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OTTAWA -- Starting tomorrow, Canadians can legally get high on
pot for medicinal purposes, but first Health Canada wants to see a
doctor's note.
Health Minister Allan Rock's move to make the use of marijuana
OK for AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and severe arthritis
suffers means pot can be grown out in the open by licensed cultivators
with clean records -- and set amounts can be possessed and inhaled by
those who have their doctor's permission.
That will add a yet undetermined number of pot smokers to the
already 210-or-so Canadians who have Rock's special permission to use
marijuana without fear of arrest.
The Canadian Medical Association has raised strong objections to
the new regulations, which they say ignore normal protocols of
rigorous pre-market testing, putting patients and physicians in a
precarious position.
The Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine, representing doctors
specializing in addiction treatment, argues "there is more risk than
benefit" and wants more research.
Canada is the first country to adopt a system using marijuana as
medicine, after an Ontario judge ordered the government to clarify its
rules within one year.
The regulations are a result of that order.
Newshawk: creator@mapinc.org
Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)
Website: Canoe.Com
Address: 2615 12 Street N.E., Calgary, Alberta T2E 7W9
Email: callet@sunpub.com
Forum: Canoe.Com
Copyright: 2001 The Calgary Sun
Fax: (403) 250-4180
Pubdate: July 29, 2001
Author: Stephanie Rubec
pot for medicinal purposes, but first Health Canada wants to see a
doctor's note.
Health Minister Allan Rock's move to make the use of marijuana
OK for AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and severe arthritis
suffers means pot can be grown out in the open by licensed cultivators
with clean records -- and set amounts can be possessed and inhaled by
those who have their doctor's permission.
That will add a yet undetermined number of pot smokers to the
already 210-or-so Canadians who have Rock's special permission to use
marijuana without fear of arrest.
The Canadian Medical Association has raised strong objections to
the new regulations, which they say ignore normal protocols of
rigorous pre-market testing, putting patients and physicians in a
precarious position.
The Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine, representing doctors
specializing in addiction treatment, argues "there is more risk than
benefit" and wants more research.
Canada is the first country to adopt a system using marijuana as
medicine, after an Ontario judge ordered the government to clarify its
rules within one year.
The regulations are a result of that order.
Newshawk: creator@mapinc.org
Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)
Website: Canoe.Com
Address: 2615 12 Street N.E., Calgary, Alberta T2E 7W9
Email: callet@sunpub.com
Forum: Canoe.Com
Copyright: 2001 The Calgary Sun
Fax: (403) 250-4180
Pubdate: July 29, 2001
Author: Stephanie Rubec