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

January 13, 2023

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

 

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