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The chief of Ottawa's medical marijuana program has been putting the brakes
on a Health Canada proposal that would give needy patients direct access to government dope. A newly released document shows that Cindy Cripps-Prawak has been fighting a proposed policy shift that would deliver government-certified marijuana to the chronically ill. In notes to the draft policy statement, Cripps-Prawak says the shift would create a bad precedent by undermining Canada's drug-approval process, which requires clinical proof before drugs can be made available to the public. "This option does not support Health Canada responsibility with respect to the safety and well-being of Canadians," she wrote on June 5. She warns that Health Canada would be in a conflict of interest since it would be both the regulator and the distributor of a drug. Currently, Health Canada will provide its standardized marijuana only to accredited researchers, who would then dispense it to select patients. Pubdate: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 Source: Toronto Star (CN ON) Copyright: 2003 The Toronto Star Contact: lettertoed@thestar.com Website: http://www.thestar.com/ |
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