Pubdate: Tue, 15 Jan 2013
Source: Peace Arch News (CN BC)
Copyright: 2013 Pat Petrala
Contact:  http://www.peacearchnews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1333
Author: Pat Petrala

PATIENTS NEED PROGRESSIVE VIEW

Editor:

Re: A few bad seeds hurt patient, Jan. 8 editorial.

I do appreciate the clear-thinking editorial remarks on cannabis.
Thanks for the hotlinks on the Black Press web pages to learning and
for stimulating the dialogue.

Surely we can negotiate a modern model that allows people dignified,
safe access at an affordable cost to this medicine in various forms -
eaten, drops, vaporized and usually last recourse is
inhaling/smoking.

People should be able to grow the correct species that works for them,
in moderation, and/or have cannabis medicine covered by MSP, just as
chemical pharmaceuticals are.

Medical uses of cannabis need to be distinct from the popular
recreational culture of Hollywood movies that the media and
reactionaries spin.

We can not allow undue suffering and punitive expense for those
suffering with cancer and other illnesses.

The federal off-load entanglements with profit-making exploitation is
not in the best interests of Canadians.

Pat Petrala,

White Rock
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