Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
Iqaluit's medicinal cannabis advocate Ed deVries served notice to city council this week that he has applied for a licence to run a business selling pot in the city.
Not just any pot, he told council during an appearance at its Tuesday meeting, but "healthy cannabis medicine."
"I'm a healer, not a dealer," he said.
DeVries said he could provide marijuana to his many "sick" customers illicitly - and he's already served jail-time for selling pot - but he wants to act openly and above board, and he appealed to council to help him do it.
"I believe we have a constitutional right to use cannabis as a medicine," he told council.
He extolled weed as a cure-all, including for conditions like epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and for pain control for end-stage cancer and AIDS.
DeVries described himself as a reformed alcoholic, who switched from booze to pot 17 years ago, and has never looked back.
He took more Nunavut votes than the Green Party candidate in the 2004 federal election when he ran on the Marijuana Party ticket.
Although mayor Elisapee Sheutiapik told council they would have to decide on the matter of the licence when it came back before them, they had no questions for deVries.
Iqaluit is the territorial capital and the largest community of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Iqaluit is located on the south coast of Baffin Island at the head of Frobisher Bay.
News Hawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: Nunatsiaq News (CN NU)
Copyright: 2009 Nortext Publishing Corporation
Contact: editor@nunatsiaq.com
Website: Nunatsiaq News 2009-03-27
Not just any pot, he told council during an appearance at its Tuesday meeting, but "healthy cannabis medicine."
"I'm a healer, not a dealer," he said.
DeVries said he could provide marijuana to his many "sick" customers illicitly - and he's already served jail-time for selling pot - but he wants to act openly and above board, and he appealed to council to help him do it.
"I believe we have a constitutional right to use cannabis as a medicine," he told council.
He extolled weed as a cure-all, including for conditions like epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and for pain control for end-stage cancer and AIDS.
DeVries described himself as a reformed alcoholic, who switched from booze to pot 17 years ago, and has never looked back.
He took more Nunavut votes than the Green Party candidate in the 2004 federal election when he ran on the Marijuana Party ticket.
Although mayor Elisapee Sheutiapik told council they would have to decide on the matter of the licence when it came back before them, they had no questions for deVries.
Iqaluit is the territorial capital and the largest community of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Iqaluit is located on the south coast of Baffin Island at the head of Frobisher Bay.
News Hawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: Nunatsiaq News (CN NU)
Copyright: 2009 Nortext Publishing Corporation
Contact: editor@nunatsiaq.com
Website: Nunatsiaq News 2009-03-27
