cannabisnews.com: Government to Import Pot! Government to Import Pot! Posted by FoM on June 09, 1999 at 08:01:24 PT Source: Vancouver Sun TORONTOCanada will be importing marijuana from Mississippi for this country's first clinical trials on the medicinal benefits of pot, published reports said Wednesday. Health Minister Allan Rock was set to announce Wednesday that Canadian companies will be able to bid to grow marijuana for medicinal purposes but need to import pot for now. Rock's plan includes spending $3.5 million on a clinical trial to see if marijuana relieves nausea and pain in the chronically or terminally ill, sources told the Globe and Mail. The first trials, using marijuana grown at the University of Mississippi, will look at whether smoking marijuana helps AIDS patients. The news reports say the experiment will be conducted by the Community Research Initiative of Toronto, a non-profit group mandated to develop treatments for AIDS. The government is still negotiating for a second trial that will test a liquid version of the drug that would be inhaled. A third set of trials, overseen by the Medical Research Council, would be conducted by Canadian scientists in a range of areas. Until the results of the clinical tests are in, Canadians who apply to Health Canada for exemptions from criminal prosecution for growing and using pot will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Ottawa has received more than 30 applications from Canadians wanting permission to legally smoke marijuana for medicinal reasons. Toronto AIDS sufferer Jim Wakeford is expected to receive one of the exemptions. An Ontario judge last month granted Wakeford the right to grow and smoke marijuana under a constitutional exemption. END SNIP --> Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #3 posted by FoM on June 09, 1999 at 09:32:59 PT U.S. to Deal Reefer This is an excerpt from the link below. That sure costs a lot of money for so few patients!The Health and Human Services Department hasn't figured out how much to charge for the cannabis grown on a 1 1/2-acre U.S. plot at the University of Mississippi, but the agency published guidelines on its sale.Currently, the government supplies marijuana from its farm for four medical studies at a cost to taxpayers of $1.2 million.http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread1433.shtml [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by FoM on June 09, 1999 at 09:21:32 PT Hello Old Lady #4:20!!! This is a portion of the article below from a few weeks ago. Note 22 YEARS of Research and they don't have any results!!! Now come on! The printed word is so good!Peace, FoM!"For the last 22 years, the federal government has had a lock on the use of whole smoked marijuana for studies -- they grow it at the University of Mississippi ... and activists and reformers and legitimate scientists have wanted to have access to it to conduct studies and have had no luck," said Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Foundation.http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread1409.shtml [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by oldlady#420 on June 09, 1999 at 08:32:57 PT Hey You--FoM--Big Hello...& ... I wonder if all this time in Mississippi did they keep up their crops and cure it. As I recall only eight Americans were using cannabis medically from that farm. How big is the farm and do they put up what they don't use? Maybe they do if Rock wants to purchase some!!!?? Just more food for thought. Gee, can I have fries with that hempburger please?? Shalom...ol#420 [ Post Comment ] Post Comment Name: Optional Password: E-Mail: Subject: Comment: [Please refrain from using profanity in your message] Link URL: Link Title: