/Etc.) - Cannabis Culture Magazine - Retail Activism - Dom Cramer and His Yonge Street Hempire
2007/04 - (THC/TCC/Sacred/Kindred/Etc.) - Treating Yourself Magazine - Welcome To Yongesterdam and the New Toronto Hemp Company (THC)!
2007/04 - (TCC/Etc.) - Treating Yourself Magazine - 10th Anniversary of the Toronto Compassion Centre
2007/03/26-27 - (TCC) - London Free Press - Raid Closes Local Compassion Society (And two more related articles)
2006/11/16 - (TCC) - NOW Magazine - Big Weed's Distancing Act
2006/11/16 - (TCC) - NOW Magazine - Stoned By Jury
2006/10/30 - (TCC) - Macleans Magazine - Higher Learning
2006/10/28 - (TCC/Kindred/Etc.) - National Post - At Work Professors Get Rooms Of Their Own
2006/10/26 - (THC/TCC/Sacred/Kindred/Etc.) - NOW Magazine - Best of Toronto
2006/09 - Federal Cannabis Policy Primer - The Situation Summarized For Federal Candidates And The General Public (PDF File)
2005/11/02 - (TCC/Etc.) - Cannabis Culture - How To Open A Compassion Club
2005/08/03 - (THC/Kindred/etc.) - Rochester City News - Hey, Bud
2005/07 - (TCC/Etc.) - Playboy - High In The Canadian Rockies
2005/05/09 - (THC/TCC/NORML/CSA/Etc.) - National Post - With A Bong In His Heart
2005/04/21 - (THC/TCC/CSA/NORML/etc.) - CKLN Radio 88.1 - Sativex Approved For Prescription In Canada (mp3 file of on-air radio interview)
2005/05 - (TCC/NORML/Etc.) - Reader's Digest - Inside a Grow-op Bust
2005/04/01 - (NORML/Etc.) - Toronto Star - Pot Activists Sound Off At Meeting
2005/03/26 - (THC) - Globe And Mail - Hey, Man, We Just Sell The Lights & Politicos Sniff Out Grow Ops -- And Votes
2005/03/01 - (THC/TCC/CSA/Etc.) - Cannabis Health Journal - An Even Brighter Future
2004/09/29 - (THC/TCC/SS/Etc.) - The Beast (Buffalo) - Ask Dr. Rotten: Interview With Sacred Seed's Main Man
2004/04/17 - (THC/TCC/CSA/ETC.) - FILL THE HILL 2004
2004/03/30 - (CSA/TCC/THC) - Vancouver Sun - Medical marijuana: Why - And How - Ottawa Must Make It Easier To Acquire And Distribute - Editorial by Philippe Lucas
2004/03/15 - (CSA/TCC/THC) - Peace Magazine - Prescribed High
2004/03/11 - (CSA/TCC/THC) - NOW Magazine - One Weird Scene, Man
2004/03/05 - (CSA/TCC/THC) - Toronto Star - Growing Pot War Focus Of Summits
2004/02/02 - (TCC/THC) - Leaside-Rosedale Town Crier - Pot Charges Dropped Against Medicinal Pot Distributors
 Information about the Toronto Compassion Centre (TCC), Toronto's primary not-for-profit medical marijuana resource facility.
 (Compassion Centre members are entitled to a 15% discount at THC, by the way)
 Membership Application Package in Adobe PDF format
 Download Adobe Acrobat Reader from www.adobe.com if you don't already have it.
 Visit our Archives for a few articles about the TCC and it's origins
 and check out our Gallery for a bunch of video clips featuring the TCC
Marijuana and hemp general information:
THC's FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
TCC's Cannabis User's Guide - Updated printable .pdf version: front back
A sample letter to a doctor regarding a Health Canada MMAR exemption application, AND the CMPA's Release from Liability form
Canadian Drug Laws Information Sheet
What is hemp?
How to roll a joint
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition FLYER in .PDF format
Cannabis Quotes
The MAPS and NORML studies on marijuana inhalation methods and their relative safety
Our vaporizer information pages
Some medical conditions helped by marijuana
People who support marijuana decriminalization - list started 2001/06/04
Holland vs. U.S.A. and Holland vs. UK drug use statistics
Ten things every parent, teenager and teacher should know about marijuana
Marijuana Myths by Paul Hager
10 Facts Every Canadian Should Know About Hemp, How Safe Is Marijuana And 10 Medical Facts
A Cannabis Timeline - 2737 BC to 2000 AD
What to do if you get stopped by the cops
Hemp for Victory 1942
Hugh Downs, ABC News
Popular Mechanics 1938
The Drug War Is Killing Us
External Links:
The Drug Reform Coordination Network's Drug Library is an amazing collection of research.
Canadian Marijuana Statistics - from Frank Discussion
What's happening in other countries? From Frank Discussion
The website of Doctor David Hadorn, full of excellent cannabis research and information.
Here's a link to the movie "Grass," narrated by Woody Harrelson, available online!
Here's some more great video (and audio) listed on Frank Discussion.
Why we should fear prohibition (at DrugSense.org)
Here are some more excellent flyers, listed on Frank Discussion
Marijuana growing information:
The Joys of an Herb Garden at Home v3
THC's FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Information about other mind-altering substances: (For research purposes only of course - not in any way a substitute for professional medical or legal advice!)
EXTERNAL LINK - The growing technique (and website) of the legendary Psylocybe Fanaticus
Zochi's Fanaticus adaptation
A sheet about mushroom growing using a spore syringe (another Fanaticus adaptation)
Magic Mushroom Growers Guide v3.2 (another Fanaticus adaptation)
EXTERNAL LINK - The website of Mushroom Magic, makers of the famous Soul Food Machine
Some Things That A Canadian Peyote Cactus Cultivator Ought To Know
Those monkey-brain studies about the effects of MDMA
Damiana (Turnera diffusa)
Dream Herb (Calea zacatechichi)
Sinicuichi (Heimia salicifolia)
Wild Dagga (Leonotis leonurus)
Diviner's Sage (Salvia divinorum)
EXTERNAL LINK - Diviner's Sage (Salvia divinorum) - The S. d. Research and Information Center's User's Guide
EXTERNAL LINK - Iboga/Ibogaine Root Bark Extract (Iboga Therapy House) - www.ibogaine.org - www.ibogaine.co.uk
EXTERNAL LINK - All "Trippers" should read The Psychedelic Experience, by Timothy Leary
EXTERNAL LINK - And The Essential Psychedelic Guide, by D.M. Turner
EXTERNAL LINK - Lots more information can be found at www.erowid.org
EXTERNAL LINK - And at www.lycaeum.org
For things to do in and around Toronto, here's our little guide to the T-Dot
For information about how to become a LEGAL medical marijuana user and/or grower, visit the Health Canada website
For information about obtaining medicinal plant seeds, we recommend consulting Sacred Seed, at www.sacredseed.com, an interesting store in downtown Toronto.
For garden supplies please visit The Herb Collective, Garden Supply, Glass Art Studio, Hemp Museum and Cannabis Community Centre
If you're interested in visiting an upscale organic coffee shop (with a smoke-friendly members-only patio +) in downtown Toronto, or learning more about the issues surrounding coffee production and consumption, please visit Kindred Cafe, www.kindredcafe.com
Some organizations and events that we support:
The Toronto Compassion Centre (TCC)
Canadians for Safe Access
NORML Canada (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws in Canada)
Canadian Cannabis Coalition
Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy
Frank Discussion
The Hemp Industries Association / HempStores.com
Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (C.H.T.A.)
The Media Awareness Project and Canadian MAP
Cannabis Health Foundation and Journal
The Marijuana Mission (Alison Myrden)
The Hemp Canadian (Stephen John VanDeKemp)
Treating Yourself (Marco Renda)
Cannabis Day and the Million Marijuana March, first Saturday in every May
HempFest, annual August gatherings in Seattle WA, northern Ontario, and ?
Cannabis Culture Magazine and Pot-TV
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (L.E.A.P.)
Educators for Sensible Drug Policy
Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Toronto Police Amateur Athletic Association / Toronto Police Games / Widows and Orphans Fund
The Living Well Restaurant/Bar's weekly charity "Dirty Bingo"









