^_^
Things just get better and better!
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Canada lets terminally ill grow, smoke marijuana
July 30, 2001 Posted: 3:49 PM EDT (1949 GMT)
Terminally ill patients in Canada can now legally 'grow their own' ...
OTTAWA, Canada (Reuters) -- Canada became the first country in the world on Monday to
allow terminally ill patients to grow
and smoke their own marijuana, overriding protests from doctors who said the decision
could put them in an awkward situation.
Until now, anyone in Canada wanting to smoke pot to alleviate pain had to apply to
Health Minister Allan Rock for special
permission. Some 300 have already done so. But from Monday, anyone with a terminal
illness expected to live less than a year
will be allowed access to marijuana on the production of a doctor's certificate.
Others able to benefit will include those
suffering serious pain from conditions like multiple sclerosis, cancer, AIDS and
epilepsy as well as severe forms of
arthritis and spinal cord problems. "This compassionate measure will improve the
quality of life of sick Canadians,
particularly those who are terminally ill," Rock said in a statement.
"Justice Minister Anne McLellan says she is open to debate on the issue while former
prime minister Joe Clark, who leads the
minority Conservative party, said in May he supported moves toward decriminalization
of the drug. Cannabis is widely used
recreationally in Canada and Robin Ellins, owner of a cannabis shop in Toronto, called
on the government to rethink its
approach to what he said was a nontoxic and nonaddictive substance. "I don't think
there should be any issue whatsoever
around this plant any more. We should be decriminalizing outright it for all Canadians
who want access to this," he told CBC
television. "
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PLOY! PLOY! :)
*snicker*
*bobs head to reggae beat*
-Gel
>:-)
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