Pubdate: Wed, 14 Sep 2005
Source: Ogdensburg Journal/Advance News (NY)
Copyright: 2005 Johnson Newspaper Corp.
Contact: http://www.ogd.com/letter.htm
Website: http://www.ogd.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/689
Author: Associated Press
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmjcn.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal - Canada)

MEDICAL POT

OTTAWA - Health Canada's long-delayed plan to sell
government-certified marijuana in drug stores appears to be back on
track for early next year.

The pilot project would stock medicinal pot in some pharmacies for use
by authorized patients, making Canada only the second country after
the Netherlands to allow easier access through drugstores.

Currently, 237 patients can get Health Canada's medical marijuana
through Prairie Plant Systems Inc., which grows the weed in Flin Flon,
Manitoba, under a $5.75 million contract with the federal government.
Thirty-gram bags of dried buds, costing $150 each, are couriered
directly to patients or their physicians.
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