Pubdate: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 Source: Globe and Mail (Canada) Page: A14 Copyright: 2002, The Globe and Mail Company Contact: http://www.globeandmail.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n1542/a07.html Author: George A. James Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmjcn.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal - Canada) WHAT ARE THEY SMOKING? So, the federal government won't make available 250 kilograms of cannabis to seriously ill people until it has conducted clinical trials (Ottawa Shelves Medicinal Pot -- Aug. 20). But wouldn't that amount to, properly monitored, a clinical trial? If using cannabis impairs cognition, the federal government must be into its own supply. GEORGE A. JAMES, Port Hope, Ont. - --- MAP posted-by: Jackl