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Photos by Gooey Rabinski
A Few Minutes with Toronto’s by Gooey Rabinski
Marko Ivancicevic
“. . . one of Ontario’s shining stars. He’s an example of intelligent and balanced
activism driven by true compassion for patients . . .”
C hronologically, Toronto resident Markothe courts for their right to grow and possess cannabis. “If we
in
Ivancicevic is a relatively junior activist
rely on Parliament, we’re doomed,” Ivancicevic told local media
in a reference to the political foot dragging within his country’s
within the Ontario medical cannabis move-
federal government — despite overwhelming public acceptance
ment. In terms of his level of activism and
of medical cannabis and the beginning of mainstream normaliza-
impact on the Toronto compassion scene,
however, 25-year-old Ivancicevic is one of Ontario’s shin-
Ivancicevic is notable for his 2004 constitutional challenge
ing stars. He’s an example of intelligent and balanced activ- tion of recreational smoking and growing.
in which he petitioned an Ontario provincial judge to nullify
ism driven by true compassion for patients — and not the Canada’s federal cannabis laws. In other words, he asked Canada’s
promotion of his own agenda or flogging of his ego, an all- version of a circuit court to hear a case determining the constitu-
too-common condition within the Canadian and American
tionality of a federal law. The court refused.
cannabis movements. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Ivancicevic,
Having been busted in January 2004 for possession of 49 himself a medical user, at his Toronto home to discuss his medical
grams of cannabis while smoking a joint behind a pool hall, the cannabis activism and the state of the Canadian compassion move-
young activist said that medical cannabis proponents must fight ment.
4 www.gkmagazine.net
A Few Minutes with Toronto’s by Gooey Rabinski
Marko Ivancicevic
“. . . one of Ontario’s shining stars. He’s an example of intelligent and balanced
activism driven by true compassion for patients . . .”
C hronologically, Toronto resident Markothe courts for their right to grow and possess cannabis. “If we
in
Ivancicevic is a relatively junior activist
rely on Parliament, we’re doomed,” Ivancicevic told local media
in a reference to the political foot dragging within his country’s
within the Ontario medical cannabis move-
federal government — despite overwhelming public acceptance
ment. In terms of his level of activism and
of medical cannabis and the beginning of mainstream normaliza-
impact on the Toronto compassion scene,
however, 25-year-old Ivancicevic is one of Ontario’s shin-
Ivancicevic is notable for his 2004 constitutional challenge
ing stars. He’s an example of intelligent and balanced activ- tion of recreational smoking and growing.
in which he petitioned an Ontario provincial judge to nullify
ism driven by true compassion for patients — and not the Canada’s federal cannabis laws. In other words, he asked Canada’s
promotion of his own agenda or flogging of his ego, an all- version of a circuit court to hear a case determining the constitu-
too-common condition within the Canadian and American
tionality of a federal law. The court refused.
cannabis movements. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Ivancicevic,
Having been busted in January 2004 for possession of 49 himself a medical user, at his Toronto home to discuss his medical
grams of cannabis while smoking a joint behind a pool hall, the cannabis activism and the state of the Canadian compassion move-
young activist said that medical cannabis proponents must fight ment.
4 www.gkmagazine.net
