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Flin Flon Pot To Escape Fiery Fate
Posted by CN Staff on November 18, 2002 at 07:42:15 PT
By Peter Cheney
Source: Globe and Mail 
Flin Flon's underground marijuana farm has generated more than its share of headlines, but when it was reported this weekend that the operation's entire harvest was to be burned by Health Canada, Flin Flon Mayor Dennis Ballard had just one request: that he be allowed to stand close."As far as I'm concerned, it's a political story, not a dope story," said Mr. Ballard, who has found himself alternately amused and appalled by the machinations that have surrounded the curious industry that came to his town two years ago: the first crop of marijuana to be grown by a private company under licence for the federal government.
On Saturday, a Quebec newspaper reported that the entire crop was to be burned by Health Canada because its quality was too uneven. Last night, Anne McLellan's assistant, Farah Mohamed, said the report was completely wrong, and that the Flin Flon plants were to be used for lab testing and to germinate a further crop.The unsubstantiated burning report was the latest in a series of political developments surrounding the marijuana, which was grown in an abandoned mine by a company called Prairie Plants Systems. The program, which was commissioned by former health minister Allan Rock, has come under criticism by Ms. McLellan, his successor, who has made it clear that she has reservations.Many of the problems stem from the fact that Prairie Plants was forced to use seeds seized in RCMP drug raids. Because of this, the crop it produced for the government contained 185 different varieties of marijuana. Ms. McLellan has said this mixed quality has made it unsuitable for distribution to Canadians who have permits to use marijuana for medical reasons.Mr. Ballard said the only thing wrong with the Flin Flon dope is the politics that control it."Anne McLellan is a Paul Martin follower," he said. "She doesn't want anything that Allan Rock did to look good."The marijuana mine has had little impact on the economy of Flin Flon, he added."It's 10 jobs at the bottom of a secret mine. That doesn't have much effect."One unexpected beneficiary of the mine and its publicity has been Chris Pilz, proprietor of a skateboard shop called The Zig Zag Zone. Mr. Pilz has made a small fortune over the past two years by printing shirts that play on the theme of Flin Flon's underground stash.One of the earlier models reads "Ganja Mine -- Flin Flon, Marijuana Growing Capital of Canada.""You can't take it too seriously," Mr. Pilz says."The dope has given Flin Flon its 15 minutes of fame, and it's still going." Note: Crop won't be burned, but used for testing and germinating, McLellan's office says.Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)Author: Peter CheneyPublished: Monday, November 18, 2002 – Print Edition, Page A4Copyright: 2002 The Globe and Mail CompanyContact: letters globeandmail.caWebsite: http://www.globeandmail.ca/Related Articles & Web Site:Cannabis News Canadian Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/can.htmClinical Pot Went Up in Smoke!http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14776.shtmlFirst Clinical Pot Trial To Use U.S. Stashhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14411.shtmlThe Flin Flon Flip-Flop - Globe & Mailhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13958.shtml
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Comment #8 posted by The GCW on November 19, 2002 at 12:41:29 PT
Petition 
Petition for the Canadian government to change medpot laws 
 http://www.hempbc.com/articles/2693.html A doctor's prescription should be all you need!Please print it out, circulate it and mail it to Johnny Dupuis by January 18, 2003, at the following address:Johnny Dupuis
203 Chemin Pilon
Duhamel , PQ
J0V 1G0For more information contact Johnny Dupuis: (819) 428-1854
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Comment #7 posted by FoM on November 19, 2002 at 09:41:08 PT
afterburner 
You sure don't need a Drug Czar. A Drug Czar is a dictator type person with no understanding of the feeling of the people. You can't have Dr. Russo ( just kidding ) but you're right a Doctor should be the Drug Czar if you must have one. Dictator types have no place in a free country and Canada is a free country compared to our country.
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Comment #6 posted by afterburner on November 19, 2002 at 09:26:27 PT:
No Big Brother, Give Us a Big Doctor!
We don't need a "big brother (drug czar)" in Canada. We need a Big Doctor, a real one like Dr. Russo, who still believes in the Hippocratic Oath and speaking the truth. If cannabis is decriminalized in Canada, the hard drugs are still an out-of-control medical problem, left over from previously legal medicines. To continue to use a punitive, enforcement-oriented approach to even these dangerous and addictive substances just keeps all the damage intact: theft for drugs, street dealers and bikers with their unregulated poisons, driving addicts away from treatment through fear of incarceration, the destruction of families and their assets, the corruption of cops by prohibition-driven profits, and even the dreaded schoolyard pusher.ego destruction or ego transcendence, that is the question. Caging humans for their weakness or compassionate treatment for medical addictions? Yes, they are hard to cure, but are they any easier after they are released from prison with the stigma of ex-con and still addicted?
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Comment #5 posted by FoM on November 19, 2002 at 08:25:27 PT
MPs Demand a Drug Czar - Snipped Source
MPs Demand a Drug Czar'We have nobody' to measure success of war on drugs 
Janice Tibbetts, The Ottawa Citizen Tuesday, November 19, 2002 
 
A special parliamentary committee will recommend that Canada hire a national drug czar -- similar to that in the U.S. -- to tackle the country's multibillion-dollar problem of illegal drugs.The committee on non-medical use of drugs will also recommend that Canada relax its laws against marijuana possession and that the government sanction sites in which addicts can safely inject drugs.Complete Article: http://www.canada.com/national/story.asp?id=C207D7E9-CBEE-4E5B-909C-5B1EE41662DB
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Comment #4 posted by The GCW on November 18, 2002 at 17:03:38 PT
Hunger strike for medical marijuana 
http://www.hempbc.com/articles/2691.html Parkinson's sufferer ready to "go all the way"'Bet this man doesn't think, "Flin Flon Pot To Escape Fiery Fate" is funny.And it is another testimony of how peaceful the people are that are part of this cause. He will put himself to the cause to the point of death, but will not harm another.Peaceful protest, no matter how much it hurts.
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Comment #3 posted by The GCW on November 18, 2002 at 16:52:20 PT
DON'[T WASTE THIS NATURAL RESOURCE!
SOMETIMES I feel like I am making some good observations and posting it here at Cannabis News is not enough. I feel like I am not being heard by the people that can make this really happen, and using this large amount of plant material wisely makes a lot of sense. I am frustrated in that regard.Heck, there are sick people that need it even more than for housing, and the housing issue is real.
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Comment #2 posted by The GCW on November 18, 2002 at 16:45:24 PT
INHUMANE – INCOMPASSIONATE – WASTE OF NATUR
WASTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES.This story from Cannabis Culture (below), made Me think about how it would be much better to use this plant material for housing products. Even in Cannada, there must be people that are poor and need housing and could put this plant material to valuable use.The big wigs NEED to consider this aspect and implement it!Burning this plant is very unthankful to Christ God Our Father, who has given Us all life for Our survival and to with hold its usefullness from the poor and needy is a terrible waste.Hemp for housing http://www.hempbc.com/articles/2692.html 
Hemp concrete six times stronger and lighterThink of the American Indians that have fought the Urinesuckers for the ability to grow it for housing in the northern U.S. They have children and families like everyone else and deserve to utilize this product, that is already here on earth, for the using.
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Comment #1 posted by goneposthole on November 18, 2002 at 09:02:36 PT
Rachel Travers
Now she has to move to Flin Flon, Manitoba to change the name of the skateboard shop there.Chicken Little must have been her mentor.Forget about the UNITED FASCIST STATES, Canada, and legalize cannabis. The masses are behind you.
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