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Selling Pot at Pharmacies Considered
Posted by CN Staff on February 19, 2004 at 14:50:56 PT
By Simon Doyle, CanWest News Service 
Source: Calgary Herald 
Medicinal marijuana may soon be available in pharmacies, according to proposals being examined by a variety of special interest groups in consultation with Health Canada.Officials from Health Canada on Wednesday met with pharmacists, medical experts, police and medicinal pot users behind closed doors to discuss access to medicinal marijuana.
"If you wanted the biggest patient concern, it's to be able to get a safe, affordable supply of medicinal marijuana. That's what we need," said Greg Robinson, who uses marijuana because it alleviates his HIV/AIDS symptoms -- nausea and lack of appetite.Ray Joubert, of the Saskatchewan College of Pharmacies, said that there was a lot of support for bringing marijuana into local pharmacies. "I think there's growing interest. There seems to be growing support as well."Richard Viau, an official with Health Canada's controlled-substances program, said Wednesday the department has wrapped up a series of consultations on the issue. The findings from those meetings will be examined and a series of recommendations will be published later this year.He expects the proposals to land in cabinet for final approval by the end of this summer. SnippedComplete Article: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/potpharm.htmSource: Calgary Herald (CN AB)Author: Simon Doyle, CanWest News Service Published: Thursday, February 19, 2004Copyright: 2004 Calgary HeraldContact: letters theherald.canwest.comWebsite: http://www.calgaryherald.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:Canadians for Safe Accesshttp://www.safeaccess.ca/Cannabis News Canadian Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/can.htmHealth Canada's Reefer Madnesshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17376.shtmlHealth Canada Medical Marijuana Could Be Betterhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17348.shtmlGovernment Cannabis Unfit for Humanshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17321.shtml
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on February 19, 2004 at 14:53:43 PT
A Mistake
I meant to post this article on the front page and I made a mistake. Here it is though.
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