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Ottawa - Touted by some as the worst weed on the market, marijuana sold by the government of Canada has been rejected by nearly 30 per cent of people who received it for relief from illness. Documents obtained by CanWest News Service indicate while 93 medical marijuana users received pouches of the dried herb between August 2003 and the end of March 2004, 29 of them sent them back. Nineteen patients even refused to pay the $150 price tag per sack.
Now, the Office of Cannabis Medical Access can't seem to get the sticky green off their hands. Of the 1,788 kilograms harvested for the government since 2000, around 28 kg have been sent to patients for consumption. While some marijuana was used for research, 1,127 kg remained in storage last December, according to records released under the Access to Information Act.
Lawyers for the Saskatoon manufacturer Prairie Plant Systems Inc. disputed an advocacy group's claims that federal marijuana was low in potency and high in heavy metals. Despite the $5.7-million grow operation's location at the bottom of an abandoned zinc and copper mine in Flin Flon, Man., the clinical-grade marijuana undergoes stringent testing, say company officials.
The hype seems to have damaged the crop's reputation.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB)
Copyright: 2005 Winnipeg Free Press
Contact: letters@freepress.mb.ca
Website: Winnipeg Free Press – Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
Now, the Office of Cannabis Medical Access can't seem to get the sticky green off their hands. Of the 1,788 kilograms harvested for the government since 2000, around 28 kg have been sent to patients for consumption. While some marijuana was used for research, 1,127 kg remained in storage last December, according to records released under the Access to Information Act.
Lawyers for the Saskatoon manufacturer Prairie Plant Systems Inc. disputed an advocacy group's claims that federal marijuana was low in potency and high in heavy metals. Despite the $5.7-million grow operation's location at the bottom of an abandoned zinc and copper mine in Flin Flon, Man., the clinical-grade marijuana undergoes stringent testing, say company officials.
The hype seems to have damaged the crop's reputation.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB)
Copyright: 2005 Winnipeg Free Press
Contact: letters@freepress.mb.ca
Website: Winnipeg Free Press – Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
