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A lawyer for Michael Patriquen will appear in a Vancouver court tomorrow to
seek an emergency injunction allowing his client to use marijuana in prison.
Patriquen, a Nova Scotia man in an institution in New Brunswick, has a
Health Canada exemption allowing him to use marijuana to
treat chronic pain. But Correction Services Canada has not allowed the
49-year-old pot activist access to what it considers a contraband drug
since he began serving a six-year sentence for conspiracy to grow and
distribute 4.5 kilograms of marijuana.
Vancouver lawyer John Conroy, a specialist in marijuana and penal law, will
argue Mr. Patriquen's health is deteriorating so rapidly he needs immediate
access.
Mrs. Stephen Patriquen said her husband has dropped from 202 pounds to 149
pounds and has fallen into a "massive state of depression" while his pain
goes untreated.
Conroy will give the judge three options: Health Canada supply the pot, it
be obtained through the Vancouver Compassion Club, or Patriquen get some of
the illicit marijuana that regularly circulates in prison without fear of
punishment. Should he be allowed marijuana, Patriquen won't be puffing
joints in front of other prisoners. "What we want is the cannabis to be put
in baked goods," said Patriquen's wife.
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Page A2
Pubdate: June 1, 2003
Contact provletters@pacpress.southam.ca
Website: Canada.Com
Address: 200 Granville Street, Ste. #1, Vancouver, BC V6C 3N3 Canada
Fax: (604) 605-2323
Copyright: 2003 The Province
seek an emergency injunction allowing his client to use marijuana in prison.
Patriquen, a Nova Scotia man in an institution in New Brunswick, has a
Health Canada exemption allowing him to use marijuana to
treat chronic pain. But Correction Services Canada has not allowed the
49-year-old pot activist access to what it considers a contraband drug
since he began serving a six-year sentence for conspiracy to grow and
distribute 4.5 kilograms of marijuana.
Vancouver lawyer John Conroy, a specialist in marijuana and penal law, will
argue Mr. Patriquen's health is deteriorating so rapidly he needs immediate
access.
Mrs. Stephen Patriquen said her husband has dropped from 202 pounds to 149
pounds and has fallen into a "massive state of depression" while his pain
goes untreated.
Conroy will give the judge three options: Health Canada supply the pot, it
be obtained through the Vancouver Compassion Club, or Patriquen get some of
the illicit marijuana that regularly circulates in prison without fear of
punishment. Should he be allowed marijuana, Patriquen won't be puffing
joints in front of other prisoners. "What we want is the cannabis to be put
in baked goods," said Patriquen's wife.
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Page A2
Pubdate: June 1, 2003
Contact provletters@pacpress.southam.ca
Website: Canada.Com
Address: 200 Granville Street, Ste. #1, Vancouver, BC V6C 3N3 Canada
Fax: (604) 605-2323
Copyright: 2003 The Province