Pubdate: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 Source: Kamloops Daily News (CN BC) Copyright: 2001 Kamloops Daily News Contact: http://www.southam.com/kamloopsdailynews/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/679 Author: Julian Gushulak Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmjcn.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal - Canada) MARIJUANA BENEFITS Editor: It was with great sadness I read Kamloops RCMP Sgt. Randy Brown has proclaimed when the compassion club opens in Kamloops, police will shut it down. Obviously, he has nothing better to do than to squander taxpayers' money persecuting the sick, the dying and those living in constant pain. The federal government has already acknowledged a need for this product, but has yet to figure out how to get it and distribute it. Sure, the feds have started to grow marijuana in the underground mines in Flin Flon Manitoba, but they are moving at the speed of a turtle. The marijuana they are producing is of a THC content of .5 per cent, about equal to what hemp would be. This would be like taking a glass of water for a broken arm; it just won't work. The government then intends to do another 18 month study on the subject. Marijuana has been studied for more than 40 years. If Ottawa does not have enough data on this subject by now, it never will. There are people that need this product today, not 1 1/2 or two years from now. The BC Marijuana Party, along with it's affiliates, have solutions in place now to distribute this product to those in need. We don't need the government to waste more money on a study to tell us marijuana works, we already know it. We also don't need Sgt. Randy Brown waiting in the lurch to take this harmless medicine away from those who need it now for the betterment of their lives. Sgt. Randy Brown seems to be an expert on organized crime, so maybe he should be concentrating his efforts on this instead of hindering the sick and the needy because he sure isn't an expert when it comes to marijuana. It is now time his narrow-minded way of thinking went the way of the dinosaurs. Heaven forbid someone near and dear to him should get sick because then he may have to arrest them or maybe he would then open his eyes. Julian Gushulak, Kamloops - --- MAP posted-by: Josh Sutcliffe