I can make a TON of remarks on who posted this but will leave it waaaaaay
alone. ;)
There's another article around here somewhere about them growing a ton of
it in a mine shaft. Cool tech.
At 10:56 AM 7/31/01, you wrote:
>^_^
>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' ...
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>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*
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>-Gel
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