Pubdate: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 Source: Ogdensburg Journal/Advance News (NY) Copyright: 2003 Johnson Newspaper Corp. Address: P.O. box 409 Ogdensburg NY 13669 Website: http://www.ogd.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/689 Author: Associated Press Note: Accepts LTEs by mail only! Must be signed w/phone# Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmjcn.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal - Canada) CANADA'S POT OTTAWA -- Health Canada says it will provide medical marijuana to authorized patients on a long-term basis, but patients aren't cheering. Instead, they're upset that the government will continue to strictly limit local growing operations, forcing many patients to obtain government pot grown at a Flin Flon operation, which they consider inferior and overpriced. "This is not going to help the sick people across Canada -- it's only going to hurt them even more, because it's only going to push us to the black market," said Marco Renda, a medical pot user.The latest version of the medical pot regulations appeared yesterday in response to an Ontario ruling in the fall that said the existing marijuana access rules were overly restrictive and unconstitutional. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin