1. EachPod

E97 – The Godfather of Cannabis Two Point Oh! - Owen Smith - Part 1 (Re-Hash)

Author
Trevor Shewfelt and Kirk Nyquist
Published
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Episode Link
https://blubrry.com/reefer_medness_podcast/143469788/e97-the-godfather-of-cannabis-two-point-oh-owen-smith-part-1-re-hash/

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

Facebook

 

Transcripts,

papers and so much more at: reefermed.ca

Share to: