Pubdate: Thursday, July 1, 1999
Source: Toronto Star (Canada)
Copyright: 1999, The Toronto Star
Contact:  http://www.thestar.com/
Page: A15
Author: Lynn Harichy

USING POT AS MEDICINE MEANS BEING A HERMIT

The conditional okay for the medical use of marijuana (clinical trials
for those who apply and receive permission to use it) is great news
for people who need it to ease their suffering.  But as long as people
are being charged for using this medical herb, nothing has changed at
all.

We do not have to look far for a clean, safe supply of this herb.  We
have experienced growers right here in most Canadian cities.  Our
federal government needs to go much further than it already has.

I know it must think about its move, however, I do not have the luxury
of telling my illness to go away until the government has figured it
out.

If I want to put my illness on hold, I must use this herb.  Using this
herb puts my life on hold, causing me to be a hermit to hide my use.

Lynn Harichy, 
London, Ontario
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