VICS Documents

VICS Documents

Recipes

VICS Cannamist (includes instructions to convert THCA into THC)
VICS Cannabis Oil
VICS Cannabutter

Philippe Lucas presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights on Bill C-15
Community-University Research Into Medical Cannabis; A Patient-Centered Approach Towards Progressive Social Change Canadian research into the therapeutic benefits of cannabis has been stymied by the ongoing prohibition of its recreational use. This is an overview of the Vancouver Island Compassion Society’s successful research partnerships with university-based investigators.
PharmaCannabis A Canadian cannabis researcher gets a prescription to the first marijuana–based medicine available in North America. Does the spray work as well as smoked cannabis? By Philippe Lucas
Moral Regulation And The Presumption Of Guilt In Health Canada’s Medical Cannabis Policy And Practice This paper is a sociological examination of policies and practices in Health Canada’s Marihuana Medical Access Division (MMAD) that presume the illicit intentions and inherent "guilt" of medical cannabis users, hampering safe access to a medicine to which many are legally entitled, and raising doubts about this federal programme’s overall effectiveness and constitutional legitimacy. Philippe Lucas - International Journal of Drug Policy (2008), doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2008.09.007
"Regulating Compassion: An Overview Of Health Canada's Medical Cannabis Policy And Practice" The first comprehensive review of Health Canadas controversial medical cannabis program, as well as the community-based dispensaries that are currently the main source of medical cannabis medicines and access in Canada.
Lucas, P.G. (2008). Regulating Compassion: an overview of Health Canadas medical cannabis policy and practice. Harm Reduct J. Jan 28;5:5.
May 2006: Guidelines for the Community-Based Distribution of Medical Cannabis in Canada
The VICS/BCCCS recommendations to OCMA Stakeholders Advisory Committee [PDF]
VICS Critique of Health Canada's New Medical Marijuana Policy
Health Canada's Forms to Apply for Legal Access to Medical Marijuana
March 20, 2006: Letter from Mayor Lowe to Tony Clement (requesting "an immediate review of current (medical cannabis)policies and regulations to determine where improvements can be made to ensure a better quality of life for those Canadians in need of medical assistance.")
A Roadmap to Compassion: The Implementation of a Working Medicinal Cannabis Program in Canada [PDF]
Although Health Canada has taken some progressive policy steps, many improvements are still needed. 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.
Evidence to House of Commons Special Committee on the Non-medical Use of Drugs (2003): Philippe Lucas Presentation
Survey of medicinal cannabis use among childbearing women: Patterns of its use in pregnancy and retroactive self-assessment of its efficacy against 'morning sickness', Rachel E. Westfall, Patricia A. Janssen, Philippe Lucas, Rielle Capler, Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice (2006) 12, 2733
- VICS participation in a cannabis use, nausea and vomiting during pregnancy survey protocol is reported on and now available as a streaming video