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Well my great country of Canada are taking the steps in the right direction. Many in Canada know by now what Alan Rock has done. But others outside of Canada might not of heard.
Canada has made pot legal to those with illnesses. I will post two articles about it and where and how it will be grown:
www.ctvnews.com
Canada opens up to medical marijuana
Mon. Jul. 30 2001 6:49 PM
Canada has become the first country in the world to allow severely ill patients to apply to the federal government for permission to grow and use marijuana for medical purposes. But some seriously ill Canadians say the law is still too restrictive.
Starting this week, terminally ill patients can apply to Health Canada, with the written approval of their doctor, to grow and use the drug to relieve pain and nausea, stimulate appetite, and relieve muscle spasms.
But others who want to smoke pot to reduce pain for multiple sclerosis, cancer, AIDS and epilepsy must first see a specialist.
?Perhaps this regulation is a little restrictive in that sense because they're trying to restrict who can actually recommend medical marijuana to their patients? Even though I see the bulk of the patients who would have the most benefit, I may not have the ability to prescribe it,? said Dr. Gordon Arbess, a family doctor in Toronto.
Until now, severely ill patients could only apply for exemptions from the law which makes it a criminal offence to grow and use marijuana. To date, 292 people have been granted that permission.
Under the new law, applicants can use marijuana if they have have:
-- symptoms associated with terminal illnesses, with a prognosis of death within a year;
-- severe symptoms from specific medical conditions, such as AIDS, cancer, or multiple sclerosis, that can't be treated with other drugs to alleviate their pain
-- other medical conditions in which conventional treatments have not worked.
But some doctors worry about being flooded with applications from patients. And the Alberta Medical Association has told its members to "think twice" about filling out forms for patients.
The Canadian Medical Association objects to the new regulations, saying they ignore normal protocols of pre-market testing that could put patients and physicians at risk.
Health Canada says it shares doctors' concerns and plans to release a manual for physicians, and will closely monitor the implementation of the legislation.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Allan Rock will tour Canada's first legal marijuana growing facility, located down a deep mine shaft beneath a northern Manitoba lake, later this week.
Rock approved the initiative called the Cannabis Medical Access Project, as a way to grow marijuana to treat terminally-ill patients. Health Canada is expected to harvest 185 kilograms of pot in its inaugural batch.
The cultivation site, however, is sealed under tight security. Health Canada officials say the growing facility is larger than three football fields, yet it's located inside an abandoned mine shaft, beneath a lake near Flin Flon, Manitoba.
Visitors must sport special clothing and pass a number of security checkpoints before taking the 25-minute ride down to the base of the mine shaft below Trout Lake.
The federal security level applied to the facility is seven - three higher than the federal lab in Winnipeg that handles lethal diseases, such as Ebola.
Steven Wishnia, editor of the United States-based High Times Magazine, laughed at the security and paranoia surrounding the passive drug crop.
"That is absolutely absurd," he said in an interview from New York City. "If you smoke pot, your blood vessels aren't going to burst (a symptom of Ebola). You are not going to bleed to death internally."
Other people in the community, located 600 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, are trying to cash in on the crop. Chris Pilz, owner of the Zig Zag Zone novelty shop, wants to make sure Flin Flon is known for much more than the birthplace of NHL great Bob Clark, trout fishing and mosquitoes.
He has already sold more than 6,000 T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan Flin Flon - Marijuana Growing Capital of Canada.
"Business is booming," he said. "We are very happy."
And this:
Rock impressed by Manitoba pot-growing facility
Thu. Aug. 2 2001 11:17 AM
Health Minister Allan Rock donned reflective coveralls and a miner's helmet as he toured a high-security underground marijuana-growing facility in northern Manitoba Thursday morning.
The facility, located at the bottom of a deep copper mine shaft beneath a northern Manitoba lake, is Canada's first legal marijuana-growing facility and part of a $5.7-million initiative called the Cannabis Medical Access Project.
Rock walked around the brightly-lit facility and said he was very pleased by the health of the cannabis plants growing under florescent lights, 360 metres below the earth's surface.
"It's an incredible experience to see this operation," Rock said as he watched staff tending the plants. "It's obvious that we have good growth. I'm quite impressed."
Growing and smoking pot for medicinal purposes became legal in Canada on Monday. Terminally ill patients can apply to Health Canada, with the written approval of their doctor, to grow and use the drug to relieve pain and nausea, stimulate appetite, and relieve muscle spasms. Others who want to smoke pot to reduce pain for multiple sclerosis, cancer, AIDS and epilepsy must first see a specialist.
Prairie Plant Systems Inc. (PPS) of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan will cultivate and produce the marijuana on behalf of the federal government at the Flin Flon site, 600 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg. PPS is expected to harvest 185 kilograms of pot in its inaugural batch at the mine and will deliver the first product to Health Canada by January 2002.
The cultivation site is sealed under tight security. Visitors must sport special clothing and pass a number of security checkpoints before taking the 25-minute ride down to the base of the mine shaft below Trout Lake.
The federal security level applied to the facility is higher than the federal lab in Winnipeg that handles lethal diseases, such as Ebola.
Steven Wishnia, editor of the United States-based High Times Magazine, laughed at the security and paranoia surrounding the passive drug crop earlier this week.
"That is absolutely absurd," he said in an interview from New York City. "If you smoke pot, your blood vessels aren't going to burst (a symptom of Ebola). You are not going to bleed to death internally."
So your opinions?
You all know mine...
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Running to Stand Still-"you gotta cry without weeping, talk without speaking, scream without raising your voice."
