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Ottawa's Marijuana May Go To Pot
Posted by CN Staff on July 25, 2003 at 18:53:57 PT
By Glenda Luymes, Progress 
Source: Chilliwack Progress 
Two weeks after Health Canada announced it would sell marijuana and seeds to doctor-approved medical users, only 16 of the country's 582 potential buyers have submitted applications for the product, ministry representative Jirina Vlk said yesterday. In Chilliwack, the numbers are similar. According to Shannon Carlisle, director at Chilliwack's Holy Smoke Healing Centre, only a handful of local licensed users have applied for the government's stash. She said that although there may be applicants she doesn't know about, the statistic isn't surprising. 
"People view applying as a risk," she explained. Medical marijuana users must send their authorization to grow plants back to the government in exchange for Ottawa's crop. "That's all right, but no one knows what kind of marijuana they'll be getting," she said. "If you send in your growing licence and then find out that it's not good quality, you're in trouble." In addition, Ms. Carlisle said the government is only selling one strain of marijuana. "Unfortunately, some people develop an immunity to a certain strain and require a different one. The strain of marijuana they use is specialized to their condition," she said. The government's sales would be better if it offered prospective clients a sample of its product, she added. Nevertheless, she said Holy Smoke Healing Centre is very happy the government is selling the drug. On July 9, an application for medical marijuana was posted on Health Canada's website. The form, part of an interim policy, came in response to an Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision that said the government had to provide a legal source and supply of the drug for seriously ill people. Although the decision has since been appealed, the court-assigned deadline for having marijuana available arrived before the appeal date. The appeal hearing is scheduled for this Tuesday, July 29. Health Canada's Guidelines: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/ocma/pdf/marihuana.pdfSource: Chilliwack Progress (CN BC)Author: Glenda Luymes, Progress Published: July 25, 2003Copyright: 2003 The Chilliwack ProgressContact: editor theprogress.comWebsite: http://www.theprogress.com/Related Article & Web Site:Holy Smoke Healing Centrehttp://www.holysmokesociety.com/Pot Club Offers Compassionhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13655.shtml
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