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Pot Store Opens Branch In Montreal 
Posted by FoM on October 01, 1999 at 13:55:22 PT
By Nelson Wyatt
Source: Vancouver Sun
MONTREAL A club selling marijuana for medicinal use opened Friday despite police warnings that they'll enforce Canada's drug laws. Police said they will investigate the Compassion Club but it will be up to a Crown prosecutor to decide if charges are laid.
Organizers wouldn't say if there was pot on the premises or if they had sold any to AIDS sufferers or those with chronic pain or illnesses. A similar club exists in Toronto and Vancouver. Cmdr. Andre Lapointe said police feel compassion for people who need marijuana for health reasons, even though it's illegal. "Our mandate is to apply the law in the most humanitarian way possible," Lapointe said in an interview. Louise-Caroline Bergeron, the club's director, said she regretted the police position but understood it. "They have given me a clear statement of their position, which is that they are not going to be tolerating this in Montreal," Bergeron said. There was no official police presence at a news conference to open the facility. Potential clients must provide a doctor's note, which will be verified to get some marijuana. If there is any doubt about a patient's need or how the marijuana is being used, membership will be revoked. "We're hoping to help people in great pain feel better," Bergeron said. She wouldn't say who will supply the marijuana. Bergeron said it would purer than what's sold on the street but wouldn't be enough to get high. It will be sold below street price, about $10 per gram. Mario Champagne, who injured his back in a construction accident, supports the club. He didn't like the side effects of some of his medication. "There were days I wasn't even there," Champagne said. "I was always buzzed." Many Canadians with health problems have been asking for the legal right to use marijuana ever since James Wakeford, a Toronto man with AIDS, won an exemption from the law to use and grow marijuana. Pubdate: October 1, 1999 Montreal Store To Test Open Sale of Medicinal Pot - 9/29/99http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread3072.shtml
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