cannabisnews.com: With Supply Dry, Patients Turn To Street Sources With Supply Dry, Patients Turn To Street Sources Posted by CN Staff on August 15, 2002 at 07:43:43 PT By Jessica Leeder, National Post Source: National Post A police raid of the largest medicinal drug network in Toronto has left some 1,200 people looking to illicit sources to buy the marijuana they use to control pain.They learned yesterday they will no longer be able to buy marijuana, used as a palliative for a number of terminal illnesses -- including cancer, AIDS/HIV, hepatitis, arthritis and spinal injuries -- at the Toronto Compassion Centre. The club, which started supplying patients in 1998, was ordered shut yesterday by a Toronto judge after police confiscated "large quantities" of marijuana and hashish from the group's Bathurst Street headquarters.Steven Bacon, a 48-year-old club member suffering from Hepatitis C and a spinal fusion of three vertebrae in his neck, said yesterday he has been unsuccessful in his attempts to grow pot and is angered by the closure."I'm so frustrated after almost three years of failed attempts to grow my own marijuana. Now the only source available to us has been taken down. For the life of me, I can't understand why they would do this," he said.Complete Article: http://www.canada.com/search/site/story.asp?id=8447822C-91A6-4FF0-9617-E17F97704CA1 Snipped: Source: National Post (Canada)Author: Jessica Leeder, National Post Published: Thursday, August 15, 2002Copyright: 2002 Southam Inc.Contact: letters nationalpost.comWebsite: http://www.nationalpost.com/Related Articles & Web Site:Toronto Compassion Centre http://www.torontocompassioncentre.org/Raid Hurt The Sick: Pot Activist http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13752.shtml`Medicine' Seized in Bust of Pot Club http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13744.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #1 posted by TecHnoCult on August 15, 2002 at 08:47:47 PT: Help Finding a Neurologist, Please! I have a good friend whose wife has been suffering from strokes (she is only 30.) He and I are both in agreement that MJ might be a good medicine to protect her brain cells while strokes are a threat. However, he wants to talk to a good Neurologist about it first. However, we are in Houston, and I am not sure how to find a progressive doctor that is willing to consider contraversial treatment. If you know of a good doctor in the area, or know how to find one, PLEASE contact me. My email is dashatex hotmail.com.Thanks in advance for the help!Dave [ Post Comment ] Post Comment