Court Qualifications
- Qualified to render an opinion in
marihuana cultivation, yield sizes,
crop estimates, production practices
and usage.
- Qualified as an expert in production
of marihuana, including the growth
cycles of the plant, the yields,
harvest, curing, storage, production
of marihuana writ large.
- Qualified as an expert in the
Marihuana Medical Access program and
Regulations, including the effects of
the Regulations on end users, and
supply of marihuana to end users
within and outside the auspices of the
Medical Marihuana Access Regulations.
Related Professional
Industry Experience
Since 2001 worked extensively within
the regulatory framework of the federal
'Marihuana Medical Access Regulations' (MMAR),
and acted as consultants to Health Canada
in Ottawa at their MMAR Multi-Stakeholder
Consultation Sessions. For two years were
educators and facilitators of a university
level course on the federal government
Health Canada medical marijuana access
program.
Several years experience as licenced
facility operators in cannabis
cultivation, crop yield assessment and
personal medical usage estimates. Highly
skilled at commercial marijuana
production, supervising all aspects of
government inspected crop seeding,
propagation, and cultivation throughout
all phases of plant growth.
Managing harvesting, drying, storing,
quality control, inventory and shipping of
cannabis. Excellent knowledge of legal
medical marijuana consumer use allowances,
and provided input to Health Canada on the
development of federal government cannabis
shipping policies.
Appointed to the National Cannabis
Steering Committee for the Canadian AIDS
Society, and provided cannabis plant yield
data to the United Nations for their
Global Cannabis Study. Also authored a
research study on the medical cannabis
market in Canada, including a financial
analysis of all current distribution
models. Extensive knowledge of existing
legal cannabis distribution models in
Canada.
Authored a well-received and successful
book on Health Canada's medical cannabis
access program, founded Island Harvest and
PhytoCan Pharmaceuticals, two B.C.
cannabis-based companies. Also founded the
Cannabis Trade Association, a non-profit
association advancing regulatory aspects
of cannabis trade policy development and
providing an educated voice in the
cannabis agriculture industry.
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