Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
TORONTO -- It's a marijuana "monopoly" that deserves to go up in smoke, activists say.
Lawyers representing a group of 30 medicinal marijuana users will be in court Monday to fight the federal government's bid to keep control of large-scale medicinal marijuana distribution in Canada.
Activists say the government-issued pot is weak.
They say Health Canada's regulation that forbids licensed pot growers from providing weed to more than one sick person at a time is unfair and arbitrary.
Currently, government-issue pot is only grown by one company, Prairie Plant Systems in Manitoba. Any licensed medicinal marijuana user who doesn't have an exclusive grower that provides pot to them -- and them only -- is restricted to smoking the government bud. The group of 30 patients wanted to all get their medicinal weed from a small-scale provider called Carousel, so they took their battle to the courts.
Justice Department lawyers will argue the government's appeal of a decision early this January by Federal Court Justice Barry Strayer, who ruled against the federal policy.
News Hawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: Winnipeg Sun
Copyright: 2008 Canoe Inc
Contact: winnipegsun.com
Website: winnipegsun.com - Canada News - Fed pot policy panned
Lawyers representing a group of 30 medicinal marijuana users will be in court Monday to fight the federal government's bid to keep control of large-scale medicinal marijuana distribution in Canada.
Activists say the government-issued pot is weak.
They say Health Canada's regulation that forbids licensed pot growers from providing weed to more than one sick person at a time is unfair and arbitrary.
Currently, government-issue pot is only grown by one company, Prairie Plant Systems in Manitoba. Any licensed medicinal marijuana user who doesn't have an exclusive grower that provides pot to them -- and them only -- is restricted to smoking the government bud. The group of 30 patients wanted to all get their medicinal weed from a small-scale provider called Carousel, so they took their battle to the courts.
Justice Department lawyers will argue the government's appeal of a decision early this January by Federal Court Justice Barry Strayer, who ruled against the federal policy.
News Hawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: Winnipeg Sun
Copyright: 2008 Canoe Inc
Contact: winnipegsun.com
Website: winnipegsun.com - Canada News - Fed pot policy panned
