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Amanda Siebert
Amanda Siebert
Amanda Siebert is a Vancouver-based freelance journalist and author whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Georgia Straight, VICE, and more. Her first book, The Little Book of Cannabis: How Marijuana Can Improve Your Life, was published on October 17, 2018.

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  • Canada’s rich and complicated history of psychedelic research

    Amanda Siebert - Published on September 20, 2022

    Canada has been researching psychedelics since before the 1950s. We asked a historian to tell us all about the innovative, if controversial, research.

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  • WOC-led psychedelics conference champions gender equality with all-women speakers

    Amanda Siebert - Published on September 7, 2022

    Canada’s blooming psychedelics industry is trying to do things a little differently by elevating women’s voices and eliminating manels at conferences.

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  • Cannabis leaf on book with pencil, top view, learning about cannabis leaf for medical treatment

    Higher Education: Cannabis courses and post-secondary programs in Canada

    Amanda Siebert - Published on August 5, 2022

    Are you looking to start a career in cannabis? These Canadian colleges and universities are offering unique and compelling post-secondary programs.

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  • Urgent care and cannabis: ER staff aren’t just ill-informed about medical marijuana, they’re biased

    Amanda Siebert - Published on July 12, 2022

    Medications and drug use shouldn’t affect a patients quality of care in the emergency room. But for medical cannabis patients, this often isn’t the case.

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  • British Columbia decriminalizing drugs isn’t enough, experts say it’s safe supply that will save lives

    Amanda Siebert - Published on June 9, 2022

    British Columbia is the first in Canada to decriminalize the possession of illicit drugs. Experts say the exemption is too little, too late.

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  • Why are there no weed lounges in Canada post-legalization?

    Amanda Siebert - Published on April 27, 2022

    Safe spaces to consume cannabis like cafes and compassion clubs were all over Canada before legalization. Where did they all go?

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  • Cannabis coffee - marijuana leaf on coffee foam, rustic wood background

    B.C. is considering (smoke-free) cannabis consumption spaces. What would that look like?

    Amanda Siebert - Published on April 13, 2022

    Weed lounges were a staple of cannabis communities but didn’t survive post-legalization. B.C. is thinking of bringing them back.

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  • Trailblazing women in weed to follow

    Amanda Siebert - Published on March 21, 2022

    These women are breaking the grass ceiling in Canadian cannabis. Here’s why you should follow them.

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  • starry background with head-shaped silhouette and galaxy colors

    I ate 10 times more THC than I planned. Here’s what happened

    Amanda Siebert - Published on May 21, 2021

    When the author realized she’d eaten 100 mg and not 10 mg, her positive embrace of ‘set and setting’ made all the difference.

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  • 420 canada

    The Spirit of 420, Post-Legalization: Civil Disobedience, or Celebration? 

    Amanda Siebert - Published on April 15, 2019

    What does the future of 420 look like now that cannabis is legal in Canada?

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