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Open Letter to our 'Leaders'... Please Circulate!

Submitted by MCCG4 on Wed, 06/16/2010 - 11:19am
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To Whom It May Concern:
 
I am writing to address a concern that I share with tens of thousands of other Canadians. Our worries are with the current Medical Marihuana Access Regulations under Health Canada’s authorization, and with the recent police targeting of medical marihuana dispensaries, or “compassion clubs” in recent months across the country.
 
To give a brief overview of the major flaw in the MMAR program, and at the same time to highlight the main reason for the existence of compassion clubs, the length of the application and approval process for a patient’s access to medical marihuana becomes the focus. Mind you, there are a number of other issues with the program, including the quality of Health Canada’s own medical marihuana supply that is sold to patients across the country, however the main priority is timely access to medicine.

Montreal gets new marijuana compassion centre

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 1:36am
CBC News
 
A new compassion club offering medicinal marijuana has opened its doors in Montreal.
 
The Culture 420 Compassion Society set up shop on Park Avenue in Montreal's Mile-End district last week.
 
Organizers said their original location – in the southwest borough of Lachine – was overrun with customers.
 
"There are a lot of people travelling to the Lachine Compassion Centre, which was an issue," said centre spokesman Gary Webber. "We were struggling with the parking and overwhelming client base."
 
The organization went through proper municipal channels to open the new centre, and no one was opposed to the idea, said Webber.

Marijuana distributor defends new service

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 6:22am
By Danielle Bell, The Daily News Canada.com
 
The owner of a medical marijuana compassionate club launched in Oceanside this week claims he is providing a much-needed service to the community.
 
Bob Estes, a medical marijuana user, opened The Organic Matters Compassionate Access Centre in Errington on Tuesday.
 
The Fair Road store sells a variety of organic pot, at $7 per gram, to licensed medical marijuana users.
 
It also offers cannabis cookies, chocolate, tincture (a cannabis-infused alcoholic drink) and cannabis compresses. Cannabis creams and salves are on the way.

Permitted to use pot

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 1:32am
By: EVA HOARE Published: Chronicle Herald
 
NOVA SCOTIANS use more medical marijuana per capita than anyone else in the country, the latest Health Canada figures show.
 
About one person for every 1,914 Nova Scotians is authorized by the federal government to use the drug, compared to one for every 8,013 people in Ontario and one for every 4,420 in British Columbia.
 
The ratios are based on Statistics Canada’s population number of 940,744 for Nova Scotia, and its figures for Ontario and British Columbia.
 
The feds have approved 491 Nova Scotians to use the drug, while there are 159 doctors in the province who support prescribing it, according to figures from Health Canada’s website.

Pot club members upset by Guelph arrests

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 1:21am
By: Troy Bridgeman Published: Guelph Mercury
 
GUELPH — People hoping to fill their prescription for legally prescribed marijuana at the Medical Cannabis Club of Guelph were out of luck Friday.
 
A number of patrons arrived to find the club locked and a sign on the door that read Closed Friday, May 7, Family Emergency. There was no indication when it will reopen.
 
The club at 62 Baker St. and other residences were raided Thursday and four people were charged with a variety of drug-related offences. Police seized more than 20 kilograms of dried marijuana, 258 marijuana plants and marijuana-laced baked goods.

Four charged in Guelph medical pot club bust

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 1:13am
By: Thana Dharmarajah, Guelph Mercury
 
GUELPH — The founder of the Medical Cannabis Club of Guelph is among four people charged with drug trafficking following a bust by city police.
 
Rade Kovacevic, 24, is charged with six counts of trafficking marijuana; four counts of trafficking hashish; two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking and one count of drug production.
 
He was charged Thursday after city police searched the club, at 62 Baker St., as well as five other addresses on Dublin Street, London Road, Arrow Road and Quebec Street.

City police visit Guelph marijuana club

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 1:06am
Mercury staff, GuelphMercury.com
 
 
GUELPH – Several city police officers are at the Medical Cannabis Club of Guelph.
 
Witnesses say officers are removing items from the club.
 
Officers at the scene have declined to comment on what police are doing at the Baker Street site.
 
Last year, city police revealed they were investigating the organization after receiving inquiries about its operations from local doctors who had been approached by patients to sign prescription forms for use at the club.

Cannabis club society to meet with mayor

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Fri, 05/07/2010 - 12:55am
By Monisha Martins - Maple Ridge News
 
The non-profit society that opened a medicinal marijuana dispensary in Maple Ridge this week will meet with the mayor.
 
Michael Joinson, director of The Always Growing Green Society, said a sit-down with Ernie Daykin has been scheduled for Tuesday.
 
Joinson will be joined by Dana Larsen, a founding member of the Marijuana Party of Canada and B.C. Marijuana Party, and Jacob Hunter, policy director with the End Prohibition Foundation.
 
“We are going to explain to him how the dispensary works, who we serve, our rules and regulations,” Joinson said.

Marijuana shop opens in Ridge

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Wed, 05/05/2010 - 5:31pm
By: Amy Steele, Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows Times
 
Tim Sproule has herniated discs in his back and neck that cause him intense pain. The condition is degenerative and the pain increases all the time.
 
For the last two years Sproule has had a federal government exemption to use marijuana medicinally to treat the pain.
 
"I can function. It makes a world of difference. Night and day," said Sproule.
 
Sproule was one of the first people to register as a member at the new Always Growing Green Society Dispensary, which will distribute medicinal marijuana in Maple Ridge. It's located at 11696 224 Street in an old house the non-profit society is renovating. Read more »

MDs, patients back marijuana compassion clubs

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Wed, 05/05/2010 - 4:58am
CBC News
 
Compassion clubs offer a range of medical marijuana products to fill a void in Health Canada's legal supply channel, doctors and patients say.
 
Ottawa offers only one strain of medical marijuana, and the only legal way to purchase it is through Health Canada. Medical users insist the different strains of marijuana provided by compassion clubs offer different kinds of pain relief, such as for epilepsy, multiple sclerosis or spinal cord injury. However, there hasn't been any research testing those claims.
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