cannabisnews.com: Weed Permits Growing Weed Permits Growing Posted by CN Staff on August 03, 2002 at 12:32:12 PT By Michael Wood -- Calgary Sun Source: Calgary Sun More sick and terminally-ill Canadians are blowing off traditional treatments, instead growing their own government-sanctioned medicine through new marijuana laws. Since July 30, 2001, when Health Canada introduced new access regulations allowing ailing Canadians to smoke dope, 315 new patients have been granted authorization. That's almost one permit issued per day. "The numbers keep going up every month," said Health Canada spokesman Andrew Swift. In June, 15 Canadians were granted permits to smoke weed, while 44 new patients signed on in May. Prior to the new laws, Canadians had to apply for exemption from criminal prosecution under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Some 472 people still remain permitted to toke under those laws, bringing the total number of permitted pot users to 786. Of those, 208 are plying their own weed-green thumbs with personal production licences. Swift credited the new regulations for allowing more Canadians faster access to medicinal marijuana than was possible under the old regime. "It's a system that's working very well," Swift said. Meanwhile, Prairie Plant Systems, the Saskatchewan-based outfit growing marijuana crops for federal research, is cultivating several strains of weed. What is cultivated from those will be shipped to scientists hunting for the best suitable strain for public consumption, but Swift said that could still take months. Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)Author: Peter SmithPublished: August 3, 2002 Copyright: 2002 The Calgary SunContact: callet sunpub.comWebsite: http://www.fyicalgary.com/calsun.shtmlRelated Articles & Web Site:Canadian Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/can.htmMedical Marijuana Big Expense To Needyhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread10710.shtmlCanada Legalizes Marijuana For Medicinal Purposeshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread10468.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #2 posted by E_Johnson on August 03, 2002 at 13:12:20 PT Yeah those potency tests take a loooong time What is cultivated from those will be shipped to scientists hunting for the best suitable strain for public consumption, but Swift said that could still take months. They must be testing it for couchlock. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by Dan B on August 03, 2002 at 13:05:48 PT: Cannabis Relieves Asthma The following link is to an article reporting that asthma inhalers are believed to cause asthma deaths. Check it out if you would like.http://www.iwon.com/home/health/health_article/0,11720,508399|08-03-2002::06:00,00.htmlSeems so sad to me that while people are given medication that kills them slowly (and sometimes quickly, as was sadly the case for Krissy Taylor, the 17 year old sister of supermodel Nikki Taylor), it is downright evil to deny them the far safer alternative of taking a puff or two of cannabis from a vaporizer. Pharmaceuticals companies are literally making a killing off the drug war, and the government lets them get away with it--all in the name of protecting children.Sick.Dan B Inhalers Cause Asthma Deaths [ Post Comment ] Post Comment