"we're not burning out we're burning up...we're the loudest folk band in the world!"-Bono
Canada has made pot legal to those with illnesses. I will post two articles about it and where and how it will be grown:
www.ctvnews.com
Canada opens up to medical marijuana
Mon. Jul. 30 2001 6:49 PM
Canada has become the first country in the world to allow severely ill patients to apply to the federal government for permission to grow and use marijuana for medical purposes. But some seriously ill Canadians say the law is still too restrictive.
Starting this week, terminally ill patients can apply to Health Canada, with the written approval of their doctor, to grow and use the drug to relieve pain and nausea, stimulate appetite, and relieve muscle spasms.
But others who want to smoke pot to reduce pain for multiple sclerosis, cancer, AIDS and epilepsy must first see a specialist.
?Perhaps this regulation is a little restrictive in that sense because they're trying to restrict who can actually recommend medical marijuana to their patients? Even though I see the bulk of the patients who would have the most benefit, I may not have the ability to prescribe it,? said Dr. Gordon Arbess, a family doctor in Toronto.
Until now, severely ill patients could only apply for exemptions from the law which makes it a criminal offence to grow and use marijuana. To date, 292 people have been granted that permission.
Under the new law, applicants can use marijuana if they have have:
-- symptoms associated with terminal illnesses, with a prognosis of death within a year;
-- severe symptoms from specific medical conditions, such as AIDS, cancer, or multiple sclerosis, that can't be treated with other drugs to alleviate their pain
-- other medical conditions in which conventional treatments have not worked.
But some doctors worry about being flooded with applications from patients. And the Alberta Medical Association has told its members to "think twice" about filling out forms for patients.
The Canadian Medical Association objects to the new regulations, saying they ignore normal protocols of pre-market testing that could put patients and physicians at risk.
Health Canada says it shares doctors' concerns and plans to release a manual for physicians, and will closely monitor the implementation of the legislation.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Allan Rock will tour Canada's first legal marijuana growing facility, located down a deep mine shaft beneath a northern Manitoba lake, later this week.
Rock approved the initiative called the Cannabis Medical Access Project, as a way to grow marijuana to treat terminally-ill patients. Health Canada is expected to harvest 185 kilograms of pot in its inaugural batch.
The cultivation site, however, is sealed under tight security. Health Canada officials say the growing facility is larger than three football fields, yet it's located inside an abandoned mine shaft, beneath a lake near Flin Flon, Manitoba.
Visitors must sport special clothing and pass a number of security checkpoints before taking the 25-minute ride down to the base of the mine shaft below Trout Lake.
The federal security level applied to the facility is seven - three higher than the federal lab in Winnipeg that handles lethal diseases, such as Ebola.
Steven Wishnia, editor of the United States-based High Times Magazine, laughed at the security and paranoia surrounding the passive drug crop.
"That is absolutely absurd," he said in an interview from New York City. "If you smoke pot, your blood vessels aren't going to burst (a symptom of Ebola). You are not going to bleed to death internally."
Other people in the community, located 600 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, are trying to cash in on the crop. Chris Pilz, owner of the Zig Zag Zone novelty shop, wants to make sure Flin Flon is known for much more than the birthplace of NHL great Bob Clark, trout fishing and mosquitoes.
He has already sold more than 6,000 T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan Flin Flon - Marijuana Growing Capital of Canada.
"Business is booming," he said. "We are very happy."
And this:
Rock impressed by Manitoba pot-growing facility
Thu. Aug. 2 2001 11:17 AM
Health Minister Allan Rock donned reflective coveralls and a miner's helmet as he toured a high-security underground marijuana-growing facility in northern Manitoba Thursday morning.
The facility, located at the bottom of a deep copper mine shaft beneath a northern Manitoba lake, is Canada's first legal marijuana-growing facility and part of a $5.7-million initiative called the Cannabis Medical Access Project.
Rock walked around the brightly-lit facility and said he was very pleased by the health of the cannabis plants growing under florescent lights, 360 metres below the earth's surface.
"It's an incredible experience to see this operation," Rock said as he watched staff tending the plants. "It's obvious that we have good growth. I'm quite impressed."
Growing and smoking pot for medicinal purposes became legal in Canada on Monday. Terminally ill patients can apply to Health Canada, with the written approval of their doctor, to grow and use the drug to relieve pain and nausea, stimulate appetite, and relieve muscle spasms. Others who want to smoke pot to reduce pain for multiple sclerosis, cancer, AIDS and epilepsy must first see a specialist.
Prairie Plant Systems Inc. (PPS) of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan will cultivate and produce the marijuana on behalf of the federal government at the Flin Flon site, 600 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg. PPS is expected to harvest 185 kilograms of pot in its inaugural batch at the mine and will deliver the first product to Health Canada by January 2002.
The cultivation site is sealed under tight security. Visitors must sport special clothing and pass a number of security checkpoints before taking the 25-minute ride down to the base of the mine shaft below Trout Lake.
The federal security level applied to the facility is higher than the federal lab in Winnipeg that handles lethal diseases, such as Ebola.
Steven Wishnia, editor of the United States-based High Times Magazine, laughed at the security and paranoia surrounding the passive drug crop earlier this week.
"That is absolutely absurd," he said in an interview from New York City. "If you smoke pot, your blood vessels aren't going to burst (a symptom of Ebola). You are not going to bleed to death internally."
So your opinions?
You all know mine...
------------------
Running to Stand Still-"you gotta cry without weeping, talk without speaking, scream without raising your voice."
"we're not burning out we're burning up...we're the loudest folk band in the world!"-Bono
