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Brownies Anyone?
Posted by CN Staff on July 22, 2003 at 07:13:06 PT
By Matthew M. Elrod
Source: Globe and Mail 
Victoria -- That Health Canada neglected to suggest alternatives forms of ingestion to smoking in their new cannabis manual is inexcusable (Health Canada Readies Release Of Dope Manual -- July 21).The B.C. Compassion Club Society and the Vancouver Island Compassion Society gave a joint (no pun intended) presentation to Health Canada's advisory committee last May. Club representatives explained the pros and cons of baked goods and tinctures and demonstrated the use of a vaporizer, a smokeless inhalation device. 
That medical associations claim ignorance is equally inexcusable. The research dossier on cannabis is more robust than that of many long-used drugs, including aspirin, acetaminophen, digitalis, codeine, morphine, penicillin, thyroxine, and vitamin B12. Cannabis has been safely used around the world for millennia. Cultures have cooked with it for generations. A pill containing the most active ingredient, THC, has been legally prescribed for more than a decade.Teens consistently report that cannabis is easier to obtain than beer. The Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission recently reported that high-school seniors are almost twice as likely to try cannabis as cigarettes. Surely doctors should already be familiar with the side effects, contra-indications and drug interactions, regardless of Health Canada's court-ordered effort to facilitate medicinal use.Note: Matt M. Elrod is the Webmaster for: http://www.mapinc.org/ -- http://www.drugsense.org/ -- http://www.cannabisnews.com/ Newshawk: afterburnerSource: Globe and Mail (Canada)Author: Matthew M. ElrodPublished: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - Page A14 Copyright: 2003 The Globe and Mail CompanyContact: letters globeandmail.caWebsite: http://www.globeandmail.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:VICShttp://www.thevics.com/B.C. Compassion Clubhttp://www.thecompassionclub.org/Ottawa Instructs Medical Pot Users http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16909.shtmlHealth Canada Set To Release Users' Manual http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16908.shtmlCompassion Centre Poised To Raise Visibilityhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16861.shtml
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