cannabisnews.com: Club's Pot Too Pricey, Critics Say Club's Pot Too Pricey, Critics Say Posted by CN Staff on December 20, 2002 at 08:22:12 PT By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Gazette Source: Montreal Gazette Internet sales not seen as panacea Muscular dystrophy patient says many who need drug are on welfare, fixed incomes to enrich dope peddlers, not help sufferers. Claude Messier applauded the new Web site launched by the Marijuana Party of Canada yesterday to sell pot over the Internet. But, he admitted, it will do little to answer the problem of accessibility for those in need of medicinal marijuana. Messier, 36, is a muscular dystrophy patient who lives in constant pain. He smokes on average about 3 grams of pot a day - roughly $800 worth a month.While Messier, who was a defence witness at the drug-trafficking trial of Marc St-Maurice and Alexandre Néron, was happy for the two, he said it's still up to the government to come up with a feasible plan to distribute marijuana."The Web site is not a bad idea, but for me it would just be too expensive," Messier said in an interview at the St. Charles Borromée long-term care facility on René-Levesque Blvd., where he lives. "You also have to remember most people who need medicinal marijuana are on welfare and have fixed incomes and can't afford those prices."It means Messier, who has been granted an exemption under Article 56, has to find other ways of getting his marijuana - and usually, that means illegally.Messier says he's lucky. Thanks to the royalties from a published book and talks he gives in public, he's able to meet some of the costs.But most who need medicinal marijuana simply can't afford it and the Web site isn't going to change that, said Jim Wakeford, the first person in Canada granted permission to smoke pot for medicinal purposes. Snipped:Complete Article: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/tpc.htm Source: Montreal Gazette (CN QU)Author: Sidhartha Banerjee, The Gazette Published: Friday, December 20, 2002Copyright: 2002 The Gazette, a division of Southam Inc.Contact: letters thegazette.southam.caWebsite: http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/Related Articles & Web Sites:Marijuana Party http://www.marijuanaparty.org/Marijuana Home Deliveryhttp://www.marijuanahomedelivery.caCourt Ruling Prompts Pot-Delivery Servicehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15020.shtmlQuebec Judge Calls Halt To Medicinal Pot Trialhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15018.shtmlOne-Click Marijuana Shopping for Sick Canadians http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15017.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #7 posted by Nasarius on December 20, 2002 at 20:43:37 PT O'Reilly Factor Saw Kampia being interviewed at 11:30 EST...typical Fox News garbage. The interviewer kept asking questions in the style of "When did you stop beating your wife?". If you can't argue rationally with your opponent, twist his argument so that it looks ridiculous. [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by VitaminT on December 20, 2002 at 12:14:16 PT The nature of free economies Prices will fall as legal low-risk production ramps up. A reasonable price for quality outdoor grown herb should be in the neighborhood of $2.00/gram delivered. This guy's med. cannabis bill would drop to around $180.00/month and a lot of "dope peddlers" will be scouring the want-ads looking for work.Afterall it does grow like a weed. [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by John Tyler on December 20, 2002 at 11:54:51 PT Dime bag I remember when a whole ounce of good Mexican cannabis only cost $12. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by FoM on December 20, 2002 at 11:42:26 PT Darwin Prohibition has driven the price up so high it is unbelievable. I think if Cannabis would be legalized it wouldn't cost more then a small amount. Willie Nelson said he remembers when a dime bag cost $10!!! [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by Darwin on December 20, 2002 at 11:36:41 PT Prices I think sick people should pay no more for a few joints, than the cost of a pack of cigs. However, I can understand why they would charge street prices. 1) web development and maintenance are not cheap. 2) They prbably anticipate big legal fees. 3) They don't want to encourage non medical users to try and get in on this by cheating the system.There goal is only to provide simple access, not to subsidize the supply. Lets hope that legalalization or at least decrim. come soon so we can all see the free market bring the price back down to earth where it belongs. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by FoM on December 20, 2002 at 11:35:25 PT O'Reilly Factor - Dec. 20th - Rob Kampia - MPP December 20, I am scheduled to appear on "The O'Reilly Factor" on the national FOX News Channel at approximately 8:20 p.m. Eastern time. (The program starts at 8:00 p.m. and is repeated at 11:00 p.m. Eastern; please check your local cable listings for channel and non-Eastern airtimes.)I will be discussing the Marijuana Policy Project's "war on drug czar," which we launched on December 4 at a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. For details, please see: http://www.mpp.org/WarOnDrugCzar.html In addition, tomorrow night I will announce new criminal charges that MPP will be seeking against the drug czar, in addition to those we already unveiled on December 4 -- one was filed with the federal Office of Special Counsel, the other with the Nevada Secretary of State's office.In the former complaint, we detailed how Drug Czar John Walters illegally used his title and office to campaign against our marijuana ballot initiative in Nevada. This complaint requests that Walters be removed from office, as well as disbarred from holding any federal office ever again.In the latter complaint, we noted that the drug czar failed to file any campaign finance reports whatsoever detailing the money that he spent opposing our ballot measure. As a result, we are asking the Nevada Secretary of State to fine him the maximum $5,000.Tomorrow night I will announce our third complaint.In January, we will be announcing the fourth prong of our attack against the drug czar. And a fifth attack -- and possibly a sixth -- will be announced after January.Drug Czar John Walters has been irresponsibly and illegally using his office to campaign against marijuana and other drug policy reform ballot initiatives, and we plan to take him down for it so that he -- or his successor if we succeed in removing him from office -- will be prevented from campaigning against any marijuana policy measures we launch in 2004.Sincerely,Rob KampiaExecutive DirectorMarijuana Policy ProjectWashington, D.C. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by Sam Adams on December 20, 2002 at 08:38:56 PT brainwashed "While Messier, who was a defence witness at the drug-trafficking trial of Marc St-Maurice and Alexandre Néron, was happy for the two, he said it's still up to the government to come up with a feasible plan to distribute marijuana."Why? It's ONLY because of the government that we're in this mess! Cannabis tincture used to be dirt cheap at the local apocathery (sp?) until the government pigs banned it. No, I say let the free market kick in. If this website's too expensive, someone else will step in to undercut. Modern society has GOT to break it's infantile reliance on Big Government. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment