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Marc Emery's Cannabis Culture
Category: Health and Medical Cannabis Clinics Cannabis Clinics [Edit]
307 W Hastings StVancouver, BC V6B 1H6
Neighbourhood: Downtown
(604) 689-0590
- Hours:
Mon-Thu 10 am - 8 pm
Fri-Sat 10 am - 10 pm
Sun 11 am - 8 pm
6 reviews for Marc Emery's Cannabis Culture
6 reviews in English
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Review from Susanne J.
Hope, BC
9/26/2010 2 Check-ins Here
I love that it's been all Americans writing up to this point...time for a Canadian to pipe up.
Here's a shop any cannabis aficionado or tourist off the beaten track would love - they've got great magazines, board games, hemp tees, logo tees, black-light tees and some very elaborate glass pipes too (worth the visit alone to see these). You can browse all while getting an education on the culture and its clashes with both American and Canadian authorities.
I learned - how did I miss this!! - that Harper is trying to pass bill S-10 which will put anyone with a couple joints or some plants behind bars for months. What a sad world we live in, where our "peace officers" don't have more important things to worry about than some people out there experimenting with their green-thumbs. Rallies at MP offices across Canada take place October 2nd.
I think we should all support the work here of Marc Emery - Canada's Prince of Pot - and his message, no matter how counter-culture it is. Our freedoms are worth speaking up for.
While I was there, I picked up some wild artwork - old school covers of magazines like Dope Comix and Harold Hedd by Rand Holmes whose artwork used to grace the covers of the Georgia Straight in the 70s' but would also elicit fines for obscenity..."Hedd's adventures often took dead aim at the city's establishment, including its hippie-hating mayor Tom Campbell and its oft-criticized police department"...smells of censorship to me.Listed in: Give me more 604!, Get Outta the Tourist Traps…
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Review from Evilyn T.
10/3/2010
I was kidnapped by some friends and brought to the upstairs of this establishment. It was time for me to engage in something completely "Vancouver."
There is a $5 charge to come in to use the vaporizers for one hour. Hanging out in here is like hanging out in a youth hostel. You've got some kids playing pool, some dude reading comic books, and a table of whiggers smoking blunts. There were not as many hippies as I had thought there would be, but I guess maybe they are downstairs in the cafe smoking their dubes sans the vaporizer.
I have encouraged my friend to make custom baggies to attach to the vaporizers, perhaps something more colourful with rainbows, glitter and unicorns to help make you feel less like you are sucking on a plastic garbage bag. I really think this would help enhance the whole experience and make people feel a little more glamorous when sucking in smoke fumes.
They also sell some snacks and drinks up here, so I grabbed myself a bottled water. I paid with a $20 and almost got short changed $15. As soon as I was about to point it out though, the girl working there snickered and said "oops, I must be high or something." Umm... this may be my first time here, but I'm not as high as you may think I am. I guess this could be an occupational hazard, but it sure did live up to the stereotype these people have.
You'll also notice the clock in there is always set at 4:20, the walls are painted a mint green and sadly living up to another stereotype, they have pictures of Bob Marley on the wall. There is a cool collage of history from the 1920's forward of marijuana plastered on the walls of the stairs which is pretty interesting as well. If you want to impress your out of town friends with something completely original to Vancouver, take them here and try to explain to them how this place even exists after sucking on the fumes of the vaporizer. -
Review from Craig R.
5/31/2009
The Herb Museum in Vancouver, BC is an amazing collection of "herb" and psychoactive substance exhibits. In Marc Emery's Cannabis Culture you can see old cannabis, opium and coca medicine bottles; aphrodisiacs, hallucinogens, fungi, tobacco, cacao, coffee, tea, non-psychoactive botanicals and synthetics, pipes and hookahs, live plants, and more!
The Herb Museum is open from 2pm to 10pm every day inside the Marc Emery's Cannabis Culture second-floor store, above the main store and Vapor Lounge.
The Vapor Lounge itself is in the back area of the BCMP building. You pay 5$ and get a sterilized mouth piece to use on your own personal Volcano Vaporizer. There are 6 different table/couch setups with a vaporizer at each.
The vibe is very chill in the Vapor Lounge, the people who work there are all stoners (picture Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High). They encourage a very relaxed vibe and comfortable setting, each table has room for 4-6 people comfortably, and within both the Vapor Lounge and the New Amsterdam Cafe, u can smoke the provided vaporizer, or bring in your own "sticky icky." -
Review from Ryan W.
7/1/2009 1 photo
When in Rome...
This place is fun to visit when in Vancouver. If you dare, ask to go downstairs and see the one-of-a-kind pinball machine. I have photos to prove it exists if anybody wants to see it. It is called "Prince of Pot".
The place is basically a head shoppe with a couple extra components. There is a stand in the back where a guy was selling all types of exotic herbs and roots and stuff. I didn't really go in there. There was also a section of the store where you can pay $5 to sit and use their pipes and vaporizers and what not. Note: They do not supply any product...they merely provide a place to hang out.
The staff is laid back and friendly. The girl working there introduced us to a couple of her friends who were in town for a concert. We ended up hanging out with them for a little while and talking about cool places to visit around the city. It was a fun experience. -
Review from D J.
10/31/2010
cool
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Review from Kevin V.
8/2/2010 5 photos
Basic Info:
$5 per person to get in. BYOW (Bring Your Own Weed)
6 or so Volcano vaporizers with couches, a pool table, and small area for live music (on certain days).
The random people I met here were all great and friendly. One random guy I met gave me his leftover weed because he had to return to the US. Then on my last time here, I got to return the favor/repeat the cycle to my new friends from Australia.
While here with my new friends I made (from staying at a hostel on Granville St), I got to talk weed culture with people from New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, and Montreal.
Basically, the badass experiences that I had here and will continue to experience here are IMPOSSIBLE for me to have in the US. When I tell people here how in many states in the US we would all go to jail they either LOL at me or look at me with sadness or shock. A combination of all three, I guess :(
The staff has always been friendly to me. I love it when they say, "Enjoy getting high."
Bonus Story while At the Vapor Lounge:
Friend from New Zealand: "How much is the weed here?"
Me: "Oh, it's cheap (relative to US) here - $10/gram."
Friend From New Zealand: "*look of shock* Wow, what a ripoff, I would pay $2-$3 for that much weed back home!"
Me: *look of shock*
