07-09-2003, 06:00 PM
Now I've just gotta get my hands on one of those "medical certificates"!
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BREAKING NEWS
POSTED AT 11:18 AM EDT Wednesday, Jul. 9, 2003
Ottawa set to sell its medical marijuana
By OLIVER MOORE
Globe and Mail Update
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The federal government is going to share its stash of marijuana, selling the drug to hundreds of critically ill Canadians at bargain prices.
A Health Canada spokeswoman said Wednesday that more than 1,650 baggies of the drug have been packaged and are ready to ship as soon as the applications have been approved. The application form has been posted on-line at the Health Canada Web site; people who fill it out properly could have the drug in their possession in as little as a week.
"It's splendid product, with approximate THC content of 10 per cent," said the spokeswoman, Cindy Cripps-Prawax.
But the flow could be stopped before the end of the summer. Ottawa has appealed an Ontario Superior Court ruling that medical-marijuana access regulations are unconstitutional. That appeal is expected to come to court by the end of July.
"Any decision that's rendered ... will be reviewed in its fullness, and a decision will be made at that time," Ms. Cripps-Prawax said, refusing to speculate further.
In the meantime, Health Canada has revealed a plan — which Ms. Cripps-Prawax stressed repeatedly is only an interim measure — to sell dried marijuana and seeds to licensed users, with their doctors acting as a go-between.
Dried marijuana has been set at only $5 a gram, between one-half and one-fifth the price it usually sells for on the street. The price for a package of seeds has been set at $20.
The drug — which will come from an underground facility at a Flin Flon, Man., mine — has been priced to cover the cost of production and distribution, Ms. Cripps-Prawax told a conference call.
She told reporters that seeds will be sold to people who have obtained a medical certificate and have the ability and means to grow the plant. People who are unable to grow a crop, cannot designate someone to do it on their behalf or are not eligible to cultivate it will instead be able to buy the dried product.
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/stor.../National/
BREAKING NEWS
POSTED AT 11:18 AM EDT Wednesday, Jul. 9, 2003
Ottawa set to sell its medical marijuana
By OLIVER MOORE
Globe and Mail Update
E-mail this Article
Print this Article
Advertisement
Related Links
Medical access application forms
The federal government is going to share its stash of marijuana, selling the drug to hundreds of critically ill Canadians at bargain prices.
A Health Canada spokeswoman said Wednesday that more than 1,650 baggies of the drug have been packaged and are ready to ship as soon as the applications have been approved. The application form has been posted on-line at the Health Canada Web site; people who fill it out properly could have the drug in their possession in as little as a week.
"It's splendid product, with approximate THC content of 10 per cent," said the spokeswoman, Cindy Cripps-Prawax.
But the flow could be stopped before the end of the summer. Ottawa has appealed an Ontario Superior Court ruling that medical-marijuana access regulations are unconstitutional. That appeal is expected to come to court by the end of July.
"Any decision that's rendered ... will be reviewed in its fullness, and a decision will be made at that time," Ms. Cripps-Prawax said, refusing to speculate further.
In the meantime, Health Canada has revealed a plan — which Ms. Cripps-Prawax stressed repeatedly is only an interim measure — to sell dried marijuana and seeds to licensed users, with their doctors acting as a go-between.
Dried marijuana has been set at only $5 a gram, between one-half and one-fifth the price it usually sells for on the street. The price for a package of seeds has been set at $20.
The drug — which will come from an underground facility at a Flin Flon, Man., mine — has been priced to cover the cost of production and distribution, Ms. Cripps-Prawax told a conference call.
She told reporters that seeds will be sold to people who have obtained a medical certificate and have the ability and means to grow the plant. People who are unable to grow a crop, cannot designate someone to do it on their behalf or are not eligible to cultivate it will instead be able to buy the dried product.
