Pubdate: Fri, 21 Feb 2014
Source: Delta Optimist (CN BC)
Copyright: 2014 Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc
Contact:  http://www.delta-optimist.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1265
Author: Connor Ganuelas

NO HARM IN FOLKS GROWING THEIR OWN MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Editor:

Re: Medical marijuana isn't welcome in these parts, Feb. 12

This decision is very counter-productive by limiting the amount of 
medicine available to patients who happen to use medical cannabis for 
treating their symptoms.

And prohibiting people from growing their own as well is somewhat Orwellian.

I travel by public transit, and if I were a patient who happened to 
use medical cannabis, I would be annoyed at the fact I have to travel 
all the way into Vancouver to buy my medicine from a dispensary, then 
travel all the way back, and risk getting it stolen from me, not to 
mention possible harassment from the police.

Someone could see me enter a dispensary, wait for me to leave, follow 
me into a secluded area like an empty Canada Line station, jump me 
and steal the medicine that is rightfully mine.

Giving people a licence to grow a few plants in the safety of their 
own home will help a lot.

Having three or six plants does not constitute a grow operation; it 
constitutes someone making their own medicine.

Connor Ganuelas
